Botany, monographs

Conservatoire botanique, Geneve, 1976. Boissiera vol. 25. Paper covers. As new /No Jacket. A revision of the type section of the genus Astragalus, previously known as Sect. Christiana Bunge or Christiani DC. Recognises 40 species, and is illustrated with line drawings and distribution maps. 197 pp. more information

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1980. Kew Bulletin vol. 35 no. 3 (reprint with paper cover). Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. Very fine condition, in green paper cover but paginated as in the original Kew Bulletein article. "A logical extension of the accounts already published for Siam [sic], Borneo and New Guinea", in the words of the author. Includes map of the subdivisions of Australia employed in the specimen citations and a rather nice line drawing on the cover. more information

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New York Botanic Garden, New York, 1991. Memoirs of the N.Y.B.G., volume 65. Hard covers, no dust jacket. Good /No Jacket. Written by the doyen of New York botanic garden taxonomist, this revision of new world Mimosas is unsurpassed. more information

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Ministry of Supply and Services, Canada, 1977. Biosystematics Research Institute, Monograph No. 14. Colour-printed boards. V.g. / No Jacket . A separate bibliography was available from the author; this book includes a loose insert advertising this. Printed on glossy paper with a coloured hard cover, no dust jacket and thus some slight soiling, speckling to top edge, generally v.g. Still the definitive book through which to "get your oats". An awesome list of taxonomic and nomenclatural synonyms occupies pp. 381-456, covering both Avena and related genera such as Helictotrichon. The main text includes synonymy, description, distribution map (typically using a Polar projection), distribution summary, phenology, habitat and a selection of cited herbarium specimens. Most entries are accompanied by detailed nomenclatural notes. more information

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Archipel Drukkerij Buitenzorg, 1937. Paper covers. Fair /No Jacket. Front wrapper detached, with numerous tears and abrasions, contents tight if sl. dusted. Extracted from the "Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg", ser. 3, vol. 14 (3-4), Dec. 1937. Printed on quality paper, except for the cover which is highly acidic and hence has suffered from the effects of high humidity. An excellent regional monograph treating 165 species of Ixora, with keys, synonymy, Latin descriptions, and specimen citations. The species index is followed by an alphabetical list of collectors of specimens. more information

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Alpine Garden Society, Woking, Surrey, 1976. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/V.g. Near fine condition, with a few minor 'stretch marks' to rear of dust jacket and some dust on top edge of book. This will enable the keen grower to identify every species of Daphne known in cultivation. There is much in the contents to interest the more general reader, including an erudite discussion of Daphne cneorum and its classically derived species name, which is thought to refer to the burning sensation induced in the mouth of anyone foolish enough to chew its leaves. more information

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H. Gianotten N.V., Tilburg, 1968. paper covers. V.g/No Jacket. V.g., cover sunned. Mohammad Nazeer Chaudhri, from Gujarkhan in Pakistan, produced this work as "Proefschrift" for his doctorate in natural science at the University of Utrecht. His promotor was the distinguished Professor J. Lanjouw. A very accomplished monograph, written in English and with illustrations by an unknown hand (possibly the author's), this work was carried out simultaneously with the preparation of an account of this group for Peter H. Davis's Flora of Turkey, in which many of the species occur. more information

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American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 1992. Systematic Botany Monographs, vol. 34. Paper covers. New /No Jacket. A monograph of the genus Epilobium in China. 37 species are treated, and extensive voucher material is cited. Illustrated with very attractive line drawings, and dot distribution maps. (2), 209 pp. more information

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The Garden Book Club, n.d. Book Club edition, originally published by Faber & Faber in 1963. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /V.g. A near fne copy. Introduces the diversity of Camellias and gives hints for their successful cultivation and propagation. Well illustrated. 140 pp. more information

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Botanisches Museum, UniversitŠt ZŸrich, 1943. Mitteilungen aus dem Motanischen Museum CXLII, Serie Botanik, No. 14. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. Some tears (repaired) to spine. As well as consituting the fourth part of the monograph (Convolvulaceae - Asteraceae), this also contains the complete index to genera on pp. 495-507. Offprint. more information

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Conservatoire botanique, Geneve, 1971. Boissiera vol. 21. Paper covers. Good /No Jacket. As new except for a split in the 'perfect binding' between pages 24 and 25, leaving a gap but without loosening the pages. 235 pp. more information

