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Pages 295-334 plus xvi pages of ads. Features: "Castlewood," the Villa of Louis Bruguierre, Esq., Newport, RI - a vast and stately building in the Georgian style; The Japanese Garden of "Yademos" - The Country Seat of Charles Phizer, Esq., Bernardsville, NJ; "Huck-Ween Lodge" - the Summer Camp of William Curtis demorest, Esq., Loon Lake, NY; Half a Dozen Great Home Trees; The Value of a Pleasant Sun Room; A Home Shrubbery; Economic Methods in Mushroom Growing; Glimpses of Old Annapolis; Sun-Dials; "White Lodge" - the residence of Charles H. Roberts, Esq., Wynnewood, PA; Well-Designed Applique - an effective means of decoration; Wonderful sepia-tone photo-illustrated back cover ad for the Victor-Victrola XX (Louis XV design) features photos of eleven opera stars; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 321-360 plus xx pages of ads. Features: Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden - The Seat and Canopy in the Garden Wall, plus color cover photo of her garden; Notable American Gardens - Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden at Beverly Cove, MA; Historic Mansions of the James River - I - "Martin's Brandon," the Home of the Harrisons (including one-page photo of front entrance pocked with civil war bullet holes; Wonders of the Gourd Vine; Curtains and Draperies; The Wild Garden - a Plea for our Native Plants; An Old Brick House of Interesting Form at Wellesley Hills, MA - built for E.H. Fay, Esq.; The Summer Home of Thomas Nash, Esq., at East Hampton, Long Island; Something Concerning Driveways; The House of J.J. Storrow, Esq., Lincoln, MA; New Ant Lore; Great one-page photo-illustrated ad for the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. and its porcelain enameled ware; Photo ad for Flandrau & Co., maker of Automobile Bodies and Carriages; One-page illustrated ad for Chickering & Sons pianos; Charming back cover two-color photo ad for Lenox Chocolates / Necco Sweets made by the New England Confectionary Co.; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Orchids in the Sun - The Botanical Gardens of the University of Puerto Rico; Epiphytic Orchids as Parasites of their Host Trees; From Flask to Flower in a Flash; Publication Available on Conserving Fuel Usage in Glass Greenhouses with Surface-Mounted Air-Inflated Plastic; Brassavola, Rhyncholaelia, Sophronitis, Sophronitella and Leptotes - 2 - Collector's Item; Environments, Endangered Species and What We Should Do About Them; The Endemic Orchid species of Puerto Rico; Wire Baskets for Cattleyas and Other Orchids; Clonal Propagation of Phalaenopsis by Leaf Tissue Culture; Taking the Guesswork out of Watering; Pruing Cattleya seedlings and Divisions; Relativity, Sunlight and the Intergeneric Greenhouse. Heavy wear to spine crease. Moderate rubbing to covers. Else lightly worn. Book
Features: Masdevallia chimaera - and the Marvelous Monsters; Brouhtonia sanguinea - Jamaica's Famous Orchid; Orchid Identification Center at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens; Brassavola, Rhyncholaelia, Sophronitis, Sophronitella and Leptotes - I - Collector's Item; Orchid Genera, Illustrated - 57 - Arachnis; The Reproductive Biology of the Epiphytic Orchids of Florida 5 - Epidendrum difforme Jacquin; The Culture of Catasetum, Mormodes and Cycnoches. In search of the Elusive Broughtonia sanguinea alba; A Voice for some Orchids - They Can Sound as Good as They Look. Light wear and rubing. Book
112 pages. Features: Dracula culture in Coastal California; Some Venezuelan Elleanthus species - Orchids of Venezuela; Orchid genera, Illustrated - 70 - Catasetum; Singapore Botanic Gardens Orchid Center; The Wheeler Orchid Collection and species bank; Fluorescent light Culture for Orchids; Orchids and Posada Loma, Mexico; Some Unusual, small Cattleyas; The Genus dracula; The genus Panisea. Nice copy mildy rubbed. Book
102 pages. Features: A Method for Growing the Impossible Bog Orchids; From a Judge's Viewpoint; A Guide to the selection of Fluorescent Lamps; Mandai Orchid Gardens - A Singapore Showplace; Calanthe masuca; Stydying the Epiphytic Orchids of Malawi; Cattleya jenmanii - Late to the Party, Early to Leave? - Orchids of Venezuela. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
Features include: Modern Cypripedium Hybrids (III. Cypripedium insigne); Tree Gardens in the Clouds; Tetraploid Cymbidiums; Europe and Orchids and Book Review: "You Can Grow Orchids" by Mary Noble; The Reh's Plastic Greenhouse; Stanhopea Wardii - Collectors' Item. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
Features include: Development of Phalaenopsis in Hawaii; The Orchidist in Southern Mexico (Pt I): The Nizanda "Rock Gardens" of Oaxaca; Vandas in Central Florida; How Does Your Greenhouse Grow?; Collectors' Item: Rodriguezia rigida; Growing Orchids in the Home (Pt VI): Orchids on a Windowsill in Wales; Oncidium Cavenlur; Evolutionary Trends in the Sarcanthine Orchids; Pleiones, Orchids for Everyone; Cryptocentrum jamesonii, a Rare Ecuadorian Orchid; How Do Your Orchids Grow?; and Orchid Classics (Pt V): On the Identity of Three Supposed Genera of Orchideous Epiphytes. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
