A Concise and Practical Treatise on the growth and culture of the carnation, pink, auricula, polyanthus, ranunculus, tulip, hyacinth, rose and other flowers; including a dissertation on soils and manures and containing catalogues of the finest and most es by Hogg, Thomas - 1822

London: Collins, 1960. Illustrated, small octavo, pp xiv, 241, the half-title slightly age-toned, a tiny mark on the title page. otherwise exceptionally clean internally, green cloth in very good condition; the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is slightly worn and creased along the top edge and the rear cover is a little rubbed.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1949. Large octavo, pp 338, a very occasional light and discrete pencil note in a margin, otherwise incredibly clean internally, paperback, the covers in very good condition. RARE - a fine copy. [Macer Floridus is the alleged pseudonym of Odo de Meung, a French cleric and physician who lived during the 11th century and was the presumed author of the herbal poem De Viribus Herbarum (On the properties of plants). The use of "Macer" alludes to the Roman poet, Aemilius Macer (16 B.C.), who authored a poem on remedies for those afflicted with wounds from poisonous serpents. The herbal, commonly referred to as the Macer Floridus, was written in Latin hexameter verse and presented the medicinal uses of plants. The rhyming verse aided doctors and apothecaries in memorizing medicinal recipes and treatments, which made the herbal popular among those who practiced medicine during the Middle Ages. The Macer Floridus is recognized as a signal of revival in botanical… Read More

Vaduz: J. Cramer, 1977. Illustrated with many line drawings and distribution maps, octavo, pp [327]; [227], extremely clean internally, grey cloth, binding leaning very slightly, otherwise a very good copy. Very Scarce. [This Cramer reprint includes the second part, devoted to ecology, originally published in 1957.] . First Edition thus. Cloth. Very Good.

New York Botanical Garden, 1972. Illustrated with 95 plates of black and white photographs, many line drawings, large thick octavo, pp (2), 525, (i), extremely clean internally, paperback, the covers are a little age-toned and slightly worn, a gentle crease on the upper cover. [Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, Volume 24.] . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.