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Condizione: Sehr gut. Octavo. Hardcover Binders. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare original plant-herbal. Herbal I - "Pyrenean Wild Flowers - collected by Verney Naylor in June-July, 1979": This Herbal includes original plant specimens from the following localities (see here below the original notes by Verney Naylor): Western Pyrenees: 1. Pic de la Saqette (c.1900m altitude with steepy grassy slope, near the top of the cable car) 2. Lac d'Artouste (c.1989m altitude with snow just melting from Alpine meadow near lake. Granite. 3. Lac de Bious-Artigues - Path from Lake up to Lac'd'Ayous (1700 - 1900 m). Through steep woods and out onto Alpine Meadow. Central Pyrenees: 4. Cirque de Gavarnie 1570m - Path from Village 1357m through woods to Cirque and onto Alpine Meadow + Steep Slopes - snow still melting. 5. Vallée d'Ossau - Walk along gave d'ossone through woods and onto dry stoney track above tree line. Limestone common. Andorra: 6. Vall d'Incles - near Soldeu - wet marshy sloping fields Eastern Pyrenees: 7. Road between Puigcerdà and Seo de Urgel (La Seu d'Urgell) in Spain. Long dry stoney valley (c.900 m altitude) 8. Dorres - near Font Romeu (c.1700 m. altitude) - Granite 9. Vallée d'Eyne - c. 1700 m on slopes of Cambras d'Azé (Pyrénées-Orientales) - Path up stream valley through woods and onto stoney slopes. 10. Foret de la Matte - North of Mont Louis (c.1600 m altitude) - Pine Forests. Plants collected: 1. Amaryllidaceae (Narcissus poeticus - Vall d'Incles, Andorra - damp meadow - 26 June 1979) 2. Campanulaceae (Phyteuma spicatum - Foret de la Matte - 1st of July 1979) 3. Campanulaceae (Phyteuma hemispaericum - Vallee d'Eyne - 2nd July 1979) 4. Caryophyllacea (Dianthus Dorres - 27 June 1927) 5. Caryophyllacea (Dianthus Carthusianorum - Vall d'Incles, Andorra - 26 June 1979 - Meadow) 6. Cistaceae (Helianthemum - Vallee d'Ossouve - Limestone - 24 June 1979) 7. Compositae (Doronicum austriacum - Lac de Bious - Artignes - 1900 m - Woods - 21 June 1979) 8. Compositae (Homogyne Alpina - Lac d'Artouste, Mr.Laruns, Pyrenees, France - 20 June 1979 - Granite) 9. Convoluulaceae (Cuscuta - Road between Pigcerda and Seo de Urgel, Spain - Dry bank - 29 June 1979) 10. Crassulaceae (Sempervivum - Vallee d'Eyne - 2nd July 1979 - Quartzite) etc. etc.

Condizione: Sehr gut. Folio Box. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: The collection was treasured and professionally stored by Norman Hickin's daughter, renown Garden Designer, Verney Naylor. Norman Hickin, who died on 6th December 1990, aged 80, was a dedicated entomologist, enthusiastic naturalist, wildlife artist, educator and pest control scientist whose activities gave rise to a whole woodworm and dry rot control industry. After important wartime work for Dunlop, developing self-sealing aircraft fuel tanks, he joined the original Rentokil company in 1944 as Technical Manager and became its Scientific Director until his retirement twenty-seven years later, remaining as consultant until his death. Author of the standard academic work on the larvae of Caddis Flies (Trichoptera) Norman Hickin also wrote more practical advisory books within his Rentokil Library series, and volumes on subjects ranging from birdnesting boxes to postcards and beachombing - a total of seventeen books. His 'Forest Refreshed', 'African Notebook', 'The Natural History of an English Forest', and the more modest 'Bookworms' are all illustrated by his painstakingly detailed scraperboard and line drawings well justifying his place in the Society of Wildlife Artists. His authorship of papers and press articles, his lectures and broadcasts, persuaded the public and the professions that woodworm could be successfully treated, thereby saving a significant heritage of domestic furniture, valuable antiques, historic buildings and ordinary homes. He was also a prolific writer on all aspects of natural history, contributing regularly to newspapers from the Kidderminster Shuttle to the Irish Times. He was also frequently an expert witness in cases involving damage by pests, from termites to tapestry moths, and an active adviser to the British Wood Preserving Association. (Source: "Antenna", Volume 15 (April 1991) Royal Entomology Society).

Condizione: Sehr gut. Octavo. Hardcover / Softcover - Publications. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The price of the collection includes international shipping. See details of each publication which is part of the collection, on our website under "Libraries & Collections". The illustrations of books and magazines shown here are only a fraction of what is included in this very large collection. This collection is a fantastic possibility to acquire a bespoke library of important and necessary publications for the Design and understanding of Gardens in different climates and landscapes. Plants for all seasons, Herbs and Architectural No-No's are discussed in Magazines and specialist publications. The selective and knowledgable hands of Verney Naylor have made sure that nearly no questions remain unanswered with this Reference-Library. This library is a short-cut to a lifetime of collecting !