153 DODOENS. (Fol. la :) | PVRGANTIVM | ALIARVMQVE EO | FACIENTIVM, TVM ET Radicum, Conuoluulorum ac deleteriarum herba- | rum historiæ LIBRI IIII. REMBERTO DODONEO Mechli- | niensi Medico auctore. | │. . . │ . ¦ · · · | · · · | (Here a woodcut device with inscription.) | Sm. 8vo., with numerous woodcuts in contemporary colouring; a fine copy in the original vellum wrapper Antwerp, 1574 154 DONKIN (A. S.). The NATURAL HISTORY of the BRITISH DIATOMACEÆ. Part I. Roy. 8vo., all published, LARGE PAPER, with 12 plates; half calf neat. A SPECIAL COPY (see note) 1870 At the end are added a plate and 16 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS by Tuffen West. The plate and eleven of the drawings illustrate Donkin's On some new and rare Species of Freshwater Diatomaceo discovered in Northumberland. 155 DREVES and HAYNE. d'après Nature. 5 half morocco CHOIX de PLANTES d'EUROPE, décrites et dessinées Pritzel had never seen vol. V. £ s. d. 100 1 18 0 Leipzig, 1802 2 10 0 156 EDWARDS (J.). A SELECT COLLECTION OF ONE HUNDRED PLATES; consisting of the most beautiful Exotic and British Flowers which blow in our English Gardens, accurately drawn and coloured from Nature. Large folio, with 100 coloured plates; a fine copy in old calf gilt 157 1775 The plates of this rare work present a series of really high class botanical illustrations, accurate and artistic. (S.). The NEW FLORA BRITANNICA. 2 vols. in 1, 4to., with 61 coloured plates by Sansom from Sydenham Edwards' drawings; morocco 1812 SCARCE. No Owner of the Botanical Register should be without this fine volume. 158 EICHWALD. Plantarum novarum vel minus cognitarum quas in Itinere Caspio-Caucasico observavit E. Eichwald Fasciculi duo. Large folio, with 40 plates; hf. bd. Vilna and Leipzig, 1831-33 159 ELWES (H. J.). A MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS LILIUM. Impl. folio, with photograph and 48 coloured plates by Fitch; half green morocco, gilt top; VERY SCARCE 4 15 0 2210 0 1 8 0 1880 14 0 0 160 ENDLICHER (S.). GENERA PLANTARUM secundum Ordines naturale 3 161 ibid., 1833 162 FILET (G. J.). Plantkundig Woordenboek voor Nederlandsch-Indië. 8vo., pp. viii, 362; cloth Leiden, 1876 163 FLORA DANICA. (Title of vol. XII :) ICONES PLANTARUM SPONTE NASCENTIUM IN REGNO DANIE et in Ducatibus Slesvici, Holsatiæ et Laurenburgiæ ad illustrandum Opus de üsdem Plantis, Regio jussu exarandum, Flora Danicæ nomine inscriptum. 17 vols., with 3060 plates, 1766-1883.-SUPPLEMENTUM. 1 vol., with 180 plates, 1874. -together, 18 vols., folio, COMPLETE, with 3240 coloured plates, each having the modern name of the species figured neatly written at the foot; hf. bd. neat, a fine copy 1 16 0 2 12 6 0 4 0 Copenhagen, 1766-1883 105 00 With this copy is given Nomenclator "Florae Danicae" sive Index systematicus et alphabeticus Operis, quod "Icones Florae Danicae inscribitur, cum Enumeratione Tabularum Ordinem Temporum habente, This monumental work was commenced by G. C. Oeder, and continued by such eminent botanists as O. F. Müller, M. Vahl, J. W. · Hornemann, F. M. Liebmann, and J. Lange. 164 FLOKAL CABINET (The), and Magazine of Exotic Botany. Conducted by G. B. Knowles and Frederic Westcott. 3 vols., 4to., with 137 coloured plates; neatly hf. bd. 1837-40 165 FORBES (F. B.) and W. B. Hemsley. An Enumeration of all the Plants known from China Proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the Island of Kongkong, together with their Distribution and Synonymy. Bound in 2 vols., 8vo., pp. 400, 521, with map and numerous plates; hf. bd. Journal of the Linnean Society, 1886-88 Forestry: 166 EVELYN. (Title, in red and black, lines 1-7 :) | SYLVA, | Or A DISCOURSE Of | FOREST-TREES, AND THE | Propagation of Timber In His MAJESTIES Dominions. (Here a