Category: Gardening

Cotton

Price: $25.00

Publisher: American Book Company. (1924). New York. : 1924

Seller ID: 1811

Cloth. Illustrations. Name and small pen markings on front and back end papers. From the Preface: "Here is the story of cotton, the world's greatest clothing material and one of its great history makers. It is simple, entertaining, accurate, u p-to- date". Chapters on: The Kingship of Cotton; The Cotton Gin; Cotton Becomes King; Dangerous Little Enemies; A Valuable Nuisance; etc.
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Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry as Well for the Champion or Open Country as for the Woodland or Several Together with a Book of Huswifery Being a Calendar of Rural and Domestic Economy for Every Month in the Year (title Continued in description)

By: Tusser, Thomas (and) William Mavor

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, Lackington, Allen, and Co. : 1812

Seller ID: 8340

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

"And Exhibiting a Picture of the Agriculture, Customs, and Manners of England in the Sixteenth Century, by Thomas Tusser, Gentleman; A New Edition with Notes, Geographical, Illustrative, and Explanatory, A Glossary, and Other Improvements by William Mavor, Honorary Member of the Board of Agriculture, Etc." Original boards, cloth spine and original spine label (somewhat shipped and darkened). Untrimmed, with large margins measuring 7 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches. Two title pages, dedication page by Mavor, and two page catalog of other books by the publisher present. (2), 1-338, (2). First edition of the...
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Original Stereocard Photograph - "Palm Gardens, the Famous Beer Gardens of Frankfort, Germany"

By: Underwood, Bert

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., J. F. Jarvis : 1894

Seller ID: 023058

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original stereocard on beige board. Features two stereoscopic black-and-white photographs. 7" x 3 1/2." Stereocard is very clean and intact overall. Board is age-toned with some smudges, which are mostly limited to the back. Photographs are clean and intact except for light surface wear and a couple faint smudges on the right image. A Very Good copy. Title and copyright information printed below the right photo in the bottom margin. Title also printed in six different languages on the back. Copyright information: "Series 1894, by Bert Underwood." Printed text on the left side of boar...
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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1891

By: United States Department of Agriculture

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office : 1892

Seller ID: 019790

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's green cloth binding. 6" x 9 1/4." 653 pages, complete. Sixty plates and maps (fifteen plates and three maps in color; thirty-four plates and eight maps in black and white) and various black and white illustrations among the text, complete. Introduction from the Office of the Secretary to the President in the front. Index in the back. A comprehensive report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 1891. Beautiful illustrations of plants, maps, and many diagrams and charts included. Reports are from the Assistant Secretary, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, ...
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University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Bound Manuscript Accession Book of Seeds and Plants. 1889-1907.

By: University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station; Weinheimer, William H.; Weinheimer, Polly

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 021034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original 3/4 red leather binding with black cloth boards. Gilt decorative accents on covers. 1889-1907. 8 3/4" x 14." 157 pages, complete. Pages and handwriting are pristine and intact. Coves are clean and intact overall but the spine is missing and there is some chipping on the leather portions of the binding. In the accession book, over 3200 seeds and plants acquired by the University of Minnesota's Experiment Station between 1889 and 1907 are listed. In addition to the name of the seed or plant, the name of the provider (individual or company) and the provider's address are listed....
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"Earnest Willie," or Echoes from a Recluse : Containing the Letters, Poems, Addresses and Sketches - Chiefly Moral and Religious - with Bits of Laughing Humor, Smiling Fancy and Tender Sentiment - Everywhere the Earnest Heart-Throbs.

By: Upshaw, Willie D.

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia, The Franklin Printing and Publishing Co. : 1893

Seller ID: 14564

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

xxi, 625 pages; gray cloth binding with gilt lettering. Faded with wear along the edges, top and bottom of the spine also worn. Willie Upshaw was an invalid for nine years and dictated this account of his life and thoughts. Hurt from a farming injury, he lived in a bed for seven years. Very good copy.
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Fertilizer Experiments with Citrus Trees.

By: Vaile, R. S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, University of California, Agricultural Experiment Station. : 1922

Seller ID: 9903

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Bulletin No. 345. Pages 465-512; illuatrations, charts, tables; wraps. Published results of fertilizer experiments carrried out at five locations in California along with a review of the literature. Deals with the planting and care of the trees and yields and data gathered. Clean copy.
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Agricultural Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1891, Being the Third after Leap Year, and Until the 4th of July, the 115th of American Independence

By: Various

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lancaster, Pa, John Baer's Sons : 1891

Seller ID: 14156

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

[67th Volume]. [36] pages; calendars; illustrated paper wrapper (6 3/4 x 8 3/8 inch) chipped and frayed along the edges. A almanac centered in the Pennsylvania 'Dutch' country of Lancaster, Pa. Standard fare of agricultural information, calendars, and basic advice. Very good clean copy.
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Agricultural Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1887; Being the Third After Leap Year, and Until the 4th of July, the 111th of American Independence

By: Various

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lancaster, Pa, John Baer's Sons. : 1887

