Hodgkiss, I.J. & Lee, K.Y. Hong Kong Seaweeds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Urban Council, Hong Kong. 1983 pp.122 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback.
£15.00 [ref: 59498]
Hoffman, M. List of Names of Woody Plants. International Standard ENA 2005-2010.
Pub. Applied Plant Research. 2005 pp.871. A vg. plus copy in card covers.
This book is useful for quick reference for the preffered name and correct way of writing a woody plants name.
£15.00 [ref: 41365]
Hokerberg, A.S. Men Around Linnaeus.
1st. Ed. Pub. Annika Silander Hokerberg. 2000 pp.104 with col . and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback. Signed by the author to ffep.
A very well illustrated and fasctinating insight into Linnaeus and his fellow botanists alongside the many plant discoveries they made and which were named after them. The men included are Daniel Solander, Anders Sparrman, Carl-Peter Thunberg and Kalm.
£20.00 [ref: 66496]
Holliday, I. & Hill, R. A Field Guide to Australian Trees.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Rigby. 1975 pp.229 with a large number of plates in colour. Vg. in dw.
This book classifies Australian trees according to environment, from snow to desert country. Every tree is illustrated with a colour photograph plus sketches of leaves.
£6.00 [ref: 36419]
Hollis, J. (Ed.). Gordon Beningfield. The artist and his work.
Pub. Viking. 1994 pp.76 with colour and b/w. illus. Royal 4to. A fine hdbk.
£7.50 [ref: 49415]
Holst, A.W. The World of Catasetums.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1999 pp.306 with 90 col. & b/w. photos., plus b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
Emphasis is placed on the practical concerns faced by growers rather than on the taxonomic complexities of a highly variable and confused genus.
£60.00 [ref: 65243]
Honychurch, P.N. Carribbean Wild Plants and their Uses. An Illustrated Guide to some Medicinal and Wild Ornamental Plants of the West Indies.
New Ed. Rep. Pub. Macmillan Education Ltd. 1991 pp.x, 166 with b/w. line drawings throughout. 8vo. VG. softback. Scarce.
Describes and illustrates some of the wild plants in the Caribbean which are used as remedies for illness or have folklore associations.
£40.00 [ref: 61632]
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. Himalayan Journals; Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, &c.
New Rev. Ed. Pub. John Murray, London. 1855 Two volumes with b/w. wood engravings. 8vo. Hardbacks. Endpapers darkened, only very occ. light spotting o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards with gilt lettered leather spine labels in thor. vg. / nr. fine condition. A very pleasing set indeed.
£200.00 [ref: 66966]
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Hooker, Joseph Dalton. The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya. An Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons Recently Discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Bishen Singh. 1979 pp.14,7, plus 30 b/w. plates with accompanying text. Crown folio. Hardback. Contents in fine condition. Edges of boards gently bumped, o/w. in thor. vg. condition.
A reduced size copy of this important work, first published in 1849. The fine plates were completed by John Nugent Fitch from drawings by J.D. Hooker
£35.00 [ref: 54915]