Cope, T. & Gray, A. Grasses of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 13.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 2009 pp.612 with line drawings throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. Out of print in hardback.
Grasses of the British Isles contains descriptions of 15 tribes, 67 genera and 220 species and the information includes description, distribution, habitat and additional information as well as plates illustrating the different species.
£40.00 [ref: 71848]

Cope, T. & Gray, A. Grasses of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 13.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 2009 pp.612 with line drawings throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. Out of print in hardback.
Grasses of the British Isles contains descriptions of 15 tribes, 67 genera and 220 species and the information includes description, distribution, habitat and additional information as well as plates illustrating the different species.
£40.00 [ref: 68162]

Cowley, J. The Genus Roscoea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2007 pp.198 with col. photos. & illus., line drawings and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Native to the Himalayas, Burma and China, Roscoeas are orchid-like hardy gingers and one of the outstanding gems of the plant world. This account of the genus provides detailed botanical descriptions and historical information for each of the 20 known species.
£40.00 [ref: 71853]

Cowling, R. & Richardson, D. Fynbos. South Africa’s Unique Floral Kingdom.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Fernwood Press. 2000 pp.156 with fine colour photos. throughout by Colin Paterson-Jones. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
The first popular book to cover this, the smallest, but richest of the world's six floral kingdoms. Covers all aspects of the Fynbos environment, its organisms and ecosystems, as well as conservation concerns, and animal life.
£26.00 [ref: 60901]

Cox, G.W. Alien Species in North America and Hawaii. Impacts on Natural Ecosystems.
1st. Ed. Pub. Island Press. 1999 pp.xii, 387. 8vo. Occasional pencil underlinings in text. Nr. fine softback.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the invasive species phenomenon, examining the threats posed and the damage already been done to ecosystems across North America and Hawaii.
£12.50 [ref: 59013]

Cox, P.A. and Banack, S.A. (Eds.). Islands, Plants, and Polynesians. An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dioscorides Press. 1991 pp.228 with b/w. tables and figs. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine hardback in dw. showing some sunning in places.
Essys on anthropology, linguistics, botany and horticulture are united in this collection, which aims to preserve the knowledge of plants and their uses that were part of traditional Polynesian lore.
£22.00 [ref: 65826]

Craig, R.T. The Mammillaria Handbook, with descriptions, illustrations, and key to the species of the Genus Mammillaria of the Cactacea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Abbey Garden Press. 1945 pp.xiv, 390 with 304 b/w. photographs. Large 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original cloth boards thor vg.
£15.00 [ref: 15383]

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Cullen, J. (Ed.). Handbook of North European Garden Plants. With Keys to Families and Genera.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2001 pp.vii, 640 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. In-print at £72.99.
Abridged version of the six-volume European Garden Flora, this handy single volume is a digest that considers familes and genera, but not species. It provides a means for the accurate identification of over 190 families and 2,220 genera of flowering plants cultivated out-of-doors in gardens in north-west Europe and in other geographical regions with a similar climate, including parts of North America.
£15.00 [ref: 68811]

Darlington, A. The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Plant Galls in Colour.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Blandford Press. 1975 pp.191 with col. photos. & illus. and b/w figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A useful field guide to the commoner varieties of parasitic growths on plants. Includes the life histories of many of the causers of plant galls.
£8.50 [ref: 70864]

Darlington, A. The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Plant Galls in Colour.
1st. Ed. Pub. Blandford Press. 1968 pp.191 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A useful field guide to the commoner varieties of parasitic growths on plants. Includes the life histories of many of the causers of plant galls.
£10.00 [ref: 61242]