Cronin, Leonard. Australian Flora.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Reed Books. 1997 pp.320 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Previous owner’s small label to front.
The preferred revised edition. A celebration of Australia’s plant life. Features more than 1,000 species from the delicate blooms of the alpine meadows to the rich wonderland of the tropical rainforests. Thorough descriptions are accompanied by accurate and beautiful paintings of every species.
£28.00 [ref: 71448]
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]
Cunningham, M.H. & Kenneth, A.G. The Flora of Kintyre.
1st. Ed. Pub. EP. Publishing. 1979 pp.89 with map. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
£9.00 [ref: 67655]
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]
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]