"Selections of Ferns suitable for stove, warm, cool, and cold greenhouses; for baskets, walls, exhibition, wardian cases, dwelling-houses, and outdoor ferneries. Insect Pest and their Eradication, &c.". 128 pages, plus 20 pages of ads in the back. Bound in original publisher's green cloth with fern decoration (in black) on the cover along with the title and author's name in gilt. Slight fraying to the base and top of the spine, else a good clean copy inside and out. Illustrated with drawings of various ferns. View More...
Publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering and a lovely gilt illustration of water lilies on the front. Some rubbing on edges and scratches on covers. 205 with 90 black and white photographs and two double page plates, complete. Revised second edition of this seminal work of horticulture by renowned American horticulturist Peter Bisset (1869-1951). View More...
(title cont) ". Guider le Petit Cultivateur, le Fermier, le Regisseur et le Proprietaire, dans l'Exploitation d'un Domaine Rural; - Les Principes Generaux d'Agriculture, la Culture de Toutes les Plantes Utiles; - l'Education des Animaux Domestiques, l'art Veterinaire; - La Description de Tous les Arts Agricoles; - Les Instrumens et Batimens Ruraux; - l'Entretien et l'Exploitation des Vignes, des Arbres Fruitiers, des bois et Forets, des E'tangs, etc; - L'Economie, l'Organisation et la Direction d'une Administration Rurale; Enfin la Legislation Appliquee a l'Agriculture. Terminee par des Tables... View More...
(title cont.) ". de l'eure-et-loir, etc. Et des Plantes Communes dans l'Interieur de la France. Cette Flore fait partie d'un travail couronne par l'Academie des sciences." xxxiv, 271 pages; publisher's book ad in the back; illustrations (2145 images); bound in red cloth with black lettering on the cover and spine. Former owner's inscription in pencil from 1890 on the backside of the half title page. Very good clean copy with some evidence of wear to the cover. View More...
Reprinted from JOURNAL OF AGRICULTUREAL RESEARCH, 40 (# 3 February 1, 1930). Pages 225-232, tables, charts, bibliography, in wrapper. Former owner's initials in pencil on cover "H.E.T.". A genetic study of wheat and its resistance to bunt. View More...
Reprinted from JOURNAL OF AGRICULTUREAL RESEARCH, 40 (#4 February `15, 1930). Pages 353-359, tables, chart, bilbiography. Seperate in paper wrapper. An account of the resistance of white Odessa wheat to bunt with data to back it up. View More...
Bulletin 140, Entomological Series, 8. 17 pages; 4 plates; bilbiography. Concerned with infestation of white-flies in the production of tomatoes and cucumbers under glass. Covers the life history, habits, description, and remedies. Former owner's name in ink on cover 'Calvert E. Norland.' View More...
Interesting Bulletin in the form of a calendar for the wall. Bulletin 271. Pages 93-140; illustrations. Folds out to hang on the wall with 1926-27 calendar along with the bulletin which contains directions for preparing insecticides and fungicides; insect and fungous pests of cultivated plants; listing of manufacturers and dealers in spray apparatus and supplies. A very handy and interesting information source. Former owners name in ink on the front cover "Calvert E. Norland." View More...
Bulletin 160 (October, 1929) Department of Agronomy, Connecticut Agricultural College. Pages 327-380; illustrations, tables; bibliography; paper wrapper. Extensive study of the degeneration of Irish potatoes during the 1920s due to ground diseases. View More...
Reprinted from JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 40 (#4 February 15, 1930). Pages 385-391, illustrations. Paper describes a bacterial leaf spot which attaacks summer and winter squashes and pumpkins. View More...
Reprinted from JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 40 (#1 January 1, 1930). Pages 1-10, illustrations. Water damage (stain) across the top of pamphlet. ".the present paper is as preliminary report intended to establish the bacterial nature of the disease and to describe the pathogene as a new species of Bacterium." View More...
Volumes 1 & 2 bound together in 3/4 leather binding. [Volume I. Second Edition / Volume II. Second Edition]. I: 160 pages. II: 174 pages. 3/4 x 1 inch worm hole on front title page. Contains information on the farms, farmers, and equipment used on American farms. Very good clean copy. Published by the New York Agricultural Society. View More...
"Plant Life Series, 6". 22 pages; tables; paper wrapper (5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inch) with title on the cover. A pamphlet of simple, practical instructions to raise flowers. Very good clean copy. View More...
Eight volumes, complete. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Green and white illustrated endpapers show a woman holding a cornucopia and basket of various crops in a verdant landscape. 5 1/4" x 8." All pages of all volumes, complete. 392 plates, most of which are in color, complete. Each of the volumes has forty-nine plates. List of Illustrations for the entire set in the front of Vol. I. Each volume also has its own List of Illustrations. Index in back of Vol. VIII. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Pag... View More...
viii, 223 pages; portrait; index; green cloth binding with gilt lettering with remnants of the dust jacket under mylar (missing chips, soiled), lacking the bottom third of the back cover. John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an American naturalist and essayist important in the US conservation movement and a noted practitioner of the 'nature essay'. Blanck - Bibliography of American Literature #2207. Very good copy in poor dust jacket. View More...
Publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt and black lettering. Illustration of stream and woods on front cover. Tearing at front hinge. 524 pages, 3 plates, 18 full page illustrations and decorations throughout book, complete. Musings of a part-time agriculturist on a variety of subjects. View More...
Original publisher's pamphlet printed on beige paper in black ink. 6" x 9 1/4." 160 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Index in back. Pages are very clean and intact overall but have light age toning throughout, darkening and surface chipping or rubbing along edges of front and back, a few chips in upper corners of fore-edge toward the back, and a few wrinkles. A Very Good copy. A guide for growing different plants and flowers at home in California. Circular 53 of the California Agricultural Extension Service. Caption on front cover describes "Cooperative Extens... View More...
Reprinted from SCIENCE, LXII (August 14, 1925) No. 1598, pages 161-162. Pamphlet in paper wrapper; pages 3-6. Inscribed on the cover by author 'compliments of PDC.' A study of the rot disease caused by Aspergillus niger on fig tree fruit. View More...
Original green with impressed title on front cover, gilt lettering and design on spine. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 inches. 360 pages which includes 12 pages of index. Also has 4 pages of advertisements. Part of the American Nature Series (Group VI). Copy has 22 black and white illustrations. Several pages are uncut. Previous owner wrote his name "Library of Herman Cohen" on the title page. Head and tail are slightly bumped. Pages are very clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Original lithographed seed packet for the plant, fruit, or vegetable named in the title. Contains no seeds. Front features a color illustration of a large beet in a bucolic landscape. No date, circa 1920s. 3 1/4" x 5." Printed on front and back. "Genesee Valley Litho. Co., Rochester, N. Y." printed on the flap. Brief information about the plant and planting instructions on the back. Seed packet is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and a few small wrinkles. A Fine copy. The Card Seed Company was founded in 1908 in Fredonia, New York. The company sold seeds for a vari... View More...
