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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Book. Illus. by walter beebe wilder. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No dustjacket. Dark green cloth with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light soiling to covers. Light foxing to endpapers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 363pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs by Walter Beebe Wilder..
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Adventures with Hardy Bulbs
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Bamboos: a Gardener's Guide to Their Cultivation in Temperate Climes
by Lawson, A.H.
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London: Faber and Faber, 1968. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean apart from a small smudge mark to fep, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn and lightly soiled, with an old repair to a 3in. tear at the top of the front cover. Not price-clipped. 192pp. 18 b/w plates and 9 line drawings. The author was head gardener at the gardens at Pitt White, Uplyme, Devon, and at the time of writing had in his care perhaps the most comprehensive collection of hardy bamboos in Europe. This book was the first of its kind to deal with the full range of bamboos hardy in temperate climates. In it the author gives a straightforward consistent description of the features of each species. The cultivation and propagation of bamboos, and their potential for all types of gardens, are fully discussed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Begonia Culture for Amateurs: Containing Full Directions for the Succesful cultivation of the Begonia, under glass, and in the open air
by Ravenscroft, B.C.
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London : L.Upcott Gill, 1898. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Decorative paper-covered book with title in black on front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 87pp. plus index and publishers list. A period guide on the growing of begonias, includes sections on culture in pots, propagation, hybridising, double flowering varieties and growing for exhibition..
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The Book of Flowers - Four Centuries of Flower Illustration
by Coats, Alice M.
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London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Dark maroon leather covers with title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Slipcase condition: Fair to good, generally lightly scuffed and shelfworn; has done its job in protecting the book. One of a limited edition of 100 special copies, this is no.97. 208pp.. This book is limited to flowers as represented on paper or vellum, not those in painting or in applied arts, and covers the period 1485 to 1850. Many beautiful floral illustrations..
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Brambles and Bay Leaves: Essays on things Homely and Beautiful
by Hibberd, Shirley
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London: Groombridge & Sons, 1872. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Thid edition. Blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine and black decoration to front cover. Condition: Good, with light foxing to fore-edges of textblock. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 312pp. Four early chromolithographs (inc.frontispiece). Scarce. A collection of essays by Hibberd on the beauties of nature, including "The Rainbow", the "Land of Blackberries" and "The Season of Brown Leaves". .
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Brave New Victuals - An inquiry into modern food production
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers.Light foxing to textblock edges. Light browning to endpapers from inner flaps of dustjacket. This book previously belonged to the author, Elspeth Huxley, and bears her address label on the front endpaper. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light foxing. Not price-clipped. 168pp. Although dated in some ways, this book presents an interesting overview of agricultural production techniques and their effect on the land and livestock..
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The Carnation and Picotee
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London: Groombridge & Sons, 1886. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Presentation copy. Second edition, with appendix. Scarlet cloth with titles in gilt on front cover. Pale yellow endpapers. All edges are red. Condition: Good, covers are generally lightly soiled and rubbed with bumping to spine and cover corners. Colour from the cover cloth has bled around the very edge of the front and rear endpapers. Fep has the inscription "presented by the author" in ink. Title page has a small white paper label with the number 289 on it in black, and a red stamp from the Birmingham and Midlands Counties Gardeners Mutual Society. Binding cracked internally in once place, otherwise sound. Text clean. 143pp. One double-page b/w image in the centre of the book, illustrating the diseases which can affect the carnation. Scarce. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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A Chalk Garden
by Stern, F.C.
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London: Thomas Nelson and sons Ltd., 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Top edge green. Condition: Good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Light browning to front endpaper from dustjacket flap. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with some small chips missing and some repaired tears. 175pp. 3 colour and 9 b/w plates. This book tells the story of the making of a garden, Highdown, from a barren chalk-pit. It discusses in detail the plants that will grow on chalk. Stern raised plants at Highdown from seed brought back by the great collectors, Wilson, Farrer, Forrest and Kingdon-Ward from south-east Asia, Comber and Clarence Elliott from south America and E.K.Balls and Peter Davis from Asia Minor..
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Cordon Training of Fruit Trees: Diagonal, Vertical, Spiral, Horizontal Adapted to the Orchard-House and Open-air Culture
by Collings Brehaut, The Rev.T.
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London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dark green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and blindstamped decoration to covers. Chocolate brown endpapers with black printed advertising on both front and rear pastedowns for two other contemporary publications by Longman, Green and Co. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Light bumping to head and tail of spine and cover corners. Light foxing to endpapers. Previous owners name written in ink at top of title page (Frederick Collingwood of Glanton Pyke, Northumberland). Light creasing to top corner of pages 73 to 81. 119pp. B/w frontispiece and eight other b/w illustrations. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Culture of the Peach and Nectarine
by McEwen (M'Ewen), George
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London: Groombridge & Sons, 1859. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark green pebbled cloth with title in gilt on front cover and ruled lines blindstamped onto covers just inside the edges. Pale yellow endpapers. Title is handwritten neatly in contemporary handwriting (c.1859) in black ink on spine. Condition: Good, covers have light rubbing and shelfwear and light bumpint to cover corners and head and tail of spine. Cloth at head of spine beginning to fray. Previous owners name neatly written at top right of title page. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. This book was published after the authors death, and was edited an enlarged by John Cox. 52pp. plus publishers list. Beautiful hand-coloured frontispiece of the "Late Admirable" variety of peach. Includes chapters on all aspects of peach and nectarine cultivation, together with lists to the rear of types of peaches and nectarines, including lists of new American and French…
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The Ecology of Soil Fungi - An International Symposium
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Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Olive green cloth with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers and light bumping to base of spine. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 324pp. This volume presents the papers reviewing the ideas presented in the international symposium on the ecology of soil fungi held in the department of botany in the University of Liverpool during the Summer of 1958..
