The standard cyclopedia of horticulture.
London: The MacMillan Company, 1963. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine set in publisher's cloth and slipcase. More
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All about gardening: being a popular dictionary of gardening, containing full practical instructions in the different branches of horticultural science...
London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, 1871. Octavo, text illustrations, decorated publisher's cloth. More
Jewel of the Australian desert Native peach (Quandong): the tree with the round red fruit.
Tantanoola: Neville Bonney, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. It is highly unlikely that any other edible Australian native plant has created as much interest as the Native peach/Quandong, Santalum acuminatum. This plant is now embedded in Australian folklore and holds nostalgic memories for many people. This fully illustrated book..... More
Dictionary of gardening: a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture.
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, (1965-1969. second edition). Quarto, text illustrations, slightly chipped dustwrappers. Volumes one to four plus supplement. Freight will be extra. More
An introduction to the botany of tropical crops.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1965. Octavo, photographs, text illustraions, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
The A to Z of plant names: a quick reference guide to 4000 garden plants.
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, This handy gardener's reference provides the derivation, meaning and pronunciation of the most popular and interesting garden plants. Common names and synonyms are cross-referenced to the botanical name. Names are organized alphabetically by generic name and these are followed by species, sub-species..... More
Traite d'entomologie horticole agricole et forestiere.
Paris: Imprimerie C. Annoot-Braeckman, 1865. Quarto, four chromolithographs, binder's cloth. wrappers (cut down) retained. Text in French. More
Fifty plants that changed the world.
Oxford: Bodleian Library, (2026. reprint). Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Beginning with some of the earliest uses of plants, Stephen Harris takes us on an exciting journey through history, identifying fifty plants that have been key to the development of the western world, discussing trade, imperialism, politics, medicine, travel and chemistry..... More
Pests, diseases, ailments and allies of Australian plants.
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Quarto, paperback, plastic wrappers, colour photographs, text illustrations. By critically acclaimed author team of Jones and Elliot, this book is an authoritative reference on pests, diseases and nutritional disorders of Australian plants. This book describes over 300 introduced and native pests and diseases. To find..... More
Breeding dendrobium orchids in Hawaii.
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, a very good copy in slightly chipped dustwrapper. More
Florilegium Imperiale: botanical illustrations for Francis I of Austria.
Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2006. Quarto, colour illustrations, decorative cloth, slipcase. Presenting a horticultural history, this collection features 120 of Matthias Schmutzer's portraits of the imperial gardens. It offers biographical information about Francis I of Austria, descriptions of the imperial gardens in the ruler's time, and photographs of how they appear..... More
Soils for landscape development: selection, specification and validation.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2024. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $90. This second edition of the award-winning Soils for Landscape Development provides a globally applicable method for landscape architects and designers, specification writers, landscape contractors, nursery growers, turf specialists and soil supply companies to properly specify landscape soils using..... More
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Hibiscus [volume one only].
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1978. Folio, colour plates. Publisher's full morocco, limited to 350 copies numbered and signed copies (NOT AS PICTURED). More
The orchid grower's manual.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1988. Octavo, photographs and other illustrations, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The essentials of orchid growing.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1991. Octavo, colour photographs, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Hardy heathers from the northern hemisphere: Calluna, Daboecia, Erica.
London: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. The latest publication from the "Botanical Magazine" Monograph series, this is a fully illustrated guide to the heather species that grow naturally in the Northern Hemisphere. Covered in detail are the distribution, classification, and conservation of..... More
Horticultural flora of south-eastern Australia, volume three: flowering plants, dicotyledons part two.
Sydney: UNSW Press, (2002. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The third of a four volume survey of all plants- native and exotic- that can be cultivated in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and parts of Queensland. It provides a means to identifying garden plants and..... More
Horti curious: a gardener's miscellany of fascinating facts and remarkable plants.
London: Exisle Publishing, 2024. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. A glorious celebration of plants, gardens, and gardeners. Explore surprising facts, interesting history, intricate botanical details, and extraordinary gardens, organized as a delightful “chocolate-box” that can be browsed at random and poured over for hours. More
Roses: a bibliography of botanical, horticultural, and other works related to the genus Rosa.
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1972. Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
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