Edisud, 1978. In-8 broché de 78 pages. Bon état
pp. xii, 272. Line drawings by Kenneth Raniere. Color insert of the Rodale Food Guide. 8vo. Original full stiff paper binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Very nice copy. A guide showing over 250 medicinal plants. PLANTS W133
The Getty Museum building recreates an ancient Roman villa on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, where guests can feel that they are visiting the Villa dei Papiri before it was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The climate of southern California has made it possible to plant the gardens with dozens of herbs, flowers, and fruit trees known to the Greeks and Romans. In classical times they were practical as well as beautiful, providing color, perfume, home medicines, and flavorings for food and drink. 88p. illus.. bibliography Book
As New with no dust jacket; J. Paul Getty Museum; 1989, second printing; Softcover. 4to. in english. le erbe dell'antichità.
Eight Volumes. Volumes 5, 6, 7 and 8 are plate volumes. Wonderfully illustrated. Bookplate of R. B. Wardlaw Ramsay. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings embossed in blind. Volume one missing spine. Hardbound set. Second edition. The Scotsman, John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), was the most eminent early 19th century expert on landscapes, gardening, and agriculture. At the age of 20 he visited London and was shocked by the gloomy trees and plantings in the public squares. He published an article, Observations on Laying out the Public Squares of London" in the Literary Journal, in which he recommended the Oriental plane, almond, sycamore, and other lighter trees, instead of the lugubrious plantings that had hitherto been in vogue. His advice gradually prevailed, and the effect is still to be seen in London and throughout the kingdom. Now he was an author, as well as practical workman, and his pen went onward with little intermission for forty years. , until his life terminated. Many of his works were enriched with copperplate engravings of landscape scenery, drawn by himself. He became a successful practitioner and instructor in agriculture, gardening, architecture, botany, etc. His greatest work, which would of itself have been sufficient for any ordinary lifetime, was this Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum," in which he gave an account, with pictorial illustrations, of all the trees, wild or cultivated, that grow in Great Britain. This production, which was published in 1838, at his own risk, was so unsuccessful, that after paying artists and other persons engaged in it, he found himself in debt to the amount of L10,000 to the printer, stationer, and wood-engraver, while the sale of such a splendid publication was so slow, that there was no prospect that it would ever pay its own expenses. Though sick of heart and body, he went on to publish other enormously significant works that are valued today by collectors, historians, scientists, and all who work with plants in any capacity. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W133
pp. vii, 230. Illustrated with sixty full page photographs of flower arrangements. Tall 8vo. Original full pictorial cloth binding. Hardbound. Nice copy. First published 1933. PLANTS W132
Guy Durier, 1980. In-4 carré broché de VII + 104 pages + 21 planches à diverses figures. Petite déchirure sans manque sur le haut de la couverture sinon bon état
Mm 270x260 Volume rilegato in tela con titolo impresso al dorso, sovracoperta policroma, 320 pagine con illustrazioni in nero e a colori, anche in doppia pagina, nel testo. Storia del giardino inglese attraverso una ricca e ampia selezione di disegni, planimetrie, progetti prospettici e in sezione che l'autore ha estratto dalla collezione del Royal Institute of British Architects. Libro in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
228 pages including index and glossary.. Profusely illustrated. Author has researched and reassembled furnishings and equipment in pioneer houses in Ontario to create a picture of early domesticity for the interest and pleasure of new generations of Canadians. The knowledge which informed such projects is contained in this book. "While describing domestic life from 1783 to 1867, I have included many of my own later memories. The years from 1903 to 1970 cover a period of such extraordinary change in family life that I have felt a desire to record scenes which may soon be forgotten." - from introduction. Chapters include: Gardens, Dooryards and Verandahs; Parlours and Sitting Rooms; Dining Rooms; Kitchens; Bedrooms; Cooking and Heating; Keeping Clean; Keeping Tidy; Painting and Decorating; Pictures on the Wall; The Lights of Home; Children's Furniture and Playthings; Chairmaking; Cabinetmaking; Plants of Upper Canada. Well-worn copy with front endpaper removed. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Book