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Alpine Garden Society, 1983. Reprint of 1978 second edition. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. Little worn. Monograph of the group of North American Portulacaceae much appreciated by alpine gardeners. This guide covers the full range of species and mentions the most important hybrids. Illustrated with monochrome photographs. 83 pp. more information

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Timber Press, 2002. Reprint of paperback edition; first published in 1988. Paper covers. As new /No Jacket. As well as being a monograph of the 23 recognised species of Syringa, this book covers the history of the discovery of species in the wilds of S.E. Asia. It also provides a great deal of information on the cultivars and hybrid Lilacs available in horticulture, and their care. (6), 266 pp., 100 col. plates, numerous text figures. more information

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Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz; Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1992. Tropische und subtropische Pflanzenwelt, t. 81. Paper covers. New /No Jacket. Scarcely used. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. 365 pp. more information

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Timber Press, 2009. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. New /New. Despite the title, this is not quite a monograph of the entire genus. No fewer than 70 new species are described therein, and most are keyed to section and species. Although primarily aimed at growers, this book will also be of great value to flora-writers. 344 pp., 100 col. plates. more information

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Alpine Garden Society, n.d. 1st edition. Paper covers. Good /No Jacket. Good, sl. edgwear to spine, cover spotted. Useful handbook to the then known species of Dionysia, an attractive genus of Primulaceae whose distribution is centred on the mountains of Iran and Aghanistan. more information

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B.T. Batsford, London, 2000. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. As new /As new. The most up-to-date monograph of this horticulturally popular genus. 219, (5) pp. more information

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Royal Society of Edinburgh , 1987. Proceedings section B (Biological Sciences) vol. 93 parts 1 & 2. V.g. /No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. vi, 234 pp. more information

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NCCPG, 2001. 1st edition. Paper covers. New /No Jacket. Funded by the author, this neat guide summarises information on Viburnum species and cultivars and includes a short section on the diseases to which they are prone. 85 pp. more information

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Opera Botanica, 1985. Paper covers. V.g/No Jacket. V.g., spine sunned, binding separating at front hinge. Monograph of a mainly Asian genus of gentians. more information

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Purnell, Cape Town, Johannesburg, London & New York, 1972. Journal of South African Botany, supplementary volume no. 11. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/V.g. Fine condition except for some speckling on top edge; price clipped from dust jacket; owner's signature. Illustrated by Gwendolyn Joyce Lewis, Fay Anderson, Cythna Letty and others. English and Afrikaans abstracts. The first comprehensive treatment of S. African Gladiolus since Trimen, this partial monograph includes descriptions of several new species. Nicely illustrated with 32 full-page colour plates, and with extensive citations of specimens, the book also includes photographs of type specimens. According to the publisher's blurb, an "eminently desirable book". Aren't they all? more information

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Ness Gardens, 1986. 1st edition. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. A short introduction to Sorbus in cultivation. Includes loosely inserted single sheet (4 pp.) with key to the members of sect. Aucuparia. 14 pp. more information

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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2005. Botanical Magazine Monograph. Hard covers, dust jacket. New /New. The latest monograph of Rowan or Mountain Ash, being the true Sorbus after removal of the Aria group to another genus. Beautifully illustrated with 20 full-page colour plates and line drawings; includes descriptions of many new species. 252 pp. more information

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Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MS, 1993. 2nd edition, with new foreword by Gerald Bol. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /Fine. Fine. This general introduction to the woodiest subfamily of the grasses includes a discussion of the morphology of both vegetative and reproductive parts, and includes a detailed treatment of seven important species from different genera together with notes on propagation methods. Sadly there is little in this "fresh perspective" on the fascinating subject of bamboo's myriad economic uses. The book concludes with a generic key to bamboos under cultivation in the United States and Puerto Rico. xxii, 345 pp., numerous monochrome illustrations. more information

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McDonald & Woodward, Blacksburg, VA, 2006. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. New /New. In polythene wrapper. more information

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Macmillan, 1957. 1st edition, 1st printing. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /V.g. With well preserved dust jacket. Discreet owner's signature on front pastedown. xii, col. frontispiece, 323 pp. more information

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Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute, Tehran, 1977. 1st edition. Paper covers. Fair /No Jacket. Signatures separating from cover. Fold-out map in excellent condition. more information

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C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1968. Opera Botanica no. 20. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. Discreet owner's signature on cover; signed by the author on half title. 409, (2) pp. more information

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C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1943. 1st edition. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. Discreet owner's signature on cover; inscribed by the author on title page. Pages partly uncut. 432 pp. more information