ruled line.) | By J. E. Efq; | (The same, lines 12-14 :) | To which is annexed | POMONA; Or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to CIDER; | The Making and feveral ways of Ordering it. | (The same, lines 16-18 :) | ALSO | KALENDARIV M HORTENSE; Or, Gard'ners Almanac; | Directing what he is to do Monethly throughout the Year. | (The same, lines 21-23: | LONDON, Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Attestry, Printers to the Royal Society, and are to be fold at their Shop at the Bell in S. Paul's Churchyard, MDCLXIV. | 167 168 RARE Sm. folio, FIRST EDITION, a few leaves somewhat stained; half calf, the same. Sm. folio, old calf, rebacked 1 0 1 1664 3 1 4 SILVA. With NOTES by A. HUNTER. 2 pts. or vols., roy. 4to., York, 1776 1 169 Copies on ordinary paper are bound in one vol. and have not the title-page to the second part. the same. Fourth Edition, with the Editor's last Corrections, and a short Memoir of him. 2 vols., roy. 4to., with portrait by Bartolozzi and numerous plates; calf gilt ibid., 1812 170 GILPIN (W.). Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views. Edited by Sir T. Dick Lauder. 2 vols., post 8vo., with 19 plates; bds., Edinburgh, 1834 the same. 2 vols., post 8vo., half green morocco, gilt tops, 1 0 0 uncut 171 175 Offered a bargain on account of the irregular binding. The subscriber, thinking the work would be discontinued, bound pts. 1-32 without waiting for the subsequent pts. The title-pages are contained in pt. 52. The copy is quite perfect. the same. 3 vols., impl. folio, half morocco extra 3 3 12 1834 16 Forestry, continued :— 176 SELBY (P. J.). A HISTORY of BRITISH FOREST-TREES. 8vo., with nearly 200 woodcuts; cloth, a fine copy; RARE 177 the same. 178 the same. Fruit Culture: Svo., half morocco neat, gilt top, uncut £ s. d. 179 SWITZER (S.). THE PRACTICAL FRUIT-GARDENER, being the Newest and Gardening and Gardens: 1731 110 Translated from the 0 3 0 181 ALPHAND (A.). LES PROMENADES DE PARIS. Histoire- The text of this really remarkable work is divided into three parts. The first, the introduction, gives an historical account of the cultivation of gardens from the earliest time; the second part describes the plates of the work; while the third comprises tables of the flowers found in the chief gardens and conservatories, with remarks upon their cultivation and botanical character. 181*AMHERST (Hon. Alicia). A HISTORY of GARDENING in ENGLAND. Second Edition. Roy. 8vo., pp. xiv, 405, with 68 illustrations; cloth 660 At the end is a valuable bibliography of English gardening. 182 BAILEY (L. H.) and W. Miller. CYCLOPEDIA of AMERICAN HORTICULTURE. Vol. I. Impl. 8vo., pp. xxii, 509, with over 2000 original illustrations; cloth 1900 183 BLAKE. (A la, lines 1-13 :) | THE | Compleat Gardeners | PRACTICE, The { KITCHEN GARDEN. How they are to be ordered for their best Situa- tion and Improvement, with variety of Artificial Knots | for the Beautifying of a GARDEN (all engraven in | Copper) the choisest way for the Raising, Governing | and Maintaining of all Plants culte vated in GARDENS now in ENGLAND. (The same, lines 19-23 :) | By STEPHEN BLAKE Gardener. | (Here a ruled line.) | Search the World, and there's not to be found A Book fo good as this for Garden ground. | (Here a ruled line.) London, Printed for Thomas Pierrepoint, and are to be fold at the Signe | of the Sunne in St Paul's Church-yard, M.DC.LXIV. | Sm. 4to., with 29 copperplates, without the last l., some ll. cropped; in the original hf. binding 1664 The poorness of the copy is lost in the rarity of the book. The last leaf is supplied in old MS. 134 BRADLEY (R.). A GENERAL TREATISE of HUSBANDRY and Gardening 185 110 400 This is the work as it appeared in monthly parts. the same. . . originally written by R. Bradley. not only corrected and properly methodised, but adapted to the present Practice, and improved with the late Theories . . . 