Streeter, David. et al. Collins Wild Flower Guide. The most complete guide to the wild flowers of Britain and Ireland.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2016 pp.704 with many colour illus. 8vo. New softback. RRP £24.99.
Over 1,900 species described in this updated 2nd edition of the classic field guide.
£22.50 [ref: 50253]

Sunderland, Tony. Field Guide to the Rattans of Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 2009 pp.66 with colour photos. 8vo. Softback. New.
Identification guide to all 22 species found in Africa, their ecology and distribution, and their sustainable management. The first identification aid for the rattan palms of the entire continent. Species descriptions are based on leaf and stem characteristics and are illustrated with more than 120 colour photographs, line drawings and distribution maps.
£40.00 [ref: 56730]

Thorogood, Chris & Hiscock, Simon. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Algarve.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2014 pp.vii, 272 with colour photos., line drawings and dist. maps. 8vo. New hardback. RRP £35.00.
This is the first comprehensive identification guide to the rich Mediterranean flora of the Algarve region of southern Portugal, including the Cape St. Vincent Peninsula National Park.
£31.50 [ref: 52422]

Thorogood, Chris. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Western Mediterranean.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2016 pp.630 with many colour photos. and b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. New hardback. RRP £40.00. Highly recommended.
Encompasses southern Europe from the Portuguese Algarve in the west to Italy in the east, the islands (including the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Sardinia), and North Africa from Morocco in the west to Tunisia in the east.
£35.00 [ref: 52435]

Tittensor, Ruth. Shades of Green. An Environmental and Cultural History of Sitka Spruce.
1st. Ed. Pub. Windgather. 2016 pp.xvi, 375 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. New softback. RRP £29.95.
Introduced from the temperate rainforests of North America, the Sitka spruce was planted on unproductive uplands in Britain, flourished and produced timber where few other trees would grow. Alongside the environmental and cultural history, the author provides insight into its economic importance.
£20.00 [ref: 62159]

Veitch, J.H. Hortus Veitchii. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Together with an Account of The Botanical Collectors and Hybridists Employed by Them and a List of the Most Remarkable of Their Introductions.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Caradoc Doy. 2006 pp.648 with 50 b/w. plates. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. A numbered copy from the limited edition of 1,000 copies. RRP £95.00. Comes with a copy of the (98-page) ‘Plant Hunters’ Guide to the Devon Veitch Legacy’ (Pub. 2020) which allows the reader to find where plants collected by the Veitch family are growing in the gardens and countryside of Devon today.
A most fascinating work. Hortus Veitchii begins with a biographical introduction to the Veitch family and their interests. Around a fifth of the work is dedicated to accounts of 27 of the leading plant collectors and hybridists whom the Veitch’s employed, including William Lobb, Thomas Lobb and E.H. Wilson. The book then focusses on the vast number of plants these men brought back and worked on; not just by listing them, but through an enticing mixture of detailed background text and photographs.
£40.00 [ref: 58970]

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Watson, K. The Flora of Renfrewshire.
Pub. Pisces Publications. 2013 pp.xi, 408 covering more than 1,500 species. 4to. Maps and excellent colour photographs. New hardback in new dw. RRP £45.00.
This is the first full flora of the Vice County of Renfrewshire (Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and parts of southend north-west Glasgow). It marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the author.
£40.00 [ref: 47627]

Wigginton, M. J. Mosses & Liverworts of St Helena.
Pub. Pisces Publications. 2012 pp.128 with 290 detailed, vivid colour photographs of over 100 species as well as dist. maps. & text figs. Informative text and keys accessible to beginners and professional bryologists. A new softback copy.
This identification guide is the first full treatment of St Helena's mosses, liverworts and hornworts since 1875, and provides a fascinating insight into an under-explored group of plants, 26 of which are considered endemic.
£12.95 [ref: 47951]

Willmot, A. &. Moyes, N. The Flora of Derbyshire.
Pub. Pisces. 2015 pp.vi, 458 with colour photographs and distribution maps throughout. 4to. New hardback. RRP £38.50. Last copy.
This is the first new Flora to be published for Derbyshire since 1969. An excellent work.
£35.00 [ref: 48536]

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Wolton, Robert. Hedges. British Wildlife Collection No. 13.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2024 pp.400 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00.
In ‘Hedges’, Robert Wolton brings together decades of research, while also incorporating personal experiences from his farm in Devon, to explore the ecology, nature conservation and wider environmental values of our hedges. From improving water quality and producing wood fuel as a renewable energy source to the use of hedges in boosting crop pollination, this engaging and authoritative book will help to inspire people to value and look after the remarkably rich hedgerow heritage we have in the British Isles.
£36.00 [ref: 66898]