159 pages including index. A guide to creating and maintaining a garden that will encourage regular visits from butterflies, birds, chipmunks, and many other interesting creatures. Explains everything you need to know, from the characteristics of each species, to its feeding habits and favourite environments, and much more. Gift greetings inside front cover. Two inch crease to bottom corner of front cover. Book
In-12, broché, couverture papier marbré, 51 p., vignette de titre. Baudeau Nicolas. Avviso al popolo sul bisogno suo primario o sia Trattato sulla macinatura de' grani e sul commercio delle farine. Firenze, Giovanni Battista Stecchi e Antonio Giuseppe Pagani, 1768. In-12° (mm 167x104). Pagine 51, [1]. Giglio inciso al frontespizio. Prima traduzione italiana de L'Avis au Peuple, apparso per la prima volta in lingua originale nel medesimo anno ad Amsterdam e Parigi, nella versione di Giacomo Paolo Lelorgne. L'opera divenne strumento per diffondere e sostenere la politica libertista avviata da Pietro Leopoldo, e venne spesso citata nelle proposte di legge e nei trattati economici che fioccarono in occasione della grave carestia agraria del 1772. "L'Avis au Peuple est un livre pratique, semi-technique, puisqu'il s'agit de mouture et de boulangerie; une oeuvre d'expédient, pourrait-on-dire, écrite en vue de remédier d'urgence à la cherté, enfin d'aider aux vues saines et généreuses de l'Administration, qui en de telles circonstances porte seule le poids de la misère du peuple et de l'ignorance des subministrations" (Weulersse). Esemplare privo di legatura, in buono stato di conservazione, un piccolo strappo al frontespizio. Timbro al frontespizio della Bibliotèque économique Lasteyrie.
pp. x, 199 + Plus color frontis and numerous color photographs. Illustrated with full plate black and white photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn with some loss. Hardbound. First printing. Nice copy. PLANTS W132 rear
pp. x, 199 + Plus color frontis and numerous color photographs. Illustrated with full plate black and white photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn with some loss. Hardbound. Fourth printing. Nice copy. ** This copy from McFarland's cut room, May 17, 1960. Inked instructions "New Printed 1960, Cover 2 up on shelf above office drawers. B. Box in cellar". This copy was used in the printing office of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948). McFarland was ne of the first Americans to sound the call for environmental and scenic protection. In 1878, at age nineteen, McFarland opened his printing business and began to publish gardening and seed catalogs. Realizing that woodcuts did not adequately represent the plants, he started to explore the use of photography. By 1894, he was experimenting with color photography and his company had become America's premier publisher of gardening catalogs, with what may have been the first color photographs produced in the US. The success of his publishing business provided McFarland with wealth and security, and freed him to engage extensively in the philanthropy and civic activism he loved. He was recognized as a master gardener whose books and photographs on roses, trees and other subjects were famous across the United States. He wrote more than a dozen books on roses and made the American Rose Society a world-renowned institution. As president, he established a method of rose identification and registration that is still in use today. He was widely known as "Mr. Rose" and was a founder and president of the American Rose Society, which had an international impact on the propagation of roses. His home and garden in the Bellevue Park section of Harrisburg was an internationally famous testing ground for hundreds of new plant species. It contained 5,000 plants including varieties of roses. PLANTS W132
384p. + Color Frontis. Illustrated with numerous color photographs. 8vo. Original full glossy purple paper binding. Front cover decorated with color photographs. Hardbound. Limited edition designed and bound by National Publishing Company, Philadelphia. A very nice copy. Excellent guide to all forms of gardening and landscaping. This Limited Edition would make a great gift for the avid gardener. PLANTS W132 x2r
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book has been re-bound into heavy, strong, red buckram covers that show very very light use -- only a little wear to corners. Interior filled with over 100 full page plates in b&w of facades and architectural detail, and is absolutely clean. 244 pages, 1st 15 pages of text suffer a water wrinkle (no stain) to upper (L) of page. Very nice volume. Photo of contents page is available
Mm 210x280 Volume di pp. XVI-358, piena tela verde con titolo e fregi in oro al piatto anteriore e al dorso, 176 tavole in bianco e nero nel testo, VIII tavole a colori che raffigurano diversi giardini individuati per stato d'appartenenza, 26 in tutto. Cerniera leggermente allentata, ma in buono stato complessivo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE. WORLDWIDE DELIVERY
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall eng
