THE CLASSIC HORTICULTURIST by BUCHAN URSULA
$25.00 NZD
Category: Botany
CLASSIC HORTICULTURIST by Ursula Buchan and Nigel Colborn. This is an interesting history of some of the very early horticulturists and the plants they introduced. The A-Z directory of plants has a painting of the plant opposite a history of its introduction and its requirements. ISBN: 9780732200183 Tit ...Show more
The Best of Redoute's Roses by Selected & Introduced by Eva Mannering
$125.00 NZD
Category: Botany
The Botany of Christchurch by Professor Arnold Wall
$28.00 NZD
Category: Botany
Second hand. This is the revised and enlarged edition of a very practical booklet for those students and citizens of Christchurch who are interested in the plant life of their district. It represents the results of wanderings and research during over 30 years, of expeditions that have included 265 asce ...Show more
The Dapuri Drawings - Alexander Gibson and the Bombay Botanic Gardens by Henry J. Noltie; Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland Staff (Contribution by)
$85.00 NZD
Category: Botany
This illustrated book is about a remarkable collection of botanical drawings belonging to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. The watercolors were commissioned by Alexander Gibson, an East India Company surgeon, and depict plants grown in the botanic gardens under his control in the Bombay Presidency. ...Show more
The Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants by Derek Fell
$15.00 NZD
Category: Botany
"Is it hardy?" is often the first question gardeners in temperate climates ask about a plant. And generally they mean, "Will it survive severe frosts?" Often plants are described as hardy (able to survive hard frosts), half-hardy (able to survive mild frosts) and tender (will be killed by any frost) and ...Show more
The Nature Guide to NZ NativeOrchids by Ian St George
$18.50 NZD
Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good
A field guide to the native orchids of New Zealand. Introductory chapters look at the habitats and associations in which they thrive, and the peculiarities of their structure and life cycle. Species-by-species descriptions and photographs and line drawings assist identification in the field. Out of Prin ...Show more
What Shrub Is That? by Stirling Macoboy
$19.50 NZD
Category: Botany | Series: The 'what' series
What shrub is that? This is a question all garden lovers are bound to ask when they first set eyes on a magnificent but unfamiliar specimen. It is a question this book can surely answer - for it contains over 1250 of the most useful and admired garden shrubs from all over the world, illustrated with big ...Show more