Lewis, Jan. Walter Hood Fitch. A Celebration.
1st. Ed. Pub. HMSO & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1992 pp.viii, 34, plus 73 full page colour plates. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gently sunned spine. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist, and inscribed to him by the author ‘To Gren, with best wishes and thanks! Jan Lewis, 5.2.92’. Furthermore, Gren is thanked for his help in Lewis’ Acknowledgements.
Jan Lewis is a descendant of the Fitch family; John Nugent Fitch, nephew and assistant to Walter, was her great-grandfather. This was the first book to be written on Walter Hood Fitch - it celebrates his remarkable achievements and marks his long association with one of the world’s most famous botanical gardens.
£19.50 [ref: 67901]

Lewis, Jan. Walter Hood Fitch: A Celebration.
Pub. HMSO. 1992. pp.73 with portraits and numerous colour reproductions of Fitch’s paintings. A vg. copy in part faded dustwrapper.
£7.50 [ref: 44962]

Li, Hui-Lin. Shade and Ornamental Trees. Their Origins and History.
Rep. Pub. Pennsylvania Press. 1996 pp.282 with b/w. photos. & illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
Tying together human migration with the spread of the cultivation of trees, the author has written a fascinating and informative book that tells the story of tree cultivation from ancient times to the present day.
£7.50 [ref: 45719]

Lin, Wen-Hsiang and Chou, G. Phalaenopsis Kingdom. from Formosa.
Pub. Asia Agri-Business Corp. 1987 pp. 299 with 1047 col. photos. for the Genus Phalaenopsis and 163 for the Genus Cattleya. Large 4to. Text in both English and Chinese. With 44 pages of advertisements providing further interesting information. Fine hardback.
£30.00 [ref: 46294]

Lindell, T. Carl von Linné. Den fulländade forskaren.
1st. Ed. Pub. Historiska Media. 2007 pp.104 with col. photos. & illus. Swedish text. 8vo. Fine hardback.
Carl Linnaeus, The Consummate Scientist.
£10.00 [ref: 70821]

Lindley, John. Instructions for Packing living Plants in Foreign Countries especially within the Tropics; and Directions for their Treatment during the Voyage to Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bulmer & Row, & W. Nicol. 1822 pp.191-200 with one plate illustrating the case required for transport. 4to. Nine page extract from Vol. V of the ‘Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London’ (1820-1848) . Light spotting o/w. fine.
John Lindley FRS (1799–1865) the eminent English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.
£75.00 [ref: 67113]

Lindley, John. School Botany, Or, An Explanation of the Characters and Differences of the Principal Natural Classes and Orders of Plants Belonging to the Flora of Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Longman, et al. 1839 pp.vi, 218 with b/w. illus. in text plus 16-page publisher’s catalogue. Small 8vo. Period signature. Contents fine. Original binding lightly shelf-rubbed, o/w. nr. fine. A very pleasing copy of the first edition.
Published principally to prepare boys intending to go the the University of London for the compulsory examination in “The characters and differences of the principal natural classes and orders of plants belonging to the Flora of Europe, in the botanical classification of De Candolle.”
£45.00 [ref: 62781]

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Lindley, Prof. Contributions to the Orchidology of India. Parts I and II.
Rep. Pub. Singh. c.1980 pp.171-190, 1-64, viii. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw., with repaired closed tear to front panel.
Reprints of two papers by Prof. Lindley on the orchids of India (first published in 1857 and 1858). Many of the orchids featured came from the collection of Dr J.D. Hooker and Thomas Johnson. Orchids came from other sources including Thomas Lobb while in the service of Messrs. Veitch.
£10.00 [ref: 34434]

Linke, K-H. Biology and Control of Orobanche in Legume Crops.
1st. Ed. Pub. Joseph Margraf. 1992 pp.62 with colour photos., and b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine softback.
£15.00 [ref: 59006]

Linnaei, Carl & Sydow, Carl-Otto von (Ed.). Carl Linnaei Skånska Resa. På Höga Öfwerhetens Befallning Förrättad År 1749. Med Rön och Anmärkningar Uti Oeconomien, Naturalier, Antiquiteter, Seder, Lefnads-sätt.
Pub. Wahlstrom & Widstrand. 1982 pp.561 with b/w. illus. Swedish text. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Scanian Journey, Undertaken by Order of the High Authority in the Year 1749. With Findings and Remarks on Economics, Natural History, Antiquities, Customs, and Way of Life. With Associated Figures.
£12.00 [ref: 70808]