Gardner, Martin. The Yew Hedge. Conserving ancient trees from the UK and beyond.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Edinburgh. 2022 pp.170 with 57 b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. New. RRP £20.00.
Tells the fascinating story of some remarkable native forests and heritage trees of the European yew (Taxus baccata) located in the UK and overseas. The progeny of the trees have been planted to form a unique conservation hedge which now surrounds the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It comprises of almost 2,000 trees collected from 16 countries where they are threatened.
£18.00 [ref: 62940]

Garnett, A. and Devlin, P. A Year in the Life of an English Meadow.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2007 pp.128 with colour photos. Large 4to. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £20.00.
Highly recommended. This book presents an illustrated record of Cannwood Meadow SSSI (Somerset) through the seasons. An account of its ecology and a review of its plants, animal life and husbandry.
£15.00 [ref: 54402]

Ghazanfar, S.A. (et al). A Herbal of Iraq. A herbal inspired by the work of Abdul Jaleel Ibrahim Al-Quragheely, the Doctor of Al-Ashab.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2022 pp.xviii, 134 with archival and contemporary botanical art. Small 4to. New hardback.
Plant-based medicine has always played an important role in the daily lives of Iraqis. Edited by experts from both the University of Oxford and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – working in collaboration with Iraqi botanists – ‘A Herbal of Iraq’ describes fifty plants and their uses in traditional herbal medicine in the region.
£18.00 [ref: 62685]

Glasby, J.S. Dictionary of Plants Containing Secondary Metabolites.
Pub. Taylor and Francis. 1991 pp. 488. New hardback with a couple of minor marks. In-print at £405.00.
Lists over 8,000 plants containing important chemical compounds.
£75.00 [ref: 33748]

Goodman, Jordan. Planting the World. Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Collins. 2020 pp.xxxix, 520 with colour illus. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00
Based on original sources, Goodman gives a momentous history of how the discoveries made by Banks and his collectors advanced scientific understanding around the world.
£23.50 [ref: 58980]

Grimshaw, J. and Bayton, R. New Trees. Recent Introductions to Cultivation.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. RBG Kew. 2009 pp.xv, 976 with colour photographs and line drawings throughout. 4to. A new hardback in new dw.
Compliments existing standard literature e.g., W.J. Bean’s ‘Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles’, providing botanical descriptions and horticultural commentary on more than 800 trees introduced into cultivation in recent decades. It covers species grown in the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, using up to date information to provide an authorative reference source.
£120.00 [ref: 56735]

Gut, Bernardo. Trees in Patagonia.
Pub. Birkhauser. 2008 pp.x, 283 with colour photos., and b/w. figs. throughout. 4to. New hardback. Back through popular demand.
This book is a guide to the native trees and approximately 95% of the introduced arboreal species of Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. Renowned experts describe the most important National Parks of both Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. The last chapter is devoted to Carl Skottsberg and his remarkable expedition through Patagonia a hundred years ago.
£42.99 [ref: 57746]

Hall, N. and Rickard, M. Fern Books In English Published Before 1900.
Pub. British Pteridological Soc. 2006 pp.iv, 98 with colour and b/w. photographs. 4to. Softback. New.
Very useful for any pteridologist, librarian or bibliophile interested in reading, finding or collecting books on ferns.
£17.50 [ref: 46788]

Hall, T. The Immortal Yew.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2019 pp.ix, 213 with 100 colour photographs. Small 4to. New hardback. RRP £25.00.
As some of the oldest living organisms to be found in Europe, yew trees have become inextricably bound up in some of the oldest enduring institutions of European culture. In ‘The Immortal Yew’, Tony Hall explores the biological, cultural, and mythic significance of these imposing evergreens.
£23.50 [ref: 58205]

Hall, Tony. Wild Plants of Southern Spain. A guide to the native plants of Andalucia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2017 pp.351 with many colour photos. plus dist. maps. 8vo. New softback. RRP £30.00.
Southern Spain, and Andalucia in particular, is one of the most florally diverse regions in the world. This super guide provides information and photographs of over 500 species and will help you identify plants that range from the familiar to the astonishing.
£27.00 [ref: 52436]