THE ORCHID-GROWER'S MANUAL,: Brief Descriptions of upwards of Eight Hundred Species and Varieties of Orchidaceous Plants; Notices of Their Times of Flowering,, and Most Approved Modes of Treatment; Also, Plain and Practical Instructions Relating to the General Culture of Orchids
by Williams, Benjamin Samuel
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About This Item
Small octavo (7 5/8 by 5 1/4 inches) London, 1871. Fourth Edition, Enlarged and Revised. 300 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings of orchid plants, and a diagram of an orchid house, index, and 24 unnumbered pages of illustrated advertisements for gardening, and horticultural supplies, good condition, original hardcover green cloth with representative orchid plant in gilt on the front cover, and title in gilt on spine (binding shows mild shelf wear at front hinge, and inside front and back gutters, small old wet spot in lower corner of back cover, corners slightly bumped - all not affecting contents).
A respected contribution to the understanding of orchids, and their propagation. Written during a heightened interest in these exotic plants; and still referred to today.
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- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1064
- Title
- THE ORCHID-GROWER'S MANUAL,
- Author
- Williams, Benjamin Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition, Enlarged and Revised
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, N.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Growing Orchids
- Bookseller catalogs
- Old and Rare; Gardens; Antiquarian; Orchids; Horticulture;
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