Palgrave, K.C. Trees of Southern Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. C.Struik. 1977 pp.959 with 314 coloured illus. plus numerous text illus. 8vo. Hardback. VG.
Easy to use, authoritative and complete. Includes all the species of trees, both indigenous and naturalised, known to occur in Africa, south of the Zambezi.
£40.00 [ref: 23186]

Palgrave, K.C. Trees of Southern Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Struik. 1977 pp.959 with colour photos and b/w. dist. maps. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. Thor. vg. hardback.
Considers all the tree species, both indigenous and naturalised that occur in Africa south of the Zambezi. English and Afrikaans common names are listed. Includes medicinal and poisonous properties of trees, association with magic and folklore, and economic potential.
£12.50 [ref: 62321]

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. Large 8vo. Fine softback.
A botanical exploration of a Shropshire parish.
£6.00 [ref: 69175]

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, S. Wild Orchids in Wales.
1st. Ed. Pub. First Nature. 2006 pp.66 with col. photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
More than half of the fifty or so wild orchids known to have occurred in Britain and Ireland in recent times can be found in Wales.
£5.00 [ref: 68336]