Pim, Sheila. The Wood and the Trees. A biography of Augustine Henry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macdonald. 1966 pp.256 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw.
Augustine Henry, the Irish plantsman and sinologist, is best known for sending over 15,000 dry specimens and seeds and 500 plant samples to Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom
£8.50 [ref: 70251]

Samuel, H.J. Wild Flower Hunter. The Story of Ellis Roan.
Pub. Constable. 1961 pp.151 with some text illus. plus colour frontis. A thor. vg. copy in sl. foxed dustwrapper.
£7.50 [ref: 43352]

Samuel, H.J. Wild Flower Hunter. The Story of Ellis Rowan.
1st. Ed. Pub. Constable. 1961 pp.151 with b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in vg. dw., darkened in places.
£7.00 [ref: 51898]

Sargent, Charles Sprague (Ed). Plantae Wilsonianae: An Enumeration of the Woody Plants Collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University During the Years 1907, 1908, & 1910 by E.H. Wilson.
Rep. Pub. Dioscorides Press, Oregon. 1988 Three volume set. 8vo. Light spotting to top edges of text-blocks o/w. fine hardbacks in fine dws. Out-of-print.
Reissue of this classic work on the Chinese flora, first published between 1913 and 1917, and listing 2,716 species.
£49.50 [ref: 65287]

Shephard, S. Seeds of Fortune. A Gardening Dynasty.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2003 pp.xix, 300 with colour plates and b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Out-of-print.
A captivating account of adventure, big business and Veitch family intrigue in the horticultural world.
£10.00 [ref: 61222]

Shulman, N. A Rage for Rock Gardening. The story of Reginald Farrer, gardener, writer and plant collector.
Pub. Short Books. 2002 pp. 126. Fine hardback with dw.
£4.00 [ref: 43052]

Smythe, F.S. The Valley of the Flowers.
Rep. Pub. Cadogan. 1985 pp. 322. 8vo. Spine gently sunned o/w. a fine softback.
Not a book purely on Plant Hunting, Mountaineering or Exploration, rather a happy combination of all three.
£5.00 [ref: 33363]

Synge, Patrick M. In Search of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1973 pp.176 with colour and b/w. photos. Royal 8vo. Edges of boards marked by silverfish o/w. a vg. hdbk. in vg. dw.
£4.00 [ref: 51910]

Whittle, Tyler. The Plant Hunters. 3,450 years of searching for Green Treasure.
1st. Ed. Pub. Heinemann. 1970 pp.xiii, 257 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in vg. dw.
£10.00 [ref: 51840]

Wijnands, D.O. et al. (Eds.). Jan Commelin’s Monograph on Cape Flora. Drawings and desriptions of the plants that the Hon. Simon van der Stel, Governor at the Cape of Good Hope, found on his great journey, 1685.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Editors. 1996 pp.110 with b/w. illus. (10 folding). 4to. Limited Edition of 350 copies. Fine hardback. Out-of-print.
£35.00 [ref: 65249]

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