McCracken, Donal P. Napoleon’s Garden Island. Lost and old gardens of St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2022 pp.xxxix, 370 drawings, maps and archival manuscript material. 8vo. New hardback. RRP £35.00.
‘Napoleon's Garden Island’ looks both to St Helena's future and to its past, taking the reader on a botanical exploration of the island's native and introduced flora, and its place in the botanical world today. ‘Napoleon’s Garden Island’ ultimately appeals for a botanic garden to be re-established but to showcase the island's endemic plants.
£32.50 [ref: 65650]

Miles, Archie. The British Oak.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Constable. 2016 pp.304 profusely illustrated with colour and b/w. photographs & illus. A new hardback in new dw. RRP £30.00.
Comprehensively explores the history, culture, topography and biology of the oak tree in Britain. Highly acclaimed.
£22.50 [ref: 50950]

North, Marianne and Mills, Christopher. Marianne North. The Kew Collection.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. RBG Kew. 2019 pp.304 with more than 800 colour illus. Large 4to. New hardback. A superb work.
For the first time, this unique and stunning book brings together all of Marianne North's Kew collection. The paintings are arranged geographically as they appear in the Gallery, and Marianne's original titles are included alongside each painting.
£40.00 [ref: 56734]

Peterken, G. Meadows. British Wildlife Collection No. 2.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. British Wildlife Publishing. 2018 pp.431 with 250 colour & b/w. photos and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £35.00.
Highly recommended. ‘Meadows’, the second volume of a major new series of books on British natural history, provides one of the most wide-ranging and eloquent treatments of this quintessential British habitat.
£31.50 [ref: 54852]

Peterken, George. Trees and Woodlands British Wildlife Collection No. 12.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2023 pp.416 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00.
In ‘Trees and Woodlands’, George Peterken brings together decades of scientific research, while also incorporating his personal experiences, to explore the ecology, nature conservation and wider cultural value of our native trees and shrubs, and the various ways they have combined as woodland.
£36.00 [ref: 64294]

Porley, Ron D. England’s Rare Mosses and Liverworts. Their history, ecology and conservation.
1st. Ed. Pub. WildGuides. 2013 pp.224 with colour photos. and dist. maps. 8vo. A new hdbk. Last three copies. RRP £24.95.
This is the first book dedicated to England’s rare and threatened mosses and liverworts, collectively known as bryophytes.
£22.95 [ref: 52867]

Pratt, E.A. The Wild Flowers of the Isle of Purbeck, Brownsea and Sandbanks and Wild Trees and Ferns. Where to find them and help with identification of similar species.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Brambleby Books. 2017 pp.316 with 32 colour photographic plates and 22 maps. 8vo. New softback.
An essential companion on any ramblings in this wild-flower rich area of Dorset.
£18.00 [ref: 54035]

Presant, O.V. A Perfect Friend. The Life of Cumbrian Plant Hunter William Purdom.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hayloft Publishing. 2019 pp.176 with colour and b/w. photos., and maps. 8vo. New softback.
Purdom travelled to China where he explored many areas new to Europeans and he had a special rapport with the Chinese. To him they were simply friends. As well as searching for plants he carried with him photographic equipment and brought back unique images not only of plants but landscapes and people.
£19.50 [ref: 57350]

Pressel, S. et al. Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of Ascension Island.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces Publications. 2017 pp.vi, 137 with over 300 colour photos., and maps throughout. 8vo. New softback.
A very well illustrated and informative guide, covering 87 species, including 60 mosses, 23 liverworts and 4 hornworts.
£12.95 [ref: 54604]

Preston, C.D. & Hill, M.O. Cambridgeshire’s Mosses & Liverworts. A Dynamic Flora.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces. 2019 pp.vi, 326 with colour photos., figs., and dist. maps. Large 8vo. New softback.
Describes the current bryophyte flora of the vice-county, based on surveys undertaken between 2000 and 2018. Detailed accounts of the 341 species recorded from the county since 1660 are given and changes in its bryoflora are analysed.
£27.50 [ref: 57285]