Buczacki, S. &. Harris, K. Collins Shorter Guide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1983 pp. 319 with twenty-four colour plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
£4.50 [ref: 48632]

Buining, A.F.H. The genus Discocactus Pfeiffer. A revision of known, and description of new, species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Buining-fond. 1982 pp.223 with col. & b/w. photos., plus b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
Pierre Braun wrote an extensive review of Discocactus, listing 63 published or proposed taxa. Albert Buining then published this book on Discocactus, listing and describing all species named to that date.
£49.50 [ref: 69415]

Bullivant, Elizabeth. Dried Fresh Flowers. From Your Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pelham / Stephen Greene. 1989 pp.127 with colour photos. and line drawings. 4vo. With ‘To Margaret and Peter, Have fun reading this and also doing a little Drying, Elizabeth Bullivant’ to half-title. Nr. fine hardback in br. fine dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
By following the advice given in this book you will be able to preserve a wide range of flowers and foliage and so enjoy an arrangement of your summer flowers all the year round.
£10.00 [ref: 64387]

Bunyard, George & Thomas, Owen. The Fruit Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1904 pp.xiii, 507 with 119 b/w. photos. and illus. Royal 8vo. Dedications to ffep. Foxing at ends and to parts of text, o/w. in thor vg. condition. Original boards showing some shelf-rubbing in places; two neat repairs to spine, o/w. in vg. condition.
£75.00 [ref: 52430]

Bunyard, George. Fruit Farming For Profit. A practical treatise, embracing chapters on all the most profitable fruits, with detailed instructions for successful culture on the kent system.
4th. Ed. Pub. W.S.Vivish. 1899 pp.200 with b/w. illus. With 16pp. appendix from the first edition tipped onto rear free endpaper (dated 1882) and also 4pp. leaflet on ‘Instructions for Erecting a Fruit House’ tipped into middle of text block. 8vo. Name to half title (dated 1901). A thor. vg. hdbk. in decorated green cloth boards, lightly marked on rear.
£30.00 [ref: 52390]

Calthrop, D.C. The Charm of Gardens.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. A & C Black. 1917 pp.xii, 240 with 32 col. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Neat inscription (dated Xmas 1923) and hand-written verse to ffep. Some spotting to text pages o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in vg. condition with some light shelf wear to extremities.
A nostalgic rumination on gardens and gardening.
£5.00 [ref: 70093]

Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust. The Gardens of Cambridgeshire. A Gazetteer of over 400 Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust. 2000 pp.iii, 187 with b/w. illus. and maps. 8vo. Occasional neat annotation in margin, o/w. a fine softback.
For ease of reference the gardens in the gazetteer have been arranged into 33 tours, each with a map and covering between 3 and 15 gardens. An excellent guide to the gardens of this area. It provides a short description of each one pulling out the most important features of the garden in question.
£10.00 [ref: 60611]

Cameron, R. Great Comp and its Garden. One couple’s achievement in seven acres.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bachman & Turner. 1981 pp.184 with colour and b/w. photos. Royal 8vo. With signatures of R. and J.T. Cameron. A fine hdbk. in vg. plus dw.
£15.00 [ref: 51637]

Capek, Karel. The Gardener’s Year.
1st. UK. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. George Allen & Unwin. 1931 pp.160 with b/w. text illus. 8vo. Hardback. Ffep., removed. Charming inscription, dated ‘Xmas 1942) to half-title. Some spotting to ends, only very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original printed green boards thor. vg.
A humourous approach to gardening for the amateur. The author is better known as a writer of science fiction and for his play R.U.R. in which the word ‘robot’ was introduced.
£7.50 [ref: 70084]

Capon, B. Botany for Gardeners.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2010 pp.268 with colour photographs and figs. throughout. A new copy in card covers.
Still the most complete, compact and accessible introduction to the world of botany, this third edition includes dazzling electron microscope photos and even more amazing facts about plants.
£14.99 [ref: 40015]