The Flower Hunter. The Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan
Pymble, Simon & Schuster, 2008. More
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Australia's Brilliant Daughter. Ellis Rowan. Artist, Naturalist, Explorer, 1848-1922
Richmond, Greenhouse Publications, 1984. More
Wild Flower Hunter. The Story of Ellis Rowan
London, Constable and Co. Ltd., 1961. More
Garden in a Valley
Melbourne, Horticultural Press, [circa 1940]. Offered together with a copy of the revised and extensively illustrated edition (Five Mile Press, 1985). 'A novel about a garden. Contains a lot of interesting material on gardening in Australia' (Crittenden). [2 items]. More
Planting the Nation
Hawthorn, Australian Garden History Society, 2001. 'Australia's gardens and landscapes from 1890 to 1914, including Perth's public parks' (Trove website). More
Man of Roses. Alister Clark of Glenara and His Family
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1990. More
Plants of the Adelaide Plains and Hills
Adelaide, Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd, 1990. More
A Flower-Hunter in Queensland & New Zealand
London, John Murray, 1898. More
A History of Garden Art. Edited by Walter P. Wright. Translated from the German [of the second edition] by Mrs Archer-Hind
London, J.M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1928 (first English edition)/ 1925 (second German edition)/ 1913. Provenance: 'TMR. Library of T.M. Ramsay' is embossed on both front flyleaves - Sir Thomas Meek Ramsay (1907-1995), of Kiwi boot polish fame. [2 items]. More
Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine
London, Curwen Books, 1981. More
An American Cutting Garden. A Primer for Growing Cut Flowers where summers are hot and winters are cold
Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 2002. More
Napoleon, the Empress and the Artist. The Story of Napoleon, Josephine's Garden at Malmaison, Redouté and the Australian Plants
East Roseville, Kangaroo Press, 1999 (first edition). The plates include 'the largest number of Redoute's watercolours of the Australian flora ever published in one volume'. More
Cut Flowers of the World. A Complete Reference for Growers and Florists
Portland, Timber Press, 2010. More
Kitchen Gardens of Australia. Eighteen productive gardens for inspiration and practical advice
Brussels, Lantern, 2011. Photography by Simon Griffiths. More
Frank Kingdon Ward's Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges. Retracing the Epic Journey of 1924-25 in South-East Tibet
Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 2001 [first updated edition]/ 1926. With over 250 colour illustrations from photographs (with detailed captions). More
Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World. Travels of a Naturalist in Assam and Upper Burma
London, Minerva, 1974/ 1930. With 16 plates and 3 maps. More
Early Nurserymen. With Reprints of Documents and Lists
London, Phillimore, 1974. With 16 pages of plates. More
The Southern African Plectranthus and the art of turning shade to glade
Simon's Town, Fernwood Press, 2006. Illustrations by Vicki Thomas. More
Orchid Man. The Life, Work and Memoirs of the Rev. H.M.R. Rupp, 1872-1956
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1992. Comprising a biography by Gilbert (88 pages), Rupp's own memoir (74 pages) and an extensive bibliography (14 pages}. More
The Botanical Garden. Volume I: Trees and Shrubs. A Photographic Record of the Genera of Trees and Shrubs of interest to gardeners [and] Volume II: Perennials and Annuals. The Genera of Herbaceous Plants of interest to gardeners
London, Macmillan, 2002. 'This major two-volume reference work covers over 1,000 genera and is the most comprehensive work of its kind ... providing an unrivalled insight into the relationships between garden plants and the natural environment ... all the genera are lavishly illustrated. Volume I covers over 450 genera of..... More
The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs
Portland, Timber Press, 2002. '... the first complete account of all the true bulbs and their allies of the Cape Floral Region ... an essential aid to the accurate identification of all species presently in cultivation as well as the many others that are potentially valuable horticultural subjects. The book..... More
Travels in China. A Plantsman's Paradise
Woodbridge, Antique Collector's Club, 1993 (with addendum)/ 1989. More
The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. A History from 1845 to 1970
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1982. The author was the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens from 1957-1970. More
Arthur Harry Church. The Anatomy of Flowers
London, Merrell and The Natural History Museum, 2000. 'The revolutionary drawings of Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937) are considered some of the finest botanical illustrations of the twentieth century.... Most of the drawings in this volume ... are published here for the first time'. More
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