[Levi Woodbury] [Horticulture]Biblio.com
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183234364Washington DC: n.p. 1832. Letter. Very good. Letter dated November 22d 1832. Approx. 8" x 10" one page signed at the bottom by Woodbury. The left edge of the letter is neatly tipped onto a larger sheet of paper with "Levi Woodbury Sec. of Navy" written in pencil at the top The title is not written in Woodbury's hand. <br /> <br /> The contents of the signed letter read - "Gentleman I have received your letter of the 17th instant asking for some seeds of the Tesk tree and have refereed it to the Secretary of the Treasury who has charge of the seeds.- I am respectfully Your Obed Servt signed Levi Woodbury. Addressed at bottom "Willm. Prince & Sons Flushing New York." Levi Woodbury 1789-1851 was Secretary of the Navy during Andrew Jackson's administration United States Senator from New Hampshire and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The receiver of this letter William Prince of William Prince and Son's Flushing New York was a known United States Horticulturist. n.p. unknown
1802017638Fountain Well High Street Edinburgh: Oliver & Co 1802. The title continues "Likewise a new method of improving moss etc together with valuable receipts for destroying vermin on bushes hedges trees etc.". Small octavo pp xxviiii 228 a folding chart at the rear a little stained light age-toning and foxing with 7 woodcut chapter heads and tail-pieces the hinge at the title page cracking slightly but still perfectly sound bound in later green cloth. RARE. From the library of the nurseryman Will Ingwersen with his bookplate on the front endpaper. The folding chart lists the number of plants which can be grown in an acre either Scots or English. The title page states that Hall was late gardener and nurseryman to the Hon. Family of Cromarty. The letters V.D.M.E.D. appear after his name. Apart from that bleak information I can find nothing further on the author. The intriguing thing is that over half the book is devoted to catalogues of florists' flowers which is not mentioned in the title. These were obviously for sale but prices are not given. Nor are there descriptions but the extent of the lists makes them invaluable for cultivar names. Hyacinths Tulips Ranunculus Anenomes Bulbous Iris Auriculas Carnations Pinks finishing with evergreen and flowering shrubs and a few seeds. Hyacinths by no means the longest list contains over 300 cultivar names alone. Whilst it is perhaps not surprising that Harman Payne failed to spot this book for his Florist's Bibliography it is strange that it also evaded the eagle eye of Ray Desmond who fails to mentiong the author in his Dictionary. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Oliver & Co Hardcover
1841018520London: Longman Orme Brown Green and Longmans 1841. First edition. Large octavo illustrated with seven engraved plates and and a engraved portrait frontispiece pp xii 379 rather used and thumbed internally and becoming rather weak the front and rear hinges very cracked and loose the title page detached original cloth rather worn and blotched. The Syon Gardens copy with their stamps throughout. RARE. The extensive sketch of his life was written by his daughter. Knight was the brother of Payne Knight and the second President of the Royal Horticultural Society. Attention was first called to his work in 1795 by the publication of the results of his research into the propagation of fruit trees and the diseases prevalent among them. He used 10000 acres 4000 ha of land he inherited to conduct breeding of plants including strawberries cabbages and peas and built an extensive greenhouse. Knight performed basic physiological experiments on plants which work had been performed before only rarely. He elucidated the effects of gravity on seedlings and how decay in fruit trees was passed on by grafting. In many respects his work looked back to that of Rev. Stephen Hales. His goals were always strictly practical aiming to improve useful food plants by breeding for better qualities. The Downton strawberry was the ancestor of most important modern strawberries until recent times. It is not widely known that he studied variation in peas and found many of the same results as Mendel but he failed to make the same imaginative leap about how these changes took place. Knight intentionally shut himself off from outside scientific influences. He refused to read anyone else's scientific papers until Sir Joseph Banks with whom he had a voluminous correspondence persuaded him to do so. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans Hardcover
1850017564London: Longman Brown Green and Longman 1850. Small slim octavo pp iv 64 4 errata slip tipped in at page 9 five pages have minor early neat annotations or a line in the margins corners a little bruised otherwise clean and sound internally soft green cloth gilt decoration on the upper cover slightly worn a little faded. From the collection of the nurseryman Will Ingwersen with his bookplate on the front cover. RARE. The land at Chelsea was purchased around 1808 though most of the plants were cultivated at Battersea and further out the Kings Road site quickly becoming an impressive showroom. It was eventually sold in 1855 to another major horticultural figure - James Veitch. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Longman, Brown, Green and Longman Hardcover
