Handbook of the Torquay Flora: Comprising the flowering plants and ferns growing in and around Torquay, with their respective habitats

Second Hand
Hardback
Published by: E. Croydon, Royal Library
1st edition. Book Condition: Good.

Embossed green cloth, 16mo sized, faded to brown on spine, with gilt spine titles. Corners bumped with some wear; spine cloth flaked away in places; joints cracked, hinges starting; some of the gatherings are a little loose but holding well. Internally crisp and clean with mild age toning and a little spotting in places. Ownership stamp to FFEP of Lady Davy of West Byfleet. Overall Good. Photos available on request. Joanna Charlotte Davy was an English plant collector and painter and made an honorary member of the Botanical Society in 1950. She was a well-known figure in British botanical circles and kept “open house” for botanists of different ages and levels of experience. She was a regular contributor to records of Surrey flora. She travelled across the British Isles on plant-hunting expeditions in groups which she sometimes led. On a trip to Scotland with Gertrude Bacon, they discovered Carex microglochin, never before found growing in the UK. Some of her plant specimens are now in the J. E. Lousley herbarium at Reading University, and others at Oxford University and Kew Gardens. The Natural History Museum, London has 48 watercolours of orchids by Davy in their collection.