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By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Barse & Hopkins: 1913
Seller ID: 2201036
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: Arnold Arboretum
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Arnold Arboretum: 1970
Seller ID: 2208285
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: Batson, Wade T.
Price: $5.00
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2266618
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: Bell, Adrian D.
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1991
Seller ID: 2264676
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 a... View more info
By: Blanchan, Neltje
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1927
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2267728
Spine head, spine base and corners very lightly rubbed. 1927 Large Hardcover. xiii, 415 pp. Color plates and many other illustrations photographed directly from nature by Henry Troth and A.R. Dugmore. CONTENTS: Preface; List of Illustrations; Blue to Purple Flowers; Magenta to Pink Flowers; White and Greenish Flowers; Yellow and Orange Flowers; Red and Indefinites; Fragrant Flowers or Leaves; Unpleasantly Scented; Plants and Shrubs Conspicuous in Fruit; Plant Families Re... View more info
By: Briggs, Lyman J.
Price: $2.00
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture: 1908
Seller ID: 1282352
Pages toned, pencil markings on front cover. 1908 Soft Cover. CONTENTS: Nature of Root-rot; Field treatment of root-rot; Occurrence of root-rot; Field experiments showing the bad effects of alkaline commercial fertilizers on root-rot soils; Greenhouse experiments with alkaline fertilizers; Summary. View more info
By: Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Brown, Hon. Addison
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Dover: 1970
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2264674
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... View more info
By: Burnie, David
Price: $5.00
Publisher: DK Publishing: 2004
Seller ID: 2205015
An exceptional copy. 2004 Hard Cover. Here is a an original and exciting new look at the fascinating natural world of plants. Stunning real-life photographs of flowers, fruits, seeds, leaves and more offer a unique eyewitness view of the natural history of plant anatomy and growth. See the biggest flower in the world, where a seed develops, what the inside of a plant stem looks like, how a flower attracts insects, what a plant's reproductive organs look like, and how a d... View more info
By: Charles, Vera K.
Price: $6.00
Publisher: United States Department of Agriculture: 1946
Seller ID: 2267169
One-inch tear along top and bottom edges of front wrapper, small sticker on front wrapper, one-inch by one-inch chip along top edge of rear wrapper, bookplate and ink stamp on front wrapper verso. 1946 Stapled Binding. 60 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Danger from Poisonous Fungi; Agaricaceae (gill fungi); Polyporaceae (pore fungi); Hydnaceae (tooth fungi); Clavariaceae (coral fungi); Phallaceae (stinkhorn fungi); Lycoperdaceae (puffballs); Ascomycetes (sac fungi); Collater... View more info
By: Dean, R.W.
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Cornell University Press: 1969
Seller ID: 1282354
Minor wear. 1969 Soft Cover. CONTENTS: Methods; CODLING MOTH: Life History Trap Records; RED-BANDED LEAF ROLLER: Life History Trap Records; FRUIT TREE LEAF ROLLER: Life History; Trap Records; OBLIQUE BANDED LEAF ROLLER: Life History; Trap Records; EYE-SPOTTED BUD MOTH: Life History; Trap Records; APPLE BARK BORER: Life History; Trap Records; ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH: Life History; Trap Records; Moth Captures Relating to Host; Relative Abundance; Other Moths Found in Orchard T... View more info
By: Elias, Thomas S.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company: 1980
Seller ID: 2272716
Jacket edges a bit rubbed. 1980 Hard Cover. xii, 948 pp. 8vo. A field guide and natural history of North American trees, featuring all 652 native species, plus over 100 introduced species, with quick and easy references for identification, text accessible to the layman including common and scientific names, a survey of the relationship between man and nature, illustrated summer and winter keys, over 2,000 labeled illustrations, and range maps. 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
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 ... View more info
By: Fassett, Norman C.; Mose, Catherine
Price: $12.00
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press: 1961
Seller ID: 1528189
Lightly rubbed. 1961 Hard Cover. 157 pp. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4. Numerous photos, drawings, diagrams, maps. 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; Index. View more info
By: Ganeri, Anita
Price: $3.00
Publisher: Reader's Digest Kids: 1995
Seller ID: 2206036
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
By: Gaumann, Ernst
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Hafner Publishing Company: 1950
Seller ID: 1532408
Includes original jacket. Jacket rubbed & toned with several chips, pages toned, ink name on front endpaper.Good. 1950 Hard Cover. 543 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction. 1. Infection; 2. Infection Chains; 3. The Parasitic Adaptation of Pathogens; 4. The Disease Proneness of the Host; 5. The Disease; 6. The Control of Infectious Diseases of Plants; Literature Cited; Appendix; Index. View more info
By: Gibbons, Euell; McPhee, John
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Alan C. Hood: 1987
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2267122
2nd printing. Top edge stained. 1987 Hard Cover. xiii, [3], 303, [1] pp. 8vo. Includes: A Remembrance of Euell Gibbons by John McPhee; Some thoughts on Wild Food; The Acorn: Ancient Food of Man; The Green Amaranth: Invader from the Tropics; Wild apples and crab apples; Arrowhead or Wapatoo: favorite food plant of American Indians; The Jerusalem Artichoke; Stalking the Wild Asparagus; The Sweet Birch; Blackberies and Dewberries; The Huckleberry and Blueberry Tribes; Great... View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Francis, E.H.; Tukey, H.B.; Thatcher, R.W.