1896018101Royal Exotic Nursery Chelsea: Printed for Private Circulation 1896. With signed presentation inscription to J. Hollingsworth head gardener at Tredegar Park followed by Margam Park. Illustrated with a large folding map frontispiece with as usual tears and creases at the upper join now neatly repaired nine large full-page plates on heavy card. many small text images from photographs quarto pp 219 slight age-toning and marking some inner joints rather cracked and weak the last third of the book has rather damp-wrinkled pages with light staining on the last few pages original decorated cloth with paper inlay bevelled edges a bit rubbed and marked the spine dull and age-toned andpulled at the head and tail the upper cover slightly unevenly age-toned. In October 1891 Veitch embarked on a tour of inspection of the great Botanic and Public Gardens maintained by governments in various countries as well as visiting many private horticultural establishments to decide whether the Veitch gardens and nurseries might be enriched by further additions. He set off by way of Rome and Naples to Ceylon thence overland from Tuticorin to Lahore. He continued to Calcutta and on to the Straits Settlements. In Penang he visited the Botanic Gardens whose curator Charles Curtis was formerly employed by James Veitch & Sons as a plant collector before moving on to Singapore where he visited the Botanic Gardens. He then visited Johore before returning to Singapore in February 1892 when he climbed Bukit Timah the highest point on the island with Walter Fox curator of the Gardens. He then travelled to Buitenzorg West Java where he visited the Botanical Gardens. He also explored the crater of Kawah Papandajan volcano and visited Lake Bagendit near Garoet. His travels then took him to Japan where he met Charles Sprague Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum and they undertook a joint plant collecting expedition including ascending the Hakkoda Mountains together. After visiting Korea he reached Australia in 1893. However he found Australia disappointing and wrote that it was easier to collect seed in Japan where there was cheap labour; in Australia "no one will help". He complained that the seeds of many plants "were so tiny he did not know if he was collecting seed or dust". He sent to Kew a collection of dried specimens of 250 species from Western Australia. Later he visited the North Island of New Zealand before returning to England in July 1893. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Printed for Private Circulation Hardcover
1896018100Royal Exotic Nursery Chelsea: Printed for Private Circulation 1896. Illustrated with a large folding map frontispiece with as usual a slight tear at the upper join nine large full-page plates on heavy card. many small text images from photographs quarto pp 219 slight age-toning and marking a little foxing on the last few pages slight marking along the top of the title page original decorated cloth with paper inlay bevelled edges a bit rubbed and marked the spine dull and age-toned the upper cover unevenly age-toned recently re-cased with new endpapers. In October 1891 Veitch embarked on a tour of inspection of the great Botanic and Public Gardens maintained by governments in various countries as well as visiting many private horticultural establishments to endeavour whether the Veitch gardens and nurseries might be enriched by further additions. He set off by way of Rome and Naples to Ceylon thence overland from Tuticorin to Lahore. He continued to Calcutta and on to the Straits Settlements. In Penang he visited the Botanic Gardens whose curator Charles Curtis was formerly employed by James Veitch & Sons as a plant collector before moving on to Singapore where he visited the Botanic Gardens. He then visited Johore before returning to Singapore in February 1892 when he climbed Bukit Timah the highest point on the island with Walter Fox curator of the Gardens. He then travelled to Buitenzorg West Java where he visited the Botanical Gardens. He also explored the crater of Kawah Papandajan volcano and visited Lake Bagendit near Garoet. His travels then took him to Japan where he met Charles Sprague Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum and they undertook a joint plant collecting expedition including ascending the Hakkoda Mountains together. After visiting Korea he reached Australia in 1893. However he found Australia disappointing and wrote that it was easier to collect seed in Japan where there was cheap labour; in Australia "no one will help". He complained that the seeds of many plants "were so tiny he did not know if he was collecting seed or dust". He sent to Kew a collection of dried specimens of 250 species from Western Australia. Later he visited the North Island of New Zealand before returning to England in July 1893. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Printed for Private Circulation Hardcover
