26032. Bowers, Janice Emily. 100 Roadside Flowers of Southwest Woodlands. Tucson, Arizona: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, 1987, unpaginated, about 58pp., stapled PAPERBACK, good used copy, slight wear, $5
Color photos and descriptions. ISBN 0911408738

7057. Cohn, Ferdinand, 1828-1898. Die Pflanze. Vorträge aus dem Gebiete der Botanik. Breslau: J. A. Kern's Verlagt (Max Müller), 1882, 512pp., pretty embossed and gold-decorated green cloth, top of spine joint scuffed, very slight wear at corners, well-preserved, $115
Cohn, director of the botanical garden in Breslau, is considered one of the founders of microbiology, particularly experimental bacteriology, culminating in experiments on heat resistance in 1877.

13147. Matthies, Katharine. Trees of note in Connecticut. Compiled for the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. [New Haven, The printing office of the Yale university press] 1934, 34pp. , 1 l. incl. front., illus. fold. map. 24 cm, very good green paper-covered boards, some slight wear, scuffed where label was removed, private title number written on spine in white, $40
3-5 photographs per page of notable old trees, with descriptions and history of planting.

18718. Sachs, Julius, 1832-1897. Lehrbuch der Botanik nach dem gegenwärtigen Stand der Wissenschaft. Mit 492 Abbildungen in Holzschnitt. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1874, 4te, umgearbeitete Auflage, 928pp., very good but worn 3/4 leather with library bookplate and neat contemporary call number on spine, previous owner's name and stamp on front endpaper: Nobel Prize winner George Wald. $100
Plant physiologist, professor in Würzburg, considered a founder of the "new" plant physiology. The textbook was first published in 1868, expanded greatly over four editions. Wald's copy represents an interesting association from the origins of the field to its 20th century development.

7672. Schönborn, Fritz. Deutsche Dichterflora. Anweisungen zum Bestimmen von Stilblüten, poetischem Kraut und Unkraut. München: Hanser, 1981, later printing, 136pp., green hardcover, $12.5
Alphabetical listing of plants with physical, environmental, and poetic descriptions. A plea for patient admiration of nature.