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Ein Garten Der Erinnerung - Sieben Kapitel Von Und Uber Karl Foerster
by Foerster, Eva and Rostin, Gerhard (eds.)
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Berlin: Buchverlag Union, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Text is in German throughout. Grey patterned hardcover with title in blue and white on spine. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear. 533pp. Many b/w illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Ericas in Southern Africa
by Baker, H.A. And Oliver, E.G.H.
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Capetown and Johannesburg, South Africa: Purnell, 1967. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light soiling and shelfwear, and light sunning to spine. 180pp. 163 colour plates. This work represents a cross-section of the genus Erica as a whole throughout Southern Africa and 167 species are illustrated in full colour and great detail. Species representative of each section of the genus are chosen with special reference to size, range of form, colour variations and geographical distribution. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Euphorbias: a gardeners' Guide
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London: Batsford, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with titles in white on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 192pp. 47 colour illustrations and 20 b/w line drawings. The author details all the euphorbias suitable for outdoor cultivation in Britain, Europe and the USA. The book includes chapters on identification, nomenclature and cultivation. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Ferns of the Axe and its Tributaries, also of Lyme, Charmouth, Uplyme and Monkton Wyld with an Account Of The Flower LOBELIA URENS found wild near Axminster and nowhere else in Great Britain
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London and Chard: Hamilton, Adams & Co. and Thomas Young, 1862. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark green cloth with title in gilt within gilt vignette on front cover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplates to front pastedown, with the first owners name written at top of front endpaper with the date Aug 16/63. Frontispiece tissue-guard becoming loose. Some light creasing to top corners of a few pages. Some faint browning and occasional light foxing to text throughout. Also some handwritten plant notes to last blank page to rear, facing last page of index. 126pp. 4 b/w engraved plates..
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The Flora of the Sacred Nativity: An Attempt at Collecting the Legends and Ancient dedications of Plants Connected in Popular Tradition with the Life of Our Blessed Lord from His Nativity the the Flight Into Egypt
by Dowling B.A., Alfred E.P.Raymund
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London: Kegan Paul Trench & Trubner, 1900. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Buff coloured buckram with bevelled edges and titles in red on front cover and spine. Pages untrimmed. Title page is printed in red and black. Condition: Good, covers are lightly soiled with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Spine is sunned so that title on spine is faded. Browning to endpapers. No inscriptions. Binding sound. 226pp. The book includes an introductory essay on the Flora Sacra, sections on flowering trees, such as the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury and the Cadnam Oak, types of the Incarnation, such as the tree of Jesse and the Burning Bush, together with the flora seen during the nativity, such as at the visitation of the shepherds and the adoration of the Kings, finishing with the "repose" in Egypt, and a conclusion. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Flowering Trees (India - The Land and people)
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India: National Book Trust, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third revised edition. Cream hardcover with title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with a couple of light scuff marks and light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, text clean, nno inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to spine. 216pp. 14 colour plates. This book includes sections on the use of trees within town planning, and details fifty-six flowering trees including the tulip tree, the Indian coral tree and the Queen's flower or Pride of India. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Flowering Tropical Climbers
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Folkestone and New York: Dawson, Science History Publications, 1976. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. Pale olive green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light sunning to cover edges. Binding sound, no inscriptions.194pp. 16 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. The card slipcase is in good condition, with general light shelfwear. This book is intended primarily as a guide to students who are studying the ecology of tropical plants. To assist them, selected plants have been illustrated and descrbed in detail. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Flowers of the Engadine
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Winchester: Warren & Son, 1891. Book. Good. Cloth. Blue cloth with gilt flower decoration to front cover and title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Covers are quite worn and rubbed, with some fraying to head and tail of spine. Front endpaper not present. Hinges beginning to crack, but holding firmly, binding otherwise sound. No inscriptions. 22pp.plus 8pp. index and 224 beautiful hand coloured plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Forest Trees - Some Directions About Raising Forest Trees (edited By Professor M.L.Anderson)
by Hamilton , Thomas (6th Earl of Haddington)
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London: Thomas Nelson, 1953. Book. Illus. by Helen Monro. Good. Cloth. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and light bumping to head and tail of spine. Two small splashmarks to rear cover. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 95pp. Beautifully illustrated with wood engravings by Helen Monro. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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