1811020897Air Glasgow Edinburgh: Wilson & Paul; Brash & Reid; A. Constable & Co et al 1811. Octavo pp xxx 355 i marbled edges the first four leaves have a light crease to the lower corner otherwise clean and sound internally though the latter half of the book tends to be a little age-toned contemporary full calf rubbed neatly re-backed with a new calf spine and morocco label. Full Leather. Good. Wilson & Paul; Brash & Reid; A. Constable & Co (et al) Hardcover
188810048Sacramento Cal: State Office: J.D. Young Supt. State Printing 1888. Slim octavo 23 x 15 cm 96 pages. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece and wood engravings throughout. Several errata have been overprinted in purple ink rubber stamp. FIRST EDITION. Byron Martin Lelong 1856-1901 was the Secretary of California's State Board of Horticulture and amongst a generation of farmer-scholars working and publishing in California in the 1880s and 90s. Others included Thomas Garey and William Andrew Spaulding and in a different way Santa Rosa's Luther Burbank the great seedsman. Lelong's published work focused on citrus as well as prunes figs and walnuts. This treatise is mostly a technical manual on the best varieties of oranges and other citrus to plant in California as well as a guide for how to care for them. It also includes recipes for lemon pie orange souffle and citron cake. Illustrations show the physical differences in each variety of citrus including one of the cross section of a "Pumpel-mouse". Boards lightly scuffed with soiling to margins and fading to spine. Corners bumped and gently rubbed with boards bowing out at fore-edge. Rippling to endsheets with page margins lightly toned. Title page offset by frontis. Text has overprinted errata in blue to correct spellings to a few pages. In publisher's dark blue pebble-grained cloth lettered in gilt. Overall very good or better. Presentation slip tipped in at first free endsheet presented by Ellwood Cooper the then-president of California's Board of Horticulture. Zamorano Select 65. State Office: J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing hardcover
1837045152London: James Ridgway and Sons Piccadilly 1837. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quarto. 428 pages indexed. COLLATES COMPLETE with 48 uncolored plates. Hardcover bound in original green publisher's cloth. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. The corners are a little bumped and there is some pale spotting along the fore edges and top edge of the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Prior owner's 1954 inscription on the front flyleaf of "William Lanier Hunt" INSCRIBED on the title page "From the Author." The text is a little toned but generally clean. There is some offsetting from the plates. Contains 48 uncolored plates. William Lanier Hunt 1906-1996 the 1950s owner was the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in southern Orange County NC to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and is now known as the Hunt Arboretum. <br/> <br/> James Ridgway and Sons, Piccadilly hardcover
1892016586Albany New York: Weed Parsons & Company 1892. Illustrated with a frontispiece an allegorical plate and a facsimile letter from Victor Hugo small octavo pp xii 200 11 rather age-toned but otherwise very clean and tight original maroon pebble cloth slightly worn and rubbed. SCARCE. The title is about as direct as the rest of the book. The ramblings of this "crazy Frenchman at Albany" shed very little light on the actual events of his life but give an incredible sense of the energetic character of Louis Menand. There are exuberant paeans to his wife Adelaide whom he calls "Phanerogyne" meaning "remarkable woman" who died in 1890. There are rambling thoughts on the various revolutions and republics in France a scathing appraisal of his arrival in a free land "where slavery was flourishing as carnations" and tales of intrigues at flower exhibitions all told in the least linear style imaginable. He was the son of a gardener in Burgundy France. As early as he could remember he was fascinated by horticulture. "I was eight or nine years old" he later wrote "when I began to try to grow plants from cuttings. I have always been fond of cutting properly or figuratively speaking except cutting my fingers." Eventually Louis became an estate gardener in Paris and later in the Champagne region. In 1837 he came to New York and went to work at nurseries in Halett's Cove which would later become Astoria. There he met a young piano teacher from Albany named Adelaide Jackson. They fell in love and were married in her family home on Park Place in Albany and soon took up residence in what they called "the haunted house" on the Albany-Troy Road Broadway. Louis began selling plants. After a rough first year "more than modest that is to say meagre I