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Vysoka skola zemedelska, Praze [Agricultural High School, Prague], 1978. Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. Fine, with loosely inserted letter from the author requesting seeds of Papaver for research. Written in the Czech language, this revision of one of the major Eurasian sections of the genus Papaver. Reproduced photographically from a typescript, with 15 full-page distribution maps; 80 pp. + maps. more information

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Protea Atlas Project, Cape Town, 2000. Paper covers. As new/No Jacket. Nearly new. A pocket guide to the Cape Heaths in their native habitats, a group much beloved of gardeners but here keyed and treated with an explanation of the meaning of their scientific names, description, distribution, and general comments. Each species is illustrated with a line drawing. Although the book is pitched at the interested amateur the authors are experts in the taxonomy of the group and their enthusiasm shows. Measuring scale printed inside back cover. more information

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Auckland Institute and Museum, 1975. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, no. 10. Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. Fine, sl. discoloration of spine area. [4] + 299 pp, 326 text figures and distribution maps. A monograph of part of the predominantly southern hemisphere family Haloragidaceae (excluding Hippuris), by an taxonomist who subsequently became the chief editor of the Flora of Australia series. The first modern account of the family, by Schindler (a 'splitter'), was prepared in Europe from inadequate dried material; the author was able to study fresh material of many groups in New Zealand as well as specimens from an impressive 42+ herbaria. With full synonymy and a comprehensive bibliography, the account includes descriptions of several new species. more information

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New Zealand DSIR, Christchurch, 1976. Bulletin 216. Hard covers printed with title, no dust jacket. V.g/No Jacket. Owner's signature inside front cover; sl. abrasion to covers, otherwise v.g. A most impressive regional monograph by a young American botanist who went on to become Director of Missouri Botanic Garden and an adviser to President Clinton. Probably the only floristic work to contain a map of a balloon tracked around eight circuits of the southern hemisphere (fig. 26). He poses the question, "why should there be so many species of Epilobium in New Zealand"? The answer lies in the Pleistocene, when plant migrations caused by the Ice Ages caused mixing of populations, hybridisation and subsequent selection of plants adapted to different microhabitats. Includes keys, descriptions, dot distribution maps, citation of specimens, and some very attractive text figures illustrating critical features as well as a few rather less successful colour plates of whole plants and dissections. The term 'Australasia' is applied rather loosely, to include plants of New Guinea as well as Australia and New Zealand. more information

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Duckworth, London, 1900. 1st edition. Publisher's red cloth. V.g. /No Jacket. Ex library copy, with numbers on spine and a library bookplate. A very lightly used copy. xiv, 111 pp. more information

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Linnean Society of London, 1807. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, vol. 8, pp. 330-358. Disbound. Good /No Jacket. Roscoe's first taxonomic treatment of the Zingiberaceae and allied families, a precursor to his major monograph Monandrian Plants of the Order Scitamineae (1824-28). Includes 1 plate containing 13 figures, and a key (in Latin) to the major genera. A pioneering work. more information

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Bronder Offset Rotterdam, 1967. Original paper covers. Good /No Jacket. Cairo-born Fatima Sa'ad has produced here a 'proefschrift' for her degree of Doctor of Natural Science at the University of Utrecht, supervised by Professor J. Lanjouw. A monograph of south-west Asian Convolvulus, it has been reproduced from a typescript (an IBM electric font, it would appear) and illustrated with some very fine art-work by the author. It contains some very useful critical comments and the general part which introduces the volume includes some interesting snippets, such as the fact that the ground-up roots of Macaronesian endemic Convolvuli are the source of a fragrant powder known as "bois de rose". Some slight creasing to the corners of the front cover, but overall in good condition. 288 pp. more information

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American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 2000. Systematic Botany Monographs, vol. 58. Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. Inscribed by the author on title page; little used. (4), 146 pp. more information

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Dansk Botanisk Forening, 1971. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, bind 27 nr. 4. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. Monograph of the orchid genus, distributed throughout S.E. Asia and the western Pacific islands. 101 pp. more information

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Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1984. Translated from the original Hungarian edition by Alicec Kundt. Hard covers, dust jacket. As new/As new. Nearly new, in pristine dust jacket. Owner's signature inside front cover. Covers the history of cultivation of paprika in Hungary and worldwide; major cultivars; ecological constraints; methods of cultivation and selection; and the diseases and pests to which the plant is prone. The author, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, has tapped into a rich vein of expertise on this pungent S. American spice plant. more information

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Collins New Naturalist series no. 19, 1951. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /V.g. An almost perfect jacket (very slight edgewear), internally very good. xvii, 366 pp. more information

