Cullen, J. (Ed.). Handbook of North European Garden Plants. With Keys to Families and Genera.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2001 pp.vii, 640 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. In-print at £72.99.
Abridged version of the six-volume European Garden Flora, this handy single volume is a digest that considers familes and genera, but not species. It provides a means for the accurate identification of over 190 families and 2,220 genera of flowering plants cultivated out-of-doors in gardens in north-west Europe and in other geographical regions with a similar climate, including parts of North America.
£15.00 [ref: 68811]
Cullen, James. The Identification of Flowering Plant Families. Including a key to those native and cultivated in north temperate regions.
4th. Rev. Ed. Rep. Pub. Cambridge. 2000 pp.xii, 215 with b/w. figs. Small 8vo. Fine softback. Most recent edition.
Should allow readers to identify any flowering plant family found wild or in cultivation in northern temperate regions.
£7.50 [ref: 67538]
Cumming, L. (Ed.). List of the Plants Found in the Country Around Rugby.
Rev. Ed. Pub. George E. Over. 1923 pp.48. 8vo. Softback. Contents fine. Softcovers nr. fine with some sunning. Very scarce.
First published c.1875, this is the revised edition which was brought up to date by Linnaeus Cumming of Kilsby, Rugby.
£20.00 [ref: 45883]
Curtis, Dr. Carlton C. The Complete Guide to North American Trees.
Pub. The New Home Library. 1943 pp.339 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Name to ffep. A fine hdbk. in vg. dw.
£15.00 [ref: 51647]
Dade, H.A. and Gunnell, J. Class Work with Fungi. Notes for Teachers.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Commonwealth Mycological Inst. 1969 pp.64 with 94 b/w. text figs. 8vo. Softback. Ex-Lib. From the collection of Ted Blackwell, highly regarded Fungus Recorder for Herefordshire with several of his occ. informed annotations. Contents fine. Card covers vg. being neatly strengthened on underside.
A handbook produced for use in schools by biology teachers who do not have a specialized knowledge of mycology.
£12.50 [ref: 72475]
Dale, Ivan R. & Greenway P. J. Kenya Trees & Shrubs.
1st. Pub. Buchanan’s Kenya Estates Limited. 1961 pp, with over 100 colour and b/w figures, maps and line drawings. Fold-out map of Kenya. Some mild foxing through the book, spine becoming detached at front and mildly sunned, o/w a good working copy.
£40.00 [ref: 28703]
Darlington, A. The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Plant Galls in Colour.
1st. Ed. Pub. Blandford Press. 1968 pp.191 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A useful field guide to the commoner varieties of parasitic growths on plants. Includes the life histories of many of the causers of plant galls.
£10.00 [ref: 61242]
Darlington, A. The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Plant Galls in Colour.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Blandford Press. 1975 pp.191 with col. photos. & illus. and b/w figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A useful field guide to the commoner varieties of parasitic growths on plants. Includes the life histories of many of the causers of plant galls.
£8.50 [ref: 70864]
Darlington, Arnold. The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Plant Galls in Colour.
Pub. Blandford. 1968 pp.191 with colour photographs. Previous owner’s neat signature on ffep. o/w. a fine hdbk. in fine dw.
£15.00 [ref: 48902]
Darlington, C.D. Recent Advances in Cytology.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Churchill. 1937 pp.xvi, 671 with illus. Spine a little darkened o/w. a very good copy.
£2.00 [ref: 36271]