3rd ed. xx 438 [6]p [62] leaves of plates: illustrated. Large 8vo. Full leather with title embossed in gilt to upper board and spine. Spine re-backed and new prelims. Edges uncut, title page, has been repaired, repairs to a few plates and text, but generally contents good and bright. George Sinclair (1786-1834) was a gardener to the 6th Duke of Bedford at his estate Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire from 1808-25. In 1809, Sinclair began conducting experiments and publishing papers under the Duke's direction. 'Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis' was first published in 1816 as an expensive folio volume - cheaper, smaller format editions were published in 1825-26-29. Coloured plates in order: Small thumbnail plates. 1. Fig 1. Sweet-scented vernal grass. Fig 2. Upright mat-grass. Fig 3. Sheathed cotton-grass. Fig 4. Canary-grass. Fig 5. Meadow cat's-tail-grass. Fig 6. Glaucous panic-grass. Fig 7. Meadow fox-tail grass. Fig 8. Millet-grass. 2. Fig 9. Stoloniferous bent-grass. Fig 10. Woolley soft-grass. Fig 11. Turfy hair-grass, bulls'-faces, hassock-grass. Fig 12. Purple melic-grass. Fig 13. Flat-stalked meadow-grass. Fig 14. Common quaking-grass. Fig 15. Round-headed cock's-foot-grass. Fig 16. Crested dog's-tail-grass. 3. Fig 17. Meadow fescue-grass. Fig 18. Soft brome-grass. Fig 19. Long-awned feather-grass. Fig 20. Downy oat-grass. Fig 21. Wood reed-grass. Fig 22. Perennial rye-grass. Fig 23. Jointed lyme-grass. Fig 24. Wall-barley, way-bennet-grass. Fig 25. Creeping-rooted wheat or couch grass. 4. Fig 26. Reed-like camary-grass. Fig 27. Lesser variety of meadow cat's-tail grass. Fig 28. Slender fox-tail-grass. Fig 29. Creeping-rooted of soft couch-grass. Fig 30. Zigzag hair-grass. Fig 31. Smooth-stalked or creeping-rooted meadow couch-grass. Fig 32. Rough-stalked meadow-grass. Common meadow-grass. Fig 33. Tall fescue-grass. Fig 34. Field, or corn brome-grass. Fig 35. Annual bearded rye-grass Larger full-page plates. 5. Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sweet-scented Vernal-grass. 6. Dactylis Glomerata. Round-panicled Cock's-foot Grass. 7. Alopecurus Pratensis. Meadow Foxtail-grass. 8. Poa Pratensis. Smooth-stalked Meadow-grass. 9. Poa trivialis. Rough-stalked Meadow-grass. 10. Festuca Pratensis. Meadow Fescue. 11. Cynosurus Cristatus. Crested Dog's-tail Grass. 12. Festuca Duriuscula. Hard Fescue. 13. Festuca Cambrica. Welsh Fescue. 14. Festuca Hordiformis. Long-awned Sheep's Fescue. 15. Avena Flavescens. Golden Oat, Yellow Oat-grass. 16. Holcus Lanatus. Woolley Soft-grass. 17. Holcus Mollis. Creeping Soft-grass, Couch-grass. 18. Holcus odoratus. Sweet-scented Soft-grass, or Northern Holy-grass. 19. Holcus Avenaceus. Tall Oat-like Soft-grass. 20. Bromus Arvensis. Field Brome-grass. 21. Bromus Mollis. Soft Brome-grass. 22. Festuca Loliacea. Darnel-like Fescue. 23. Festuca Glabra. Smooth Fescue. 24. Poa Nemoralis Angustifolia. Wood Meadow-grass. 25. Poa Angustifolia. Narrow-leaved meadow-grass. 26. Poa Fertilis. Fertile Meadow-grass. 27. Poa Nervata. Nerved meadow-grass. 28. Phleum Pratense Majus. Meadow Cat's-tail Grass. 29. Phleum Pratense Minus. A smaller variety of Meadow Cat's-tail Grass. 30. Bromus Erectus. Upright Perennial Brome-grass. 31. Briza Media. Common Quaking-grass. 32. Vicia Sepium. Bush Vetch. 33. Lolium Perenne Tenue. Rye-grass, Perennial Darnel, Ray-grass, Perennial Rye-grass. 34. Lolium Perenne Russellianum. The Russell's rye-grass. 35. Trifolium Medium. Marl Clover, Cow-grass. 36. Trifolium Pratense. Perennial Red Clover. 37. Agrostis Stolonifera Latifolia. Larger-leaved Creeping Bent, Fiorin. 38. Festica Ovina. Sheep's Fescue. 39. Agrostis Vulgaris. Common Bent, Fine Bent-grass. 40. Aira flexuosa. Zig-zag Hair-grass, Wavy Mountain Hair-grass. 41. Alopecurus Agrostis. Slender Fox-tail-grass. 42. Avena Pubescens. Downy Oat-grass. 43. Cynodon Dactylon. Creeping Dog's-tooth Grass. 44. Poa Compressa Erecta. Upright Flat-stalked Meadow-grass. 45. Lotus Corniculatus. Bird's-foot trefoil, bird's-foot clover. 46. Avena Pratensis. Meadow Oat-grass. 47. Hordeum Pratense. Meadow Barley-grass. 48. Agrostis Alba. White Bent. 49. Agrostis Stolonifera Aristata. Awned Creeping Bent. 50. Agrostis Stoloifera Angustifolia. Smaller-leaved Creeping Bent. 51. Aira caespitosa. Turfy Hair-grass, Hassock-grass. 52. Poa Aquatica. Water Meadow-Grass. 53. Festuca Elatior Fertilis. Fertile-seeded Tall Fescue. 54. Elymus Arenarius. Upright Sea Lyme-grass, Starr, or Bent. 55. Arundo Arenaria. Sea-reed, Marram, Starr, or Bent. 56. Trifolium Macrorhizum. Long-rooted Clover. 57. Lolium Temulentum. Annual Rye-grass, Bearded Ray-grass, Bearded Darnel. 58. Lolium Arvense. Short-awned Annual Darnel. 59. Poa annua. Annual Meadow-grass, Suffolk-grass. 60. Triticum Repens. Creeping Wheat-grass, Couch, Quitch, Dog's-grass, Quicks.