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New Flora and Silva, 1934. . Hard covers, no dust jacket. Good /No Jacket. Good, cover boards warped, sl. foxing of e.p.s not affecting main text or plates. Ill. with 29 monochrome photographs and 12 distribution maps; frontispiece from Parkinson showing Meconopsis cambrica, the type species of the genus. With a foreword by Sir William Wright-Smith, this is a very impressive monograph by a distinguished plant taxonomist who later became Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The genus is centred on the Himalayas and many of its species are highly sought after by gardeners. Treats hybrids as well as species, with maps of the Series and an index to botanical names. more information

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Nauka Press, Leningrad, 1976. 1st (Russian)edition. Publisher's green buckram, no dust jacket. V.g/ No Jacket . A regional monographic treatment for the entire former Soviet Union, written by the country's leading grasses expert who was chief curator at the Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg. With full descriptions, keys, comprehensive synonymy and distributional summaries, together with Russian and Latin indexes. Fine; some minor abrasion to tips of spine; author's signed inscription on t.p. more information

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Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen, 1983. Thesis. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. Slight edge wear. 132 pp. more information

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Pelargonien Fischer , 1979. 2nd edition . Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /Good. Jacket of with minor chips and tears. Illustrated with full-page paintings by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst; also includes dot distribution maps and habit sketches. more information

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Norwegian Universities Press, Bergen / Oslo, 1961. Arbok for Universitetet I Bergen, Mat.-Naturv. Serie, no. 19. Disbound. Good /No Jacket. Palynological study of Primula and allied genera. 1 text figure, 5 plates, 31 pp. Includes rear cover but not the front cover. more information

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A.S. John Greigs Boktrykkeri, Bergen, 1957. Universitetet I Bergen, Aarbok 1957, Naturvitenscapelig rekke nr. 1. Disbound. Good /No Jacket. A taxonomic revision of Primula rosea and four related species. 3 tables, 6 figures, map (of Afghanistan and the western Himalaya), 27 pp. more information

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Norwegian Universities Press, Bergen / Oslo, 1961. Arbok for Universitetet I Bergen, Mat.-Naturv. Serie, no. 11. Disbound. Good /No Jacket. A monograph of part of the genus Primula, including sections having an affinity to the related genus in the Primulaceae, Dionysia. 49 pp.; includes rear cover but not the front cover. more information

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Norwegian Universities Press, Bergen / Oslo, 1961. Arbok for Universitetet I Bergen, Mat.-Naturv. Serie, no. 3. Disbound. Good /No Jacket. The first modern revision of the genus Dionysia, a challenging group of alpine plants which cling to rocky places centred on the Iranian highlands. 83 pp., 5 plates; page edge s untrimmed. more information

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University of Chicago, Chicago, 1904. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine. V.g. /No Jacket. Dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Ogden Graduate School of Science, in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Library bookplate; original soft covers bound in at end. (1), 22 pp., 4 plates. Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette vol. 27. more information

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Bulletin of Applied Botany, Genetics and Plant Breeding, 1928 (vol. 1); 1929 (vol. 2). Reprint from journal, in paper covers and rebound (retaining the covers) in a dark blue buckram. . Good /No Jacket. 2 volumes in matching blue buckram. Owner's stamp and signature (C.E. Hubbard, former Kew agrostologist) inside cover, and inscription "Wits [sic] compliments of author" on first page of main text of vol. 1. The first volume contains the original monograph of the genus Aegilops by Professor P.M. Zhukovsky, one of Vavilov's closest associates and author of "Agriculture of Turkey". It includes a section (pp. 556 - 583) on the "Geographical characteristics of the sections and species of the genus Aegilops L." It was published, in Russian but with a substantial English summary (pp. 584-609), in "Bulletin of Applied Botany, of Genetics and Plant Breeding" vol. 18 no. 1 (1927-28). The second volume is a reprint of A. Eig's "Monographisch -Kritische Uebersicht der Gattung Aegilops" from Feddes Repertorium, Beihefte Band 55 (1929) which consists of "a critical systematic survey of the species of the genus Aegilops L. by P.M. Zhukovsky", in German. In this latter work Eig amplifies Zhukovsky's treatment and describes some new species. The title page states that it has been translated from Hebrew. The two monographs, taken together, are of critical importance for our understanding of the genus Aegilops, which provided one of the ancestors of the bread-wheat and is a group of grasses that is widely distributed in south-west and central Asia. more information

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