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Orchids of the Singapore Botanic Gardens
by Yam Tim Wang
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9971884585
- ISBN 13
- 9789971884581
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Singapore: National Parks Board, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Since its inception in the middle of the 19th century, Singapore Botanic Gardens have been a centre for orchid display and propagation. At the time of publication the gardens hosted 600 orchid species and 1,500 hybrids. The book is divided into three parts I - A history of the orchid programme in the gardens, II -The orchid species with colour photographs and other botanical information and III - The breeding of hybrids in the gardens. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 152 pages, with references, a glossary and an index. Weight: 1.0 kg Post free within Malaysia Apart from minor scuffing of the cover, a little rubbing of the cover edges and the pages having lost their original freshness, the book looks new.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SN305
- Title
- Orchids of the Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Author
- Yam Tim Wang
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 9971884585
- ISBN 13
- 9789971884581
- Publisher
- National Parks Board
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Singapore - Botanic Gardens - Orchids
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