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By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Barse & Hopkins: 1913
Seller ID: 2201036
Condition: Very Good
Includes original box. Tears to box corners. 1913 Large Softcover. A mixture of scientific information on various flowers, beautiful verse, and tipped in chromolithographs. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Doubleday: 1969
Seller ID: 2291335
ISBN: 0437765040
Condition: Very Good
No publisher date (circa 1969). No jacket. Board corners lightly rubbed, ink gift note on front flyleaf verso. Unpaginated. From silver bells and cockle shells to roof-top flower pots, every kind of garden grows in these pictures of 19th-Century Italy.--Rear board. Illustrations by Peter Spier. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming: 1989
Seller ID: 2296542
Condition: Near Fine
Very minor wear. 1989 Stapled Binding. 38 pp. FEATURES: Morel Hell; Where are the Tame Morels?; Near Yosemite, One More Time?; After the Yellowstone Fires; Are They Raking Our Truffles to Death?; Train Your Own Tuber Hound; Mushrooming Around North America; Save Those Mushrooms (by Drying); Poisoning in Oregon; No More Melzer's?; Rot-Nots Strikes Again; The Truth about Midwest Mushrooms; A Strange Encounter. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming: 1989
Seller ID: 2296543
Condition: Very Good
Light stain, two creases to rear wrapper. 1989 Stapled Binding. 38 pp. FEATURES: The Latest Morel News: Another Patent, Some High Finance, and More Kits; What if Morels Were Easy?; Truffle Essence is Criticized; The Picture Quiz (Especially for Lumpers); Roundup of 1989 Mushrooming--the Survey of North America; Some Gilled Woorotters Have Pale Spores; Chuch Barrows Dies; Spreading the Word at Puyallup. View more info
By: Arnold Arboretum
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Arnold Arboretum: 1970
Seller ID: 2208285
Condition: Near Fine
A nice copy. 1970 Soft Cover. 87 pp. Arnold Arboretum Harvard University: A Cumulative Index to Arnoldia, Volumes 1-29 (1941-1969).KEYWORDS: HARVARD UNIVERSITY EDUCATION ARNOLD ARBORETUM GARDEN GARDENING BOTANY HORTICULTURE REFERENCE View more info
By: Bailey, L. H.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: The MacMillan Company: 1923
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294776
Condition: Very Good
First edition. No jacket. Plate and page 1-2 loose but included. Light general wear. 1923 Large Hardcover. xvii, 434 pp. Top page ridge gilt. Numerous photographic plates and illustrations. CONTENTS: Part I. The Place and Care of Coniferous (Gymnospermous) Evergreens Grown for Ornament: The Coniferous Evergreens in the Landscape; Cultivation and Propagation of Conifers; Adaptation of Conifers; The Insects, Diseases, and Injuries of Ornamental Conifers. Part II. The Kinds of Cultivated Conifers (Gymnosperms) in North America: A Systematic Enumeration of the Conifers Cultivated in North America... View more info
By: Batson, Wade T.
Price: $5.00
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2266618
ISBN: 0872494330
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. A nice copy. 1984 Hard Cover. xxi, 406 pp. Each species is illustrated by at least one drawing, usually of the flower and leaf. This volume is invaluable for homeowners selecting plants for the yard, for plant enthusiasts trying to identify the plants they encounter, and for nurserymen and professional landscapes. View more info
By: Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M.
Price: $500.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294213
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Front and end matter lightly foxed (plates in text unscathed), pencil name and date on verso of front endpaper of each volume, related articles laid in. Bindings square and tight, boards in excellent condition. 1905 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xx, 409; iv, 360 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles & decoration, numerous color plates of various apple species throughout. Part of a larger series commissioned by the New York Agricultural Department, still valued today for their detailed descriptions and images. Modern attempts to reproduce this set have not successfully capture... View more info
By: Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M.
Price: $400.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294214
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Bindings a bit shaken, edges and front and end matter a bit foxed. 1905 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xx, 409; iv, 360 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles & decoration, numerous color plates of various apple species throughout. Part of a larger series commissioned by the New York Agricultural Department, still valued today for their detailed descriptions and images. Modern attempts to reproduce this set have not successfully captured the quality of illustration achieved in the original. View more info
By: Bell, Adrian D.
