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WILD & GARDEN PLANTS (NN 80)
Written by Max Walters.
Stock no. 1829205
Published by Collins. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 80. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 16 colour plates and over 60 b/w photos and drawings. 200 pages including index. ISBN: 0002193760. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor crease to vertical edge of front endpaper (cannot capture on camera). Else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at spine (as is normal) else fine.

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A STREAM IN YOUR GARDEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1328940
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'How the amateur may install running water in rock gardens and the construction of pools'. Beige cloth, dark blue title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 104 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Some light foxing to textblock and light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine.

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BOTANICAL LATIN: HISTORY, GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, TERMINOLOGY AND VOCABULARY
Written by William T. Stearn.
Stock no. 1828962
Published by David & Charles. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. An invaluable source of information for every taxonomic botanist and keen gardener. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiv and 566 pages including index. ISBN: 0715356453. Second Impression. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green custwrapper is lightly edge-worn and very slightly faded to spine.

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ALPINE PLANTS: ECOLOGY FOR GARDENERS
Written by John E.G. Good; David Millward.
Stock no. 1828219
Published by Batsford. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An authoritative and practical guide to understanding alpines for all gardeners. Brown cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780713490176. Board corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BOTANICAL GARDEN VOLUME II
Written by Roger Phillips; Martyn Rix.
Stock no. 1327176
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Perennials and Annuals. Large format. Green boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0333748905. Spine and corners bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of rear cover. Splash mark to textblock and to front free-endpaper. Dustwrpper is just a little grubby, damp stain on rear panel and edge creased.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ROSES
Written by Michael Gibson.
Stock no. 1326135
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Observer book no. 84. Glazed pictorial boards. With 130 Colour photographs and 12 line drawings. ISBN: 0723216061. Spine slightly bumped. Covers very slightly browned (as is usual with these bindings). Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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THE GENUS LAVANDULA
Written by Tim Upson; Susyn Andrews. Illustrated by Georita Harriott; Christabel King; Joanna Langhorne.
Stock no. 1826681
Published by Royal Botanic Gardens. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Botanical Magazine Monograph. A comprehensive and authoritative account of lavenders, focusing on their worldwide importance as garden plants and a mainstay of the perfumery and aromatherapy industries. Lilac cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1842460102. Minor bump to lower front corner of board. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of minor marks.

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THE ROSE: A TRUE HISTORY
Written by Jennifer Potter.
Stock no. 1826054
Published by Callisto Books. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 521 pages. A definitive history of the Queen of Flowers. ISBN: 9780857400208. Text block very slightly grubby else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and has a light score to front panel.

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MEDIAEVAL GARDENS
Written by John Harvey.
Stock no. 1825130
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Illustrated history of gardening in mediaeval times. ISBN: 071342396X. Light creasing to corners of covers, spine lightly faded. Text block slightly grubby and browned. Contents clean.

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MEDIAEVAL GARDENS
Written by John Harvey.
Stock no. 1825130
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Illustrated history of gardening in mediaeval times. ISBN: 071342396X. Light creasing to corners of covers, spine lightly faded. Text block slightly grubby and browned. Contents clean.

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MANUAL OF CULTIVATED CONIFERS HARDY IN THE COLD- AND WARM-TEMPERATE ZONE
Written by P. Den Ouden; B.K. Boom.
Stock no. 2139082
Published by Martinus Nijhoff. 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. 526 pages. Small mark to front cover. Light browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of small nicks.

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GARDEN NATURAL HISTORY (NN 102)
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 2139079
Published by Collins. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007139934. A few grubby marks to rear panel of wrapper.

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