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 & Hiscock, Simon. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Algarve.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2019 pp.vii, 272 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. New softback. RRP £40.00.
The most comprehensive identification guide to the rich Mediterranean flora of the Algarve region of southern Portugal, including the Cape St. Vincent Peninsula National Park.
£36.00 [ref: 71341]

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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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. New softback.
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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Wise, R. A Fragile Eden. Portraits of the Endemic Flowering Plants of the Granitic Seychelles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Univ. Press. 1998 pp.232 with col. & b/w. illus. Small 4to. New hardback - still in publisher’s shrinkwrap. Out-of-print.
In 1985 the Oxford University Biological Expedition to the Seychelles studied the vegetation on several of the islands. Rosemary Wise, the department's artist, was asked to accompany the expedition. She became alarmed that the rapidly disappearing species might go unrecorded and made it her mission for the next ten years to paint all of the endemic flora in their natural habitat. She has written an accompanying text (with a contribution by Malcolm Coe) to describe this unique flora.
£25.00 [ref: 70044]

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]