Botany For Gardeners BOTANY FOR GARDENERS.
by Faulkner, R P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG/ND
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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1949* Publisher: Frederick Muller.* Binding and cover condition: Beige cloth, green title to spine and face. Minor bumps & rubs to corners, spine slightly aged. VG.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to end papers, all edges darkened & slightly spotted. VG.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 230 pp. text. vi pp. index at rear.* Description: Covering soil-less cultivation of plants, vegetative propagation, Polyploidy, pruning, plant nutrients etc. From the cellular structure of plants through to the generation and production of seeds this volume is a fairly early treatise on Botany for the gardener rather than the scientist or specialist. Illustrated with numerous line drawings and black and white photographs, the nutrition, reproduction and upkeep of plant materials is dealt with in a business like manner and in a language that is easier to understand than the more learned tomes on the same material.* A VG copy of the 1st/1st with some age and edge wear. No dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 408
- Title
- Botany For Gardeners BOTANY FOR GARDENERS.
- Author
- Faulkner, R P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- F. Muller
- Place of Publication
- London UK 236
- Date Published
- 1949-01-01
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