A Gardener's Year
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). Introduction by the author. More
Botany & Gardening
The Secret Life of Trees. How They Live and Why They Matter
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). The text of this edition follows that of the British edition, with minor emendations and the addition of a new Afterword by the author. More
The Well-Tempered Garden
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). More
Seeds of Change. Six Plants that Transformed Mankind
London, The Folio Society, 2007 (first thus). The six plants deemed most impactful by the author are Quinine, Tea, Sugar, Potato, Cotton and Coca. More
Tree Medicine. A Comphrehensive Guide to the Healing Power of over 170 Trees
London, Piatkus, 2001. More
Culpeper's Medicine. A Practice of Western Holistic Medicine
Shaftesbury, Element, 1997. More
A Modern Herbal. The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folklore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees with all their modern scientific uses
West Molesey, Merchant Book Company Ltd, [circa early 2000s]/ 1973 (revised)/ 1931. Edited and with an Introduction by Mrs C.F. Leyel. More
Classic Roses. An Illustrated Encyclopedia and Grower's Manual of Old Roses, Shrub Roses and Climbers
London, Collins Harvill, 1985. More
The Englishman's Flora
London, The Folio Society, 1987 (facsimile edition)/ 1955. More
Down the Garden Path
London, The Folio Society, 2005 (first thus). Foreword by Bryan Connon. More
![Item #131963 Directions for the Gardiner [sic] at Says-Court, but which may be of Use for Other...](/images/noimage.png)
Directions for the Gardiner [sic] at Says-Court, but which may be of Use for Other Gardens. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1932. The first published edition of Evelyn's manuscript instructions to his gardener at Wotton in Surrey. Number 550 of 625 copies (a further 175 copies were published for sale in America by Random House). More
The Trees of New South Wales
Sydney, Thomas Henry Tennant, Government Printer, 1947 (second edition)/ 1932. Limited to 1000 copies. More
Official Guide to the National Park of New South Wales ... With Map denoting Roads, Port Hacking River and Port Hacking Creeks, Brooks, and Interesting Localities, and specially prepared Views of Picturesque Scenery
[Sydney, William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer ('Published by authority of the Trustees'), 1915]. Inscribed 'With the President's compliments' on the front free endpaper. An updated list of the Trustees, dated 1927, is laid down on page 5. More
Regardfully Yours. Selected Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller. Volume 1: 1840-1859
Bern, Peter Lang, 1998. Inscribed and signed in ink by editor Rod Home to eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) (and with his bookplate mounted on the front pastedown). Roderick Weir Home is 'an historian of science, has played a major role in the documentation of the history..... More
A Flower-Hunter in Queensland & New Zealand
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1898. (Marian) Ellis Rowan (1848-1922), 'artist, naturalist and explorer', travelled extensively after the death of her husband in 1892. She 'returned to Australia in 1905-06 where she pursued her search to find and record every species of wildflower on the continent. The South Australian government purchased..... More
The Poison Plants of Western Australia
Perth, Fred. Wm. Simpson, Government Printer, 1921 [first edition]. Western Australia Department of Agriculture Bulletin Number 96. 'Up to the present no publication dealing with the whole of the known poison plants of Western Australia has been written. This Bulletin contains the collected accounts of various authors and correspondents which..... More
![Item #127200 Acacia decurrens [Black Wattle]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt BARRETT, Rosa FIVEASH,...](/pictures/thumb/127200.jpg?v=1669880112)
Acacia decurrens [Black Wattle]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 26 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
![Item #127199 Eremophila alternifolia [Narrow-leaved Poverty Bush]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt...](/pictures/thumb/127199.jpg?v=1669880185)
Eremophila alternifolia [Narrow-leaved Poverty Bush]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 35 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
![Item #127194 Eucalyptus leucoxylon, var. Macrocarpa (White flowering) [Yellow Gum]. J. E. BROWN,...](/pictures/thumb/127194.jpg?v=1669880240)
Eucalyptus leucoxylon, var. Macrocarpa (White flowering) [Yellow Gum]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890). From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the plates as published. Eventually, enough became too much..... More
![Item #127193 Eucalyptus rostrata [River Red Gum]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt BARRETT, Rosa...](/pictures/thumb/127193.jpg?v=1669880259)
Eucalyptus rostrata [River Red Gum]
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 43 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
![Item #127192 Eucalyptus gunnii [Cider Gum]. J. E. BROWN, Rosa FIVEASH, Harcourt BARRETT](/pictures/thumb/127192.jpg?v=1669880092)
Eucalyptus gunnii [Cider Gum]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), initialled in the image 'R.C.F.' (Rosa Catherine Fiveash). From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the..... More
![Item #127191 Eucalyptus lansdowneana [Crimson Mallee]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt BARRETT, Rosa...](/pictures/thumb/127191.jpg?v=1669880216)
Eucalyptus lansdowneana [Crimson Mallee]
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 44 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
![Item #127187 Dodonaea lobulata [Lobed Leaf Hop Bush]. J. E. BROWN, Rosa FIVEASH, Harcourt BARRETT](/pictures/thumb/127187.jpg?v=1669880072)
Dodonaea lobulata [Lobed Leaf Hop Bush]
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 17 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet, and initialled in the image 'R.C.F.' (Rosa Catherine Fiveash). From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular..... More
![Item #127182 Templetonia retusa [Cockies Tongues]. J. E. BROWN, and Harcourt BARRETT, Rosa...](/pictures/thumb/127182.jpg?v=1669880307)
Templetonia retusa [Cockies Tongues]
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 45 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More
The Poison Plants of New South Wales, compiled under direction of the Poison Plants Committee of New South Wales
Sydney, Poison Plants Committee of New South Wales, 1942. More