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1991
Seller ID: 2264676
ISBN: 0198542194
Condition: Good
Wrappers and pages lightly cocked, wrappers faintly toned, sticker on rear wrapper. 1991 Soft Cover. xiii, 341 pp. This profusely illustrated book provides comprehensive coverage of the immense variation in the external structure of flowering plants. It defines the innumerable details of growing and mature plants, describing their leaves, flowers, roots and seeds in a manner that will enable professionals and amateurs alike to identify many difficult features. The book also explains much of the terminology that is used in advanced botanical texts and reference books, but rarely explained for n... View more info
By: Brill, Steve Wildman; Dean, Evelyn
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Hearst Books: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2295114
ISBN: 0688114253
Condition: Near Fine
First edition - a paperback original. Faint smudge on bottom page ridge. 1994 Large Softcover. xii, 317 pp. Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health. It includes information on common plants such as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a tasty dish rich in iron), cattail (cooked stalks taste similar to corn and are rich in protein), and wild apricots (an infusio... View more info
By: Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Brown, Hon. Addison
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Dover: 1970
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2264674
ISBN: 0486226425
Condition: Very Good
1970 reissue of 1913 original. Revised and enlarged edition. Ink name on page ridges, wrappers faintly toned, top page ridge faintly foxed. xxix, 680 pp. Volume I only. This monumental classic of botany remains unsurpassed as the most comprehensive and reliable work on the flora of the Northeastern United States and reliable parts of Canada. An encyclopedic collection of information, it illustrates and describes by botanists and growing wild from Virginia to the Northern reaches of Labrador, and as far West as Kansas and Manitoba. This second edition, materially revised and enlarged, covers 46... View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 1959
Seller ID: 2286597
Condition: Very Good
Minor ink and pencil notes on rear wrapper. 1959 Stapled Binding. 96 pp. Topics include a popular guide to bonsai culture, how the Japanese grow and train dwarf trees, kinds suitable for American amateurs, and more. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company: 1905
Seller ID: 2288796
Condition: Near Fine
Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, ink name and ink stamp on front endpaper. 1905 Hard Cover. xiv, 278 pp. With more than one hundred and fifty illustrations by Ida Martin Clute. Color frontispiece. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; Preface; The Fern Allies; Key to the Families of Fern Allies; The Equisetaceae: Scouring-Rushes and Horsetails; Key to the Species of Equisetum; The Evergreen Equisetums, or Scouring-Rushes; The Deciduous Equisetums, or Horsetails; The Lycopodiaceae, or Club-Mosses; Key to the Lycopodiums; The Trailing Lycopodiums; The Erect or Decumbent Lycopodiums; The Psilot... View more info
By: Cox, Donald D.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: State University of New York: 1985
Seller ID: 2292523
ISBN: 087395890X
Condition: Very Good
Light edge wear. 1985 Trade Paperback. From woodlands to wetlands and from roadsides to sandy beaches, Common Flowering Plants of the Northeast is a ready reference tool for identifying plants in their native habitat. It is a habitat-oriented guide to common flowering plants in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. Donald D. Cox skillfully integrates ecological and taxonomic information, impressing upon the user the often intimate relationship between the organism and its habitat. The information is presented in botanically accurate yet nontechnical language, making it useful to s... View more info
By: D'Oench, Nancy; Martin, Bonny
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Abrams: 2008
Edition: Signed Copy
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2291139
ISBN: 0810972808
Condition: Near Fine
Signed by author with inscription, For Chris, Enjoy these beautiful gardens and your own! Nancy D'Oench. Jacket spine head lightly bumped. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 2008 Large Hardcover. 255 pp. More than 90 exquisite gardens were photographed all around the United States especially for this book by Mick Hales, one of the world’s leading garden photographers. Organized according to parts of the garden?entryways, herbaceous borders, water features, hedges, etc.?the pictures are accompanied by insightful commentaries and extended captions. Quotations from the owners?dedicated gar... View more info
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By: Erdtman, G. [Gunnar]; Wodehouse, Roger P.; Verdoorn, Frans
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Chronica Botanica Company: 1943
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2266467
Condition: Near Fine
First American edition. A couple minor smudges on rear board, pages lightly toned, ink name on half-title page and title page. 1943 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 239, [1] pp. The first English translation of the work that took what was previously a subject of research in just a few countires and made it an internationally recognized field, and revolutionized Quaternary vegetation and climate change research. Illustrations, diagrams, and charts throughout. Oddly, the verso of the final leaf bears an illustration of a tree playing a flute. View more info
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens: 1995
Seller ID: 2295113
ISBN: 0696206587
Condition: Fine
A fine copy. 1995 Large Softcover. 132 pp. Provides more than two hundred photographs and clear, helpful text that explain how to cultivate and use herbs, furnishing complete planting diagrams and plant lists as well as design tips for a variety of landscapes. View more info
By: Fassett, Norman C.; Mose, Catherine
Price: $12.00
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press: 1961
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2291382
Condition: Near Fine
Second printing. No jacket. A very nice copy. 1961 Hard Cover. xii, 157 pp. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4. Green boards, gilt on spine. Numerous photos, drawings, diagrams, maps. With drawings by Richard I. Evans. A Study of Epidermal Outgrowths by Catherine Mose. CONTENTS: Preface; The Distribution of the Leguminosae Native in Wisconsin; Artificial Key to the Leguminosae of Wisconsin Based on Vegetative Characters; Key Based on Flowers; Key Based on Fruits; Key Based on Seeds; Characteristics and Distributions of the Leguminosae of Wisconsin; Epidermal Outgrowths of the Leguminosae of Wisconsin; Glossary; In... View more info
By: Ganeri, Anita
Price: $3.00
Publisher: Reader's Digest Kids: 1995
Seller ID: 2206036
ISBN: 1890409103
Condition: Good
