Lemée, A.

Dictionnaire Descriptif et Synonymique des Genres de Plantes Phanérogames, Volume VIII b: Plantees Dicotyledones

Brest: Imprimerie Commerciale et Administrative, 1943. Pp. 1106. Original printed wraps, lg 8vo. The pages are uncut and unopened, a bright copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 0761

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany Dictionary Plant Genera Synonyms Natural Sciences Natural Science

Lessard, G. and Chouinard, A. (editors)

Bamboo Research in Asia: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Singapore, 28-30 May 1980.

Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, 1980. First edition. Pp. 228; black-and-white photos and graphs. Original yellow printed stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. Presents a report on the country by country on bamboo in Bangladesh, India, Japan, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia as well as papers on the taxonomy, anatomy, and cultivation of bamboo. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Slight rubbing to the edges of the wrappers, a clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5641

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Agriculture horticulture bamboo botany plants cultivation taxonomy Asia Bangladesh India Japan China Indonesia Philipippines Sri Lanka Thailand Malaysia Lessard Chouinard ISBN 0-88936-267-X

Mann, Albert

Report on the Diatoms of the Albatross Voyages in the Pacific Ocean, 1888-1904

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. First edition. Pp. v, 221-442, vii-viii; 11 full page photo-plates. Early dark blue patterned cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, volume 10, part 5. No internal institutional or private ownership marks; there is an old white call number on the spine. A tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7311

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Mathias, M.M.

Studies the Umbelliferae. III: A Monograph of Cymoptera including a critical study of related genera

St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1930. Pp. 261, 29 full page plates (line-drawings and photographs), 11 text-figures. Original printed brown wrappers, lg 8vo. Annuals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 17. Bright, clean, near fine copy..

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Book number: 1908

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany plants UMBELLIFERAE Cymoptera Apiaceae aromatic plants hollow stems umbellifers cumin parsley carrot coriander/cilantro dill caraway fennel parsnip celery Queen Anne's Lace Natural Sciences Natural Science

Miquel, F.

STIRPES SURINAMENSES SELECTAE.

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum): Arnz and Soc., 1850. Pp. 234, 65 full page lithographs (some folding). Original blue boards, 4to. Documents the Dicotyledones and Monocotyledones of Suriname (formerly Dutch Guinea). Some faint scattered foxing to some plates, some minor chipping to the wrappers along the spine, otherwise a clean, near fine copy with the text pages unopened and uncut..

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Book number: 1845

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany flora plants Suriname South America Carribean Natural Sciences Natural Science

Mirbel, M.

Mémoire sur l'Anatomie et la Physiologie des plantes de la famille des Labiées

Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1810. First edition Pp. 50, 8 fine lithograph plates. Extract without original wrappers, 4to. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, volume 15, pp. 213-262. Covers the anatomy and physiology of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae (or Labiatae). Tight, clean, near fine copy..

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Book number: 3089

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Mitchell, G. F.

Post-Boreal Pollen-Diagrams from Irish Raised-Bogs

Dublin: Hodges, Figgis and Co., 1956. Pp. 251, 1 monochromatic plates, 17 text figures. Publisher's white wrappers, 8vo. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vo. 57, section B, no. 14. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with single ink stamp on front wrapper and hand written call number with date, no other ownership marks of any kind, slight edgewear to ends of spine, crease to all pages on top corner, a near fine, tight copy..

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Book number: 2200

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany plants bogs Ireland

Nakal, T., Honda, M., Satake, Y. and Kitagawa, M.

Index Florae Jeholensis cum Appendice: Plantae novae vel minus cognitae ex Manshuria.

0 Pp. 108, (2); 3 plates (2 are double page). Publisher's original brown-patterned stiff printed wrappers, lg 8vo (10.5 x 7.5 inches). Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo under the leadership of Shigeyasu Tokunaga, June-October 1933, Section IV, Part IV. Manchoukuo was the portion of northeastern China under Japanese control in the 1930's. This is part 4 of the section on botany. The text is entirely in English with a summary in Japanese at the front and some common names in the text in Japanese. Small name stamp on front cover. Bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4073

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany flora Manchoukuo northeastern China Japan 1933 Tokunaga Nakal Honda Satake Kitagawa

Norton, J.B.S.

A Revision of the North American Species of Euphorbia of the section Tithymalus occurring north of Mexico.