Price: $325.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1921
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2263124
First edition. Boards lightly rubbed, ink name crossed out on front endpaper. Text pages unmarked, binding square and holding firmly (we often see books in this series with damage to hinges). 1921 Large Hardcover. xi, 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 ... 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
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 i... View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Tubergen, C.B.
Price: $225.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1917
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2272654
First edition. Tiny ink name stamp on front endpaper, pages ridges faintly foxed, minor discoloration to base of first and last few pages. Boards are almost entirely free of the scuffing and discoloration one often sees on these volumes. 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... View more info
By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Tubergen, C.B.; Wellington, R.
Price: $175.00
Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1915
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2078082
First edition. The best copy we have handled - tight, square binding, no foxing to plates or text, none of the rubbing one generally sees to boards of books in this series, gilt titles bright with no loss. Tiny bump to front corner is only flaw. 1915 Large Hardcover. xii, 371 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 che... View more info
By: Heinerman, John; Smith, Lendon H.
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Parker Publishing Company: 1988
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2264682
Jacket spine faintly toned. Top page ridge lightly foxed, faint stain on page base. 1988 Hard Cover. xxxvi, 400 pp. From a medical anthropologist's files - remarkable health-promoting uses for hundreds of common fruits, vegetables and herbs View more info
By: Hennessy, Esme F.; Hedge, Tessa A.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Acorn Books: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2207092
First edition. Faintly rubbed. 1989 Large Hardcover. 264 pp. 13 x 10. CONTENTS: Preface; Part I: A Review of Slipper Orchids - Introduction; 1. Nomenclature and Registration of Orchid Hybrids; 2. Cultivation; 3. Taxonomy; 4. Geographical Distribution of the Five Genera; Part II: Representative Species of Slipper Orchid; Part III: Man-made Hybrids; Glossary; Bibliography; Index I: Species and Natural Hybrids; Index II: Man-Made Hybrids. 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
First edition - a paperback original. Ink initials on page ridge, otherwise an exceptional copy. 1989 Trade Paperback. viii, 326, [2] pp. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.: 1892
Seller ID: 2205959
No jacket, two inches of spine beginning to pull away from binding, minor spot to front board, endpapers toned. 1892 Hard Cover. xiv, 429 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; On Animal Life; On Plant Life; Woods and Fields; Mountains; Water; Rivers and Lakes; The Sea; The Starry Heavens.KEYWORDS: SIR JOHN LUBBOCK BEAUTIES OF NATURE WONDERS WORLD WE LIVE IN SCIENCE NATURAL HISTORY ANIMALS PLANTS ECOLOGY ASTRONOMY View more info
By: McIlvaine, Charles; Macadam, Robert K.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Dover: 1973
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2264675
1973 reissue of 1902 second revised edition. Spine and front wrapper creased, wrappers lightly toned, two address labels. lxii, 729 pp. Includes 182 illustrations. Details the characteristics of poisonous and non-poisonous mushrooms, and includes guidelines for the cultivation and preparation of edible species. View more info
By: Mills, Stephanie
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Beacon Press: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2264681
First edition. A nice copy. 1995 Hard Cover. xii, 237 pp. Lending her voice to the rapidly growing field of land restoration, the author examines a grassroots effort that has contributed new botanical, zoological, and geological knowledge, and takes the reader along as she assists the regenerative processes of nature. View more info
By: Milner, Max
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Protein Advisory Group of the United Nations: 1973
Seller ID: 1284962
Faint stain on back cover along spine, pencil markings on front cover, spine creased. 1973 Trade Paperback. CONTENTS: Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors and Participants; Welcome by FAO - Juan Felipe Yriart; Opening Remarks of Chairman; Keynote Address; Building a Protein Revolution on Grain Legumes; NUTRITIONAL IMPORTANCE OF LEGUMES FOR HUMANS: Legumes in Human Diets and How They Might Be Improved; Factors Affecting the Nutritional Value of Beans; Discussants; Su... View more info
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By: Newhall, Charles S.; Britton, Nath. L.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press: 1911
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2275029
Small spot on front board corner, edges and endpapers lightly foxed. 1911 Hard Cover. xiv, 250; xii, 249, [7] pp. 8vo. Two volumes in one. A guide to the identification of trees and shrubs, illustrated with numerous drawings of leaves, with detailed descriptions of various species. View more info
By: Pakenham, Thomas
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2202522
First edition. No copyright date. A fine copy.Fine. 2004 Hard Cover. 143 pp. Standing tall on the sunburnt plains of Africa and Australia, like great living giants, baobabs may be the oldest life forms on the planet, and many of the specimens still standing today have been around for at least 2000 years. For centuries, the tree has provided food, medicine, shelter, places of refuge and worship and even served as prisons and tombs. Long before Africa was opened up by Euro... View more info
Price: $125.00
Publisher: C.M. Saxton, Agricultural Book Publisher: 1854
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2130219
First edition. Front free endpaper removed. 1854 Hard Cover. viii, 144, 10 pp. 8vo. An agricultural guide to growing strawberries and several other berries. View more info