Corners dog-eared. 1995 Large Softcover. We have more books available by this author!. 45 pp. This is a really large beautiful book about prickly and poisonous plants and animals and how they use these methods to defend themselves.KEYWORDS: PRICKLY POISONOUS DEADLY DEFENSES NATURE ANIMALS PLANTS SCIENCE CHILDREN JUVENILE View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Delmar: 2002
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 2295905
ISBN: 0766822710
Condition: Near Fine
Second edition. Ink name on half-title page. 2002 Large Softcover. xvii, 330 pp. Illustrated Guide to Pruning, 2nd Edition details why trees need pruning and presents the protocol for how to do it. This thoroughly updated second edition helps the reader manage trees in a more sustainable manner and provides numerous illustrations and concepts to help prevent future problems in young and medium-aged trees. From one-year-old liners to mature trees in the landscape, the Illustrated Guide to Pruning, 2nd Edition, teaches which live branches to remove to formulate sustainable trunk and branch struc... View more info
By: Gray, Asa
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.: 1868
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2290969
Condition: Very Good
First one-volume edition. 1 inch tear to cloth along spine base, boards lightly soiled, ink stamp on front endpaper. 1868 Hard Cover. xii, 236, 386, [8] pp. Two books bound in one volume -- includes Gray's Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, Illustrated by Over 360 Wood Engravings from Original Drawings by Isaac Sprague, to Which is Added a Copious Glossary, or Dictionary of Botanical Terms & Field, Forest, and Garden Botany, A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants of the United States East of the Mississippi, Both Wild and Cultivated. Original dark green cloth, gilt titles, marbled... View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M.; Wellington, R.; Dorsey, M.J.
Price: $400.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1908
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2295564
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Boards lightly rubbed. 1908 Large Hardcover. xv, [1], 564 pp. 12 1/8 x 9 3/4. An extensive survey of many varieties of grapes grown in New York, which as the preface points out is representative of varieties of grapes grown throughout the entire country. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of grapes. View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Berger, Alwin; Slate, G.L.; Einset, Olav
Price: $150.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1925
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2295563
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Hinges just beginning to weaken, ink name on front endpaper. 1925 Large Hardcover. xii, 614 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. An extensive survey of many varieties of fruit grown in New York, with stunning full color plates. View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Francis, E.H.; Tukey, H.B.; Thatcher, R.W.
Price: $350.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1921
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2295565
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. An exceptional copy with a few minimal cosmetic flaws. 1921 Large Hardcover. xi, [1], 636 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 1/2. Original green cloth, gilt titles. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of pears. An extensive survey of many varieties of pear grown in New York, the aim of which - according to the preface - is to make... a complete record of the development of the pear wherever cultivated up to the present time... [and to give] an account of the history and uses of the pear; to depict the botanical characters of cultivated pears; to describe pear growing in thi... View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Tubergen, C.B.
Price: $140.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company, Albany: 1917
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2078086
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Boards rubbed (common with titles from this series), binding tight & square, no foxing. 1917 Large Hardcover. xiii, 541 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. An extensive survey of many varieties of peaches grown in New York, including according to the preface an account of the history and uses of the peach; a discussion of the botanical characters of the species of cultivated peaches; an account of the peach-regions and of peach-growing in New York with the most important statistics relating to this fruit; and, lastly and in greatest detail, the synonymy, bibli... View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Tubergen, C.B.; Wellington, R.
Price: $150.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1915
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2295562
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Small ink stamp on rear endpaper, boards lightly scuffed. 1915 Large Hardcover. xii, 371, [5] pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. An extensive survey of many varieties of cherries grown in New York, including according to the preface an historical account of cultivated cherries, the botany of this fruit, a statement of its present economic status in America, descriptions of all known varieties of cherries, the synonymy and bibliography of the species and varieties, and biographical sketches of the persons who have contributed materially to cherry culture in Am... View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Wellington, R.; Taylor, O.M.; Alderman, W.H.; Dorsey, M.J.
Price: $125.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1910
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2295373
Condition: Good
Boards rubbed and smudged, front hinge weakening, owner bookplate on front endpaper. Text and plates clean and unmarked. 1910 Large Hardcover. xii, 616 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of plums. An extensive survey of many varieties of plums grown in New York, the aim of which - according to the preface - is to make... a record of our present knowledge of cultivated plums... [It includes] a historical account and a botanical classification of plums... a discussion of the present status of plum-growing in America... View more info
By: Huffman, D.M.; Tiffany, L.H.; Knaphus, G.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Iowa State University Press: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2264585
ISBN: 0813811686
Condition: Near Fine
First edition - a paperback original. Ink initials on page ridge, otherwise an exceptional copy. 1989 Trade Paperback. viii, 326, [2] pp. View more info
By: Huntington, Lucy
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Cassell & Co.: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2295385
ISBN: 0304354864
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Jacket edges very lightly bumped. 2000 Large Hardcover. 112 pp. Instant reference to more than 250 plants. This directory is aimed at being a quick reference on all aspects of planting and maintaining a garden, including advice on habitats and soil types, and co-ordinating colour and foliage, identifying and dealing with pests. There are practical tips and instructions presented in topic-based spreads. View more info