St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1899. First edition. Pp. 144; 48 full page plates (line-drawings). Publisher's original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, black clay-coated endpapers, top page edge in gilt, lg 8vo. The entire 228 page bound volume 'Eleventh Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden for 1900' is offered here. It also contains three other scientific papers; two are listed here: 'A disease of Taxodium distichum' by H. von Schrenk (55 pages); 'Agave expatriata and other agave flowering in the Washington Botanical Garden' by J. N. Rose (5 pages). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine copy..

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Book number: 4908

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany flora spurge Euphorbia Tithymalus North America United States Canada Norton

Norton, J.B.S.

A Revision of the North American Species of Euphorbia of the section Tithymalus occurring north of Mexico.

St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1899. First edition. Pp. 144; 48 full page plates (line-drawings). Publisher's original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, black clay-coated endpapers, top page edge in gilt, lg 8vo. The entire 228 page bound volume 'Eleventh Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden for 1900' is offered here. It also contains three other scientific papers; two are listed here: 'A disease of Taxodium distichum known as peckiness' by H. von Schrenk (55 pages); 'Agave expatriata and other agave flowering in the Washington Botanical Garden' by J. N. Rose (5 pages). No ownership marks and no signs of use. Some flecking to the cloth on the rear cover and on the spine; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4909

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany flora spurge Euphorbia Tithymalus North America United States Canada Norton

Payson, Edwin B.

A Monographic Study of Thelypodium and Its Immediate Allies.

Saint Louis: Washington University, 1922. Pp. 233-324. Original brown printed wrappers, lg 8vo. From the series: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 9 (September 1922). Thelypodium is a genus of flowering plants in the mustard family. There are 16 to 20 recognised species, all native to western North America. Near fine copy..

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Book number: 4834

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Poeppig, Eduardus and Endlicher, Stephano

Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica

Lehre, Germany: Verlag von J. Cramer, 1968, reprint Pp. iv, 62, 74, 91, 300 full page plates. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, folio (38cm x 28cm). First published in Leipzig in 1835, this high quality reprint is an exact reproduction of the original work. It is volume 65 in the series 'Historiae Naturalis Classica' edited by J. Cramer and H.K. Swann. Fine copy..

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Book number: 2255

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany plants Amazon Peru Chile South America taxonomy classification

Poiteau, M.

Monographie du genre Hyptis de la famille des Labiées et qui' a des rapports d'une part avec le Basilic, le Plectranthus, et de l'autre avec la Cataire

Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1806. First edition Pp. 20, 5 fine lithograph plates. Extract with backstrip but without original wrappers, sm 4to. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, volume 7, pp. 459-478. Hyptis is a genus of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family. These plants, known commonly as bushmints, are widespread in the tropics and warmer temperate regions of the Americas. The monograph also reported on Plectranthus (sometimes called spurflowers), basil and catnip. Some faint foxing to a few pages; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3082

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Pratt, Anne (revised by Edward Step)

The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges & Ferns of Great Britain and their allies the Club Mosses, Horsetails, in four volumes, complete

London, Frederick Warne, 1899. New edition (revised). Pp. xiv, (1), 1-269; xii, 1-279; xi, 1-258; xi, 1-213 with 319 fine colored plates after paintings by Anne Pratt. Original one-half black morocco leather over dark green leather-covered boards, spine with five raised bands each decorated with small gilt horizontal lines and sent off by double gilt panel lines, red morocco title label in one compartment lettered in gilt, volume numbered stamped in gilt in one other compartment and with gilt floral design vignette in the remaining four other compartments, all page edges are spectacled in red, lg 8vo. According to Edward Step, who revised the volume: ""All the coloured plates have been specially compared for this edition with the carefully hand-coloured originals; and the colour printing has been thereby improved."" Indeed, the colored plates are bright with crisp edges to the flowers and leaves and with vivid coloration. This copy is also beautifully bound. No ownership marks and few signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8023

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Raven, Henry C.

Wallace's Line and the Distribution of Indo-Australian Mammals

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1935. First edition. Pp. ii, 179-283; with 10 leaves of folding maps and charts at rear, 5 tables. Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume LXVIII. The entire volume 68 (1934-1935) is offered which contains 8 separate articles in 590 pages. Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with its book plate on the front endpaper and its rectangular name stamp on the title page and gilt call number on the spine. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9541

Catalogue: Botany and Floras