A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tulip, Hyacinth, Rose & other flowers including a dissertation on soils and manures, and catalogues of the most esteemed varieties of each flower
de HOGG, Thomas;
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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London, Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1839, sixth edition, with additions. . original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with new cloth spine preserving the original label with gilt title lettering & covers, internal hinges cracked but firm, endpaper bookplate of Henry Hofheimner, overall very good, interior clean & near fine. . 12mo [19 x 11.5 cm]; xxxi, [iii], 275, [4, publisher's ads] pp, 6 fine hand colored lithographed plates including frontis, each with tissue guard. . Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue p. 144. Cleveland Collection 858: 'this replaced James Maddock's The Florist's Directory as the best English work on florist's flowers'. The attractive color plates include tulip, Tuscan rose, carnation, polyanthus, auricula, yellow picote. There are lists of varieties of each flower dealt with. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tulip, Hyacinth, Rose & other flowers including a dissertation on soils and manures, and catalogues of the most esteemed varieties of each flower
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- HOGG, Thomas;
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- Original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with new cloth spine preserving the original label with gilt title lettering & covers
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- London, Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1839, sixth edition, with additions.
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- 12mo [19 x 11.5 cm]; xxxi, [iii]
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