Seller ID: 14157

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

[62d Volume]. [36] pages; calendars; illustrated paper wrapper (6 3/4 x 8 3/8 inch} chipped and frayed along the edges. An almanac centered in the Pennsylvania 'Dutch' country of Lancaster, Pa. Standard fare of agricultural information, calendars, and basic advice. Very good clean copy.
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Agricultural Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1894, Being the Second After Leap Year, and Until the 4th of July, the 118th of American Indepenedence

By: Various

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lancaster, Pa, John Baer's Sons : 1893

Seller ID: 14159

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

[69th Volume]. [36] pages; calendars; illustrated paper wrapper ( 6 3/4 x 8 3/8 inch) with minor missing chips along the edges. An almanac centered in the Pennsylvania 'Dutch' country of Lancaster, Pa. Standard fare of agricultural information, calendars, and basic farm advice. Very good clean copy.
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Hortus : a Concise Dictionary of Gardening, General Horticulture and Cultivated Plants in North America

By: Various

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company : 1930

Seller ID: 015442

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Compiled by L. H. Bailey and Ethel Zoe Bailey. Publisher's red cloth binding with chipping at base and top of spine, some splitting at front hinge. Gilt lettering on front and spine. 652 pages with 16 black and white plates, complete. Comprehensive reference book for the horticulturist. Tipped-in signature of L. H. Bailey (who compiled this book with Ethel Zoe Bailey) on front free endpaper.
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Map Showing Corn Belts of Different Degrees of Temperature During the Corn Growing Season.

By: Vaughan, J.C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, Vaughan's Seed Store

Seller ID: 10822

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

"Compliments of Vaughan's Seed Store". circa.1900s. Map: (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 inch), showing the United States from the Dakota's to Pennsylvania and the Canadian border to Tennessee with bands of white and blue regions of temperature during the corn growing season. Based on the map of 1885 by J.C. Vaughan using U.S. Government Isothermal Maps. Short tear (1/2 inch) along one of the folds.
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Selected List of References Relating to Irrigation in California.

By: Venable, Reid.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, University of California, College of Agriculture : 1923

Seller ID: 9683

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Agricultural Experiment Station, Circular No. 260. 62 pages, appendix, paper wrapper. Annotated bibliography of literature relating to irrigation in California. Covers annual reports to yearbooks by Department of Agriculture, Congress, Department of Commerce and Labor, Governors' Conference, Department of Interior, and Societies and Organizations.
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Les Fleurs, A Paris, Culture et Commerce.

By: Vilmorin, Philippe L. De

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Paris, France, Librairie J.-B. Bailliere et Fils : 1892

Seller ID: 12501

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

[Written in French] viii, 324 pages; illustrations; 1/4 vellum binding with leather label on the spine, wear to the top of the spine. The volume is devoted to gardening, the raising of flowers and identification. He also goes into the commercial production of flowers in France. A handsome book.
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The Homes of Our Favorite Poets: With appropriate selections from their works.

By: W. M. Wisdom & Co.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, W. M. Wisdom & Co.

Seller ID: 024746

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with string binding. Gilt lettering on front cover. No date, circa 1888. 6 1/2" x 5." Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Former owner's signature written sideways in black ink on front cover. Covers have moderate darkening, soiling, and a few small dampstains to front and back. Spine has some chipping and splitting along a crease where the book has been opened. Pages have age toning, slight wrinkling and chipping along corners and edges, and the occasional small dampstain or mark. A Good copy. A collection of beautiful illustratio...
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Fruit-bud Development in Strawberry Varieties and Species.

By: Waldo, George F.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., U.S. Dept of Agriculture : 1930

Seller ID: 8873

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Seperate in pamphlet form from JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 40 #5 (March 1, 1930) pages 393-407. A study of the course of fruit-bud development in representative varieties and several species. Very clean copy with former owner's initials in ink at right top of cover.
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Nitrogenous Fertilizer Experiments, Delta Branch Station.

By: Walker, C.B., E.C. Ewing, and Ide P. Trotter.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Agricultural College, Mississippi, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station. : 1922

Seller ID: 9862

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Bulletin no. 207. 24 pages; tables. Experiments using nitrogenous fertilizers in the Mississippi delta with the results and cost.
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The Plants of China and Their Usefulness to Man

By: Walker, Egbert H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution : 1943

Seller ID: 14546

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

'From the Smithsonian Report for 1943, Pages 325-362 (Publication 3754)'. Pages 325-362; 12 plates; pale green paper wrapper (6 1/8 x 9 5/8 inch). Evidence of a fold, lower left corner. A brief essay of the botany and flora of China and the role it has played in its history and economy. Illustrations supplement the text. Very good clean copy.
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Inheritance of Fusarium Resistance in Cabbage.

By: Walker, J.C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., Govenment Printing Office : 1930

Seller ID: 9719

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Reprinted from JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 40 (#8 April 15, 1930). Pages 721-745, illustrations, tables. Seperate in wrapper with former owner's initials on cover "H.E.T.". Study of plant genetics using selection to eleminate a disease attacking cabbage and its results.
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Diseases of Rose Caused By Species of Coniothyrium in the United States.

By: Waterman, Alma M.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1930

Seller ID: 9729

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Reprinted from JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 40 (#9 May 1, 1930). Pages 805-827, illustrations, tables, bibliography. An examination of cankers on diseased rose stems as caused by the species of Coniothyrium.
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