8vo., with copperplates; in the original calf Gardening and Gardens, continued:- 186 New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, both philosophi cal and practical. In three parts . . . Fourth Edition . . . 8vo., with folding plates; old calf gilt ... £ 1724 0 1 187 BRITISH FLORIST (The); or Lady's Journal of Horticulture. 6 vols., 8vo., with 81 coloured plates; cloth 1846 188 BROSSE. (A la, title :) | DESCRIPTION | DV IARDIN ROYAL DES PLANTES MEDICINALES, eftably par le Roy LOVIS LE IUSTE, à Paris. Contenant le Catalogue des Plantes qui y font de prefent | cultiuées, enfemble le Plan du Jardin. | Par GVY DE LA BROSSE, Medicin ordinaire | du Roy, & Inten dant dudit Iardin. | (Here a woodcut of the royal arms with a crowned L.) | A PARIS, (Here a ruled line.) | M.DCXXXVI. | Paris, 1636 3 Sm. 4to., a corner of the title-page missing; bds. 189 CASTELLI. la, letterpress title :) | PETRI CASTELLI ROMANI | NOBILIS MESSANENSIS PHILOSOPHI, ET MEDICI. | IN CELEBERRIMO MAMER TINORVM | Gmnafio Medicina Practica Profefscris | Primarij. | ANATOMICI PVBLICI | Chimæ extraordinarij interpretis. | ATQUE | ACADEMICI HORTI SIM PLICIVM Proto Præfecti, & Fundatoris. | OLIM In Romano Archi gymnafio Philofophiæ primum, tum Me- | dicinæ, & Simplicium Lectoris. HORTVS MESSANENSIS (Here a woodcut device.) | MESSANE, | Typis Vidua Francifci Bianco. M.DC.XXXX. | Superiorum Permifsu. | Sm. 4to., with engraved allegorical title, a plate of arms, and 15 copperplates; limp vellum Messina, 1640 10 The 15 copperplates comprise plans of the various gardens, each dedicated to an Apostle or Saint, and a general plan of the whole. Cardinal Francesco Barberini, to whom the work is dedicated, was nephew to Pope Urban VIII, who commuted Galileo's sentence at the request of the Duke of Tuscany. 190 CATALOGUS PLANTARUM. (Title, lines 1-11 :) | Catalogus Plan tarum, | . . . | . . . | A | CATALOGUE OF | Trees, Shrubs, Plants, and Flowers, BOTH EXOTIC and DOMESTIC, which are propogated for SALE, In the GARDENS near LONDON. | Coloured copies are extremely rare. Large folio, with frontispiece (a view of a garden with costume figures in the foreground) engraved by Fletcher and 21 coloured plates; old calf 1730 191 CURIOSITIES of NATURE and ART in Husbandry and Gardening. Containing several new Experiments in the Improvement of Land, Trees, Fruits, &c. And also nice and useful Observations relating to the Vegetation and Propagation of Plants; with choice secrets to make Plants, Flowers, and Fruits larger, more beautiful, and to ripen earlier than usual.. 8vo., with copperplates; a fine copy in old calf 1707 The plates exhibit curious and ingenious experiments. 192 DE CANDOLLE (A. P.). PLANTES rares du JARDIN de GENÈVE. Impl. 4to., with 24 coloured plates; bds., uncut Geneva, 1829 193 EVELYN. The French Gardiner: instructing how to cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees, and Herbs for the Garden: together with Directions to dry, and con-serve them in their Natural: An accomplished Piece, written originally in French, and now transplanted into English, by John Evelyn . . . The Third Edition. Whereunto is annexed, The English Vineyard vindicated by John .. 16mo., with copperplates; old calf 1672 194 1658. Rose The French Gardiner was Evelyn's earliest botanical effort. It appeared first in ... The Lady's Recreation or, the third and last Part of the Art of Gardening improv'd. Containing, I. The Flower-Garden II. The most commodious Methods of erecting Conservatories III. The Nature of Plantations. IV. Mr. John Evelyn's Kalendarium Hortense . . . By Charles Evelyn. . . 