J. Cullen, S.G. Knees & H.S. Cubey (eds) The European Garden Flora. Volume 5. Boraginaceae to Compositae.
2nd. Ed. Pub. C.U.P. 2011 pp.xix, 639 with text illus. 4to. A new hardback. RRP £201.00.
The ‘European Garden Flora’ is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. This new edition has been thoroughly reorganised and revised, bringing it into line with modern taxonomic knowledge.
£150.00 [ref: 46099]

Keizer, G.J. The Complete Encyclopedia of Mushrooms.
2nd. Ed. Pub. REBO. 2007 pp.286 with over 750 colour photographs throughout. Royal 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £12.99.
Considers Slime moulds or Myxomycetes, Ascomycetes, Rusts and Blights and the Basidiomycetes. More than 700 entries and photographs of mushrooms, including species that have rarely been photographed.
£10.00 [ref: 41432]

Killick, J. et al. The Flora of Oxfordshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces. 1998 pp.xii, 386 with 111 colour photographs. 4to. Front edge of both boards have been bumped at bottom, causing a little tear in dw., otherwise a new hdbk. RRP £45.00.
£30.00 [ref: 32388]

Killick, J. et al. The Flora of Oxfordshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces. 1998 pp.xii, 386 with colour photos., and b/w. dist. maps. 4to. A new hardback in dw. Out-of-print. RRP £45.00.
Includes comphrehensive information on the distribution, habitats and status of flowering plants, ferns, mosses and liverworts.
£15.00 [ref: 55340]

Kirby, Keith. Woodland Flowers. British Wildlife Collection No. 8.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2020 pp.400 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £35.00.
A fascinating, original account. Keith Kirby examines how woodland plants in Britain have come to be where they are, how they tolerate grazing, the challenges they face through the seasons and how they respond to storms, fires, droughts and floods. Along the way, the work of important botanists who have studied woodlands in the past is presented to the reader.
£31.50 [ref: 58643]

Knapp, S. Potted Histories. An Artistic Voyage Through Plant Exploration.
Pub. Scriptum Editions. 2003 pp. 336 with colour plates throughout. 4to. New hardback. RRP £45.00.
This book covers how plants have adopted remarkable behaviours for survival in a variety of harsh habitats. It also tells the remarkable stories of the adventurous botanist explorers who braved disease, slave traders, war, jungles and other dangers to collect plants now commonly grown in our own gardens.
£25.00 [ref: 49911]

Knowles, J. et al. The Illustrated College Herbal. Plants from the ‘Pharmacopoea Londinensis’ of 1618.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oakeley Books. 2018 pp.221 beautifully illustrated with full-page colour and b/w. illus. Royal 4to. New hardback. Out-of-print. Last few copies.
Printed to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians of London. With present day watercolours and 16th century woodcuts illustrating the medicinal plants of the world’s first national pharmacopoeia, alongside their contemporary uses.
£30.00 [ref: 54521]

Koopowitz, H. Orchids and their Conservation.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 2001 pp. 176 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. A very nr. fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
Considers the natural history of orchids, threats to them, both in the natural environment and commercially, and how they can be conserved.
£12.00 [ref: 54498]

Korner, Christian. Alpine Treelines. Functional Ecology of the Global High Elevation Tree Limits.
1st. Ed. Pub. Springer. 2012 pp.xi, 220 with colour photos. Large 8vo. New hardback.
Christian Korner provides a global synthesis of the treeline phenomenon from sub-arctic to equatorial latitudes. He includes an account on treelines in the past and a section on global change effects on treelines, now and in the future.
£75.00 [ref: 57747]

Kuhn, Rolf et al. Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean.
1st. Ed. RBG, Kew. 2019 pp.430 with over 2,000 colour photos., plus dist. maps. 8vo. Softback. New.
A comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of the region written by leading experts. Covers 30 genera and their species including Ophrys, Cypripedium, Orchis, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis and Serapias, as well as 70 natural hybrids.
£30.00 [ref: 56727]