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 £40.00.
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.
£36.00 [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]

Porter, Mike (and Crellin, John (Ed.)). Flora of Brecknockshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Crellin. 2026 pp.544 with 43 colour paintings, 14 illustrations, 1100 maps & 400 colour photographs. 4to. New hardback.
The first modern Flora of Brecknockshire, Watsonian vice county 42, covering the ceremonial county of Breconshire, now largely in the larger modern county Powys, plus extra land mainly to the south that was historically in the county. Presents the records of the flora of the county over 60 years gathered by Mike Porter. Mike also researched the historical records from 1666, particularly covering the early interest in the county from late Victorian botanists, principally Augustin Ley, vicar of Sellack in Herefordshire.
£40.00 [ref: 72292]

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. Last copy.
An essential companion on any ramblings in this wild-flower rich area of Dorset.
£18.00 [ref: 54035]

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]

Proctor, G.R. Flora of the Cayman Islands.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2012 pp.788, beautifully illustrated with 400 colour photographs and 250 line drawings. New hardback. RRP £85.00.
The three islands comprising the Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac) support 415 native taxa in a land area little over 260 square kilometers, 29 of which are uniquely Caymanian. This full colour Flora of the Cayman Islands by George R. Proctor is a total revision of his first edition.
£59.50 [ref: 47789]

Rackham, Oliver. The History of the Countryside. The classic history of Britain’s landscape, flora and fauna.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2020 pp.xvi, 445 with b/w. photographs and other figs. throughout. 8vo. New softback. RRP £16.99
This marvellous book traces the history of the British countryside from the late Ice Age to the present. It examines how indigenous plants and wildlife, as well as the general topography, have altered over the centuries, and how the changing nature of the landscape shapes our lives.
£15.00 [ref: 59234]

Richardson, M. and Fielding, A. The Modern Flower Press. Preserving the Beauty of Nature.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins 2022 pp.288 with colour photos and illus. 4to. New hardback. RRP £30.00.
An excellent introduction into the lost art of flower pressing. Tells the stories that surround traditional flower pressing from its origins to the present day. Provides clear step-by-step instructions from how to choose the right flowers through to how to display them in their pressed glory.
£27.00 [ref: 62687]

Rix, Martyn. Indian Botanical Art. An illustrated history.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021 pp.224 with 150 colour illus. 4to. New hardback. RRP £25.00.
Drawn mostly from original works held in the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This book brings together and shows for the first time ever striking botanical art of Indian origin spanning a period of three hundred years, focussing in particular on the 18th and 19th centuries.
£22.50 [ref: 61720]