Page, S. & Olds, M. Botanica.
3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Konemann. 1999 pp.1020 illus. in colour throughout. VG. in vg. dw.
The standard work for hobby gardeners and botanists, this comprehensive guide outlines over 10,000 plants, representative of all major plant groups.
£25.00 [ref: 33357]

Palmer, E. & Pitman, N. Trees of South Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 1961 pp.352 with colour and b/w. photos., and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Ownership insc. Minor spotting to ends o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
Featuring 170 tree species that are described in detail, giving information about their distribution, habit, foliage, flowers and fruit as well as their “characters”, uses and the legends and stories that surround them.
£27.50 [ref: 61857]

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Palmer, E. and Pitman, N. Trees of Southern Africa. Covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 1972 Three vol. set with col. & b/w. photos and line drawings throughout. 4to. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws.
‘The first definitive work on South African trees ever to be published. It is the only publication to contain a comprehensive description of the more than 1,000 species of indigenous trees to be found in Southern Africa.’.
£125.00 [ref: 71908]

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Pandey, Dr. R.K. and Namdeo, P. Floral Diversity of Kanha Tiger Reserve.
1st. Ed. Pub. State Forest Research Inst., Jabalpur. 2009 pp.xx, 876 with col. photos. 8vo. Fine softback. Scarce.
Contains descriptions of the trees, shrubs and herbs of Kanha Tiger Reserve, the largest national park of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Local names, flowering / fruiting times and the uses - medicinal etc - are provided where appropriate.
£45.00 [ref: 66932]

Parham, J.W. Plants of the Fiji Islands.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Suva Govt. Printer. 1972 pp.xv, 462, xxix. with colour frontis., b/w. photos. and line drawings. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine hardback.
The ‘Plants of the Fiji Islands’ is based on ‘Fijian Plant Names’, published in 1942 and its purpose, like the latter, was to assist and encourage a wider public interest in and knowledge of, the indigenous plants of the Fiji Islands.
£22.00 [ref: 65824]

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Parker, Pat. A Flora of Weston Lullingfields. Wild Flowers of a Shropshire Country Parish at the Turn of the Millennium.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shropshire Wildlife Trust. 2001 pp.x, 86 with b/w. maps and text figs. Royal 8vo. Small address label. Nr. fine softback.
£9.00 [ref: 62967]

Parker, Pat. A Flora of Weston Lullingfields. Wild Flowers of a Shropshire Country Parish at the Turn of the Millennium.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shropshire Wildlife Trust. 2001 pp.x, 86 with col. & b/w. maps and text figs. Large 8vo. Fine softback very gently sunned to spine.
£10.00 [ref: 54508]

Parker, Pat. A Flora of Weston Lullingfields. Wild Flowers of a Shropshire Country Parish at the Turn of the Millennium.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shropshire Wildlife Trust. 2001 pp.x, 86 with b/w. maps and text figs. Large 8vo. Fine softback.
A botanical exploration of a Shropshire parish.
£6.00 [ref: 69175]

Parkinson, D. and Waid, J.S. (Eds.). The Ecology of Soil Fungi. An International Symposium.
Pub. Liverpool Uni. 1960 pp.xi, 324 with figs. and tables. Some scattered foxing to fore-edges. In boards which are lightly marked in places. A vg. copy.
£15.00 [ref: 42787]

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Parris, B.S., & Beaman, R.S. and J.H.. The Plants of Mount Kinabalu. 1. Ferns and Fern Allies.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 1992 pp.165 with col. frontis. and four col. plates. Large 8vo. Fine softback. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist with inscription from one of the authors: ‘To Gren Lucas, with great appreciation for making this possible, John Beaman 5th Feb. 1992’. Gren is thanked formally in the Acknowledgements.
Mount Kinabalu, in Borneo, has an extremely rich and diverse flora. This volume lists over 600 species of ferns and fern allies, with notes on ecology and altitudinal range, and a list of material examined.
£22.50 [ref: 66959]