might say miserable!!" things began to pick up. Menand had a fair collection of "hardy perennial plants" which had become pretty popular in the Albany/Troy area. Later he sold Norway spruces balsam firs and other popular trees and shrubs. In 1847 he was able to buy several acres of land on what is now Menand Road where Ganser-Smith Park is now located for his greenhouses and nursery. He cultivated plants that no doubt had never before been seen in this old Dutch town -- camellias palm ferns cacti and orchids among others. He was noted for importing exotic plants from Europe and commanded an impressive price for his best camellias: "a little plant four inches high would sell for $25." Menand won significant awards for his plants through the years and continued to grow. He bought 31 acres near the entrance to Albany Rural Cemetery where he set up his son with a half dozen hot houses devoted to growing cut flowers roses carnations pansies geraniums and "an almost endless variety of other species suitable for cemetery decoration." These included all manner of shrubs which no doubt still influence the scenery in the cemetery. His greenhouses were so popular that the Albany and Northern Railroad added a stop there in 1856 named "Menand's Crossing" which the succeeding Delaware and Hudson Railroad renamed "Menand's Station." . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Weed, Parsons & Company Hardcover
1821ABC_48479Amsterdam 1821. 8vo. J.C. Sepp & zoon Contemporary red sprinkled paper wrappers with a printed paper title-label on the spine. 2 L 521 1 blank pp. First edition of this extensive work on the cultivation and multiplication of plants and trees accompanied by an introduction which explains the basics of horticulture. The work discusses hundreds of plants in alphabetical order and gives important facts about their growth and development. All mentioned plants were considered suitable for Dutch gardens. The work was very accessible and easy to read for the general public. According to Van Eeden it was so popular that the publisher still received inquiries for it in the 1860s. However since the information in it was no longer up-to-date by this time the work was edited and re-published in 1868 as Hortus Batavus. The present work however is the first edition.With a red ownership stamp "Ex Libris J. Visser Rotterdam" on the front wrapper and the title-page the printed price of the work on the title-page has been corrected by hand. The edges and corners of the wrappers are frayed and the spine is damaged with loss of material at the head and foot. The work is occasionally very slightly foxed and the edges are lightly browned. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Eeden F. W. van Hortus Batavus introduction; Stafleu & Cowan 1626; not in Pritzel. unknown
1878021779Wien: Carl Ueberreuter'sche 1878. Illustrated with 9 original photographs mounted on card and one text figure small octavo pp ii 182 a little age-toned some hinges cracking but no real weakness traces of a label removed from the front endpaper kcontemporary cloth-backed boards slightly worn a hand-written title label on the spine. RARE.An early work to be illustrated with actual photographs. A record of the plant-related exhibits of the Fifth World Exhibition and the first in the German-speaking world. The images here concentrate on the Japanese Garden. As early as June 8 1872 the construction progress on the site was documented photographically. The images were offered for sale in a separate pavilion. The entire image production comprised around 2200 images. These were published in 1874 in the "General Catalog of Photographic Products of the Vienna Photographers' Association for the World Exhibition 1873". In 1874 the members separated and divided the image inventory among themselves. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Good. Carl Ueberreuter'sche Hardcover
1850023406Great Marlborough Street London: Henry Colburn 1850. 1850 - 1852. A new edition in four volumes corrected revised and enlarged. Two portrait frontispieces small octavo pp xl 429; ii 396 a folding pedigree; xiiii 399; iv 448 very clean and tight internally original blind-stamped cloth slightly worn. All volumes have been repaired and re-cased and there is loss to three of the spines but still a very pleasing and useable set. A heavy set - extra postage may be necessary. . Cloth. Good. Henry Colburn Hardcover
1896023081Berlin: Paul Parey 1896. Fifth edition. Well illustrated with 5 coloured and 145 plain plates of flower bed designs large octavo very clean internally original brown cloth decorated in b lue green and cream very slightly rubbed. A charming work on the art of "carpet bedding". The designs give detailed plant lists. Cloth. Very Good. Paul Parey Hardcover
1858TK0143Stuttgart:: E. Schweizerbact'sche . . . 1858 1860-1887. 1858. 29 volumes. NUMEROUS HAND-COLORED PLATES. Contemporary half cloth or marbled boards mixed bindings; some wear. A monthly magazine about floriculture horticulture and fruit growing. Illustrated with hundreds of