Cribb, P.J. A Revision of The Antelope and “Latourea” Dendrobiums. A revision of Dendrobium sect. Latouria (Orchidaceae). A revision of Dendrobium sect. Spatulata (Orchidaceae).
Rep. Kew Bulletins. 1983 & 1986 pp.229-306, 615-692 with col. photos. and b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Fine softback.
£8.00 [ref: 66699]

Cribb, P.J. and Leedal, G.P. The Mountain Flowers of Southern Tanzania. A field guide to the common flowers Orchids; Balsams; Legumes; Begonias; Red-hot pokers; Daisies; Aloes; Lobelias; Gladiolus; Streptocarpus.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 1982 pp.ix, 244 with colour photos., line drawings and other text figs. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
The Southern Highlands of Tanzania are floristically one of the richest areas in Africa. Although intended as a guide to the flora of the Southern Highlands, this handy book will also be useful elsewhere in east and south-central Africa.
£22.50 [ref: 65836]

Cribb. P. & Tibbs, M. A Very Victorian Passion. The Orchid Paintings of John Day 1863 to 1888.
1st. Ed. Pub. Blacker & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2004 pp.464 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Sir Harry Veitch VHM said of John Day that his “collection became one of the richest and most famous in Europe...no amateur of his time possessed a greater practical knowledge of orchids”.
£15.00 [ref: 64909]

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Crittenden, P.D. (Ed.). The Lichenologist. Volume 35. Part 3.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 2003 pp.191-274 with col. & b/w. photos. plus tables. 8vo. Annotation to top of front cover o/w. fine softback.
Contains a more than 40-page article ‘The lichenicolous fungi of Great Britain and Ireland: an overview and annotated checklist’.
£12.00 [ref: 67500]

Croasdale, H., & Scott, A.M. New or otherwise Interesting Desmids from Northern Australia.
Rep. Pub. J. Cramer. 1976 pp.501-594 with 17 b/w. plates of line drawings. 8vo. Inscription by Hannah Croasdale plus signatures to front cover. Fine softback.
From the library of David. B. Williamson, one of the UK’s leading experts on desmids.
£19.50 [ref: 62738]

Crompton, G. & Whitehouse, H.L.K. Annotated Check List of the Flora of Cambridgeshire. With the 10km squares up-dated to December 1982, for the Administrative County of the old Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, and fo Vice-county 29.
1st. Ed. Pub. Crompton & Whitehouse. 1983 pp.95 with b/w. illus. and maps. 8vo. Signature and some highlighting of text o/w. a near fine softback.
£12.00 [ref: 60504]

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]