Guide to the Conservatory; being a concise Treatise on the Management of the Hothouse & Greenhouse; the forcing of bulbs, shrubs, etc, keeping up blooms all year; select list of the most admirable plants. .
de BAINBRIDGE, Richard;
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London, Robert Baldwin, 1842, First edition. . original green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, lightly frayed at spine head, hinge repaired, very good, interior is clean and near fine. . 12mo [17.5 x 11.5 cm]; vii, 258, [vi, ads], errata, index. . The author was gardener to Lord Wenlock, and here describes the huge greenhouse operation and the many plants, including a large number of orchids (about 64 pages), month to month treatments, plant hybridizing, propagation, plants lists, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Guide to the Conservatory; being a concise Treatise on the Management of the Hothouse & Greenhouse; the forcing of bulbs, shrubs, etc, keeping up blooms all year; select list of the most admirable plants. .
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- BAINBRIDGE, Richard;
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- Original green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, lightly frayed at spine
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- London, Robert Baldwin, 1842, First edition.
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- 12mo [17.5 x 11.5 cm]; vii, 258,
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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