Cox, E.H.M. & Taylor, G.C. Primulas. For Garden & Greenhouse.
1st. Ed. Dulau. 1928 pp.ix, 127 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Ex-Lib. A little spotting to prelims. o/w. a nr. fine hardback.
Provides useful information about primulas and their cultivation treated from a practical standpoint, with chapters devoted to propagation, cultivation, Polyanthus, Primroses, Primulas under glass and descriptions of the best species and varieties.
£4.00 [ref: 71609]

Cox, E.H.M. (Ed.) New Flora and Silva. Volume 1 No. 1 to Volume 5 No. 4
1st. Ed. Pub. Dulau and Co. 1929-1933 Five volume run with many b/w., and some colour photos. 8vo. Hardbacks. Scattered foxing to fore-edges of text block and to some of the content, o/w. fine internally. Uniformly bound in original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Spines of vols. 1 and 2 gently faded, o/w. bindings in vg. condition. With original softcovers and adverts bound at the end of each volume.
This quarterly journal’s intention was to “interest all gardeners who are anxious to cultivate more than the standard varieties of garden plants such as are to be seen in every garden”.
£65.00 [ref: 53887]

Cox, J.E.K. Scientific Horticulture. Quarterly Journal of the Horticultural Education Association. Vol. 28 No’s 2,3 and 4.
Pub. HEA. 1976-7 3 Vols. all in nr. fine condition.
£8.00 [ref: 40719]

Cox, P. The Larger Species of Rhododendron.
Pub. B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1979 pp.352 with b/w. photographs and colour plates. A vg. copy in spine-faded dw.
£10.00 [ref: 46305]

Cox, P.A. The Larger Rhododendron Species.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1990 pp.389 with 82 colour photographs. Nr. fine in dw.
£15.00 [ref: 31872]

Cribb, P. & Butterfield, I. The Genus Pleione. A Kew Magazine Monograph.
2nd. Ed. Pub. RBG. Kew. 1999 pp.ix, 166 with col. photos. & watercolour paintings by Christabel King and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This updated second edition provides a comprehensive and up-to date account of the biology, cultivation of the species and hybrids. Highly authoritative and richly illustrated, The Genus Pleione is a book professional botanists, orchid growers and alpine gardeners should not be without.
£50.00 [ref: 71615]

Cribb, P. and Bailes, C. Hardy Orchids. Orchids for the garden and frost-free greenhouse.
1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 1989 pp.xiii, 162 with 96 colour photographic plates and 41 line drawings. 4to. Small label to rear paste-down. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This book shows that the range of orchids that can be grown outdoors in Europe and North America is much greater than most perceive it to be.
£15.00 [ref: 64593]

Crommelin, May. Poets In The Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. T. Fisher. 1886 pp.256 with 8 chromolithograph colour plates. Large 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Faint inscription dated 1888 to ffep. Contents fine. Original decorated boards with bevelled edges in thor. vg. condition.
£75.00 [ref: 60719]

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Crook, H. Clifford. Campanulas. Their Cultivation and Classification.
1st. Pub. Country Life. 1951 pp.256 with photographs. A closed tear to rear dw. generally vg. in bright dw. Still a ‘classic’ study of this group of plants.
£30.00 [ref: 34169]

Crook, H.C. Campanulas. Their Cultivation and Classification.
Pub. Country Life Limited. 1951 pp. 256 with numerous b/w. photographic plates throughout. Signed by the author. Some foxing to end pages. In original blue boards. Overall a vg. copy.
£25.00 [ref: 37271]