Colston, A. & Perring, F. Insects, Plants and Set-Aside.
Pub. BSBI. 1995 pp.vii, 55 with a number of figs. Royal 8vo. Spine lightly sunned, o/w. vg. softback.
£10.00 [ref: 33297]
Comber, J.B. Orchids of Java.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bentham-Moxon Trust/RBG Kew. 1990 pp.407 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Small number of tiny spots to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
This volume contains an account of all the known orchids to be found wild in this most important island of Indonesia. Altogether 130 genera are listed, and a total of 731 species described.
£28.00 [ref: 64817]
Commonwealth Forestry Bureau. Forestry Abstracts. Vol. 22 No. 3. Compiled from World Literature.
Pub. C.A.B. 1961 pp.345-497 plus 8 page Author Index. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback.
Includes a review article entitled “A Summary of Information on the Control of Loranthaceae in Forestry”.
£6.00 [ref: 58600]
Compiled by the Living Collections Department. The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Inventory of Living Collections 1996.
Pub. Harvard College. 1996 pp.vi, 159 with plans of the arboretum and illustrated with line drawings. 4to. Near fine softback, in very lightly marked covers.
An alphabetical list by genus, species, infraspecific taxon, and cultivar name being an inventory of the living collections of the The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University as it stood in 1996.
£30.00 [ref: 50140]
Conly, G. & M. New Zealand Pohutukawa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Grantham House. 1988 pp.88 with col. illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback with very gently sunned spine.
‘For many generations, Maori and Pakeha have loved and honoured the scarlet blossoms of the pohutukawa, the Christmsd tree of Aotearoa. Of all this country’s great native trees, it is perhaps the best known and the most fascinating.’
£12.00 [ref: 67460]
Connold, Edward T. British Vegetable Galls. An introduction to their study.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson. 1901 pp.xii, 312 with b/w. photos. 4to. Very light spotting and some informed pencil annotations to margins o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with gilt lettering in nr. fine condition.
This work presented the collector and student with information on around two-thirds of the then known number of vegetable galls. Complete lists of all known plant galls are also given with a brief description of each.
£22.00 [ref: 50836]
Cook, F. Garden Dreams.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 1995 pp.103 with col. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with gently sunned spine.
£8.00 [ref: 66810]
Cook, F. Garden Dreams.
1st. Ed. Pub. Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 1991 pp.103 with col. illus. Large 8vo. Print marks to pp.62-63 and 67 o/w. a fine hardback.
£9.00 [ref: 66795]
Cook, J. Gordon. Your Guide to the Soil.
Pub. Merrow. 1965 pp. 471. Ex-lib. DW. spine sunned, lightly pulled. Contents vg.
£20.00 [ref: 35858]
Cooke, M.C. Introduction to Fresh-Water Algae. With an Enumeration of all the British Species.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1902 pp.vi, 339 with 13 b/w. engraved plates. 8vo. Hardback. Signature. Minor foxing including to some plates, o/w. contents fine. Original red cloth in thor. vg. condition.
£30.00 [ref: 58866]
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