8vo., with frontispiece consisting of a view of a garden; a fine copy in the original calf 1717 7 1 2 Gardening and Gardens, continued: 195 FLORAL MAGAZINE (The). Figures and Descriptions of the choicest New Flowers for the Garden, Stove, or Conservatory. By the Rev. H. H. DOMBRAIN, and W. G. SMITH. Vols. issued for the years 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875;-together 5 vols., roy. 8vo. and roy. 4to., with 240 coloured plates; half morocco and cloth 1871-75 196 FLORICULTURAL CABINET (The), and Florists' Magazine, conducted by J. HARRISON. Vols. XVII-XXVI, 8vo., with 123 coloured plates; half calf 1849-58 197 FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST (The): A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and general Horticulture. Conducted by R. HOGG, J. SPENCER, T. MOORE, and W. PAUL. A consecutive Series from the beginning in 1862 to 1877 inclusive, forming 16 vols., large 8vo., with 262 coloured plates; half morocco 1862-77 198 FLOWER-GARDEN (The) DISPLAY'D, in above Four Hundred curious Representations of the most beautiful Flowers; regularly dispos'd in the respective Months of their Blossom, curiously engrav'd on CopperPlates... The Second Edition. To which is added a Flower-Garden for Gentlemen and Ladies . 4to., with engraved title and 12 plates; old calf, rebacked; scarce 1734 1758 0 8 6 A coloured copy of the 1732 edition fetched at Sotheby's £13. 158. 199 GARDENER'S NEW KALENDAR (The), divided according to the Twelve Months of the Year, and under each Month into the separate Weeks Containing the whole Practice of Gardening, under the four general Heads, 1. The Pleasure Garden, 2. The Kitchen Ground, 3. The Seminary, 4. The Fruit Garden, and Orchard . . . 8vo., with copperplates; old calf 200 GARDEN (THE). An ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY JOURNAL of HORTICULTURE in all its Branches. A complete Set from the beginning in November 1871 to December 1900, forming vols. I-LVIII, 4to., with many hundreds of fullpage coloured plates and many thousands of woodcuts; in the publisher's cloth (pub. at upwards of £50.) 1871-1900 21 0 0 201 GENTIL (F.) and L. LIGER. Le JARDINIER SOLITAIRE, the solitary or Carthusian Gard'ner, being Dialogues between a Gentleman and a Gard'ner. Containing the Method to make and cultivate all Sorts of Gardens; with many new Experiments therein; and Re-flections ou the Culture of Trees .. Also the Compleat Florist: or, the universal Culture of Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs; proper to imbellish Gardens; with the way of raising all Sorts of Parterres, Greens, Knots, Porticoes, Columns and other Ornaments . . . Newly done into English Svo., with plates and woodcuts; a fine copy in old calf gilt 202 1706 Gentil was a lay-brother of the Carthusian Order, and gardener to the ChapterHouse, Paris, for upwards of thirty years. the Retir'd Gardener Dialogues between a Gentleman and a Gardener... Translated from the French . . . Heretofore publish'd, in two Volumes. . . by George London and Henry Wise. The Second Edition revis'd: now published in one Volume, by J. Carpenter.. 8vo., with plates; a fine copy in old calf 1717 1 10 0 0 18 0 203 GILBERT (S.). The FLORISTS VADE-MECUM. Being a choice Compendium of what-ever worthy Notice hath been extant for the propagation, raising, planting, encrea-sing, and preserving the rarest Flowers and Plants that our Climate and Skill (in mixing, making, and meliorating apted Soils to each Species) will perfwade to live with us .. Third Edition, enlarged . . . 12mo., a fine copy in old calf; old calf 1702 1 1 0 204 GORE (Mrs.). The ROSE FANCIER'S MANUAL. Post 8vo., with coloured frontispiece; half olive morocco, very neat, gilt top; scarce 1833 15 0 |