Cooke, I. The Plantfinders Guide to Tender Perennials.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1998 pp.192 with col. photos. and illus., line drawings. Small 4to. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
A wide-ranging book, thorough in its approach, from history and information on hardiness through to plant selection and garden uses.
£4.00 [ref: 40995]

Cotton S. (Ed.). Guide to the Specialist Nurseries & Garden Suppliers of Britain and Ireland. 1989/90 Edition.
Rep. Pub. Garden Art Press. 1989 pp.355 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. A fine hardback.
£5.00 [ref: 55334]

Court, D. Succulent Flora of Southern Africa.
3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 2010 pp.336 with col. & b/w. photos., illus., and maps. 4to. Fine hardback with a hint of sunning to spine. Out of print.
This long-awaited third edition takes into account intervening taxonomic advances since the publication of the first edition and the discovery and naming of ever more species. All information has been fully revised, updated and supplemented in line with the latest thinking, and ‘Succulent Flora of Southern Africa’ has been newly designed for clarity and ease of reference.
£22.50 [ref: 69401]

Cowan, S.K (et al). [Valentine’s Day Card].
Pub. Raphael Tuck & Sons. [n.d. c.1890] [pp.8] with colour illus. and silk fringe. Small 8vo. Softback. No inscriptions. A charming Victorian Valentine’s Day card illustrated with lillies, outlined with silk fringe, containing concealed pages with appropriate poetry by Samuel K. Cowan, Eden Mooper, and M.Y.W. Fine condition.
£30.00 [ref: 62393]

Cox, E.H.M. & Taylor, G.C. Primulas. For Garden & Greenhouse.
1st. Ed. Dulau. 1928 pp.ix, 127 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Ex-Lib. A little spotting to prelims. o/w. a nr. fine hardback.
Provides useful information about primulas and their cultivation treated from a practical standpoint, with chapters devoted to propagation, cultivation, Polyanthus, Primroses, Primulas under glass and descriptions of the best species and varieties.
£4.00 [ref: 71609]

Cox, J.E.K. Scientific Horticulture. Quarterly Journal of the Horticultural Education Association. Vol. 28 No’s 2,3 and 4.
Pub. HEA. 1976-7 3 Vols. all in nr. fine condition.
£8.00 [ref: 40719]

Cox, P. The Larger Species of Rhododendron.
Pub. B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1979 pp.352 with b/w. photographs and colour plates. A vg. copy in spine-faded dw.
£10.00 [ref: 46305]

Cox, P.A. The Larger Rhododendron Species.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1990 pp.389 with 82 colour photographs. Nr. fine in dw.
£15.00 [ref: 31872]

Cribb, P. & Butterfield, I. The Genus Pleione. A Kew Magazine Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG. Kew./ Helm / Timber Press. 1988 pp.94 with col. photos., illus. and b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Provides a comprehensive account of the biology, cultivation of the species and hybrids. Highly authoritative and richly illustrated.
£45.00 [ref: 72348]

Cribb, P. and Bailes, C. Hardy Orchids. Orchids for the garden and frost-free greenhouse.
1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 1989 pp.xiii, 162 with 96 colour photographic plates and 41 line drawings. 4to. Small label to rear paste-down. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This book shows that the range of orchids that can be grown outdoors in Europe and North America is much greater than most perceive it to be.
£15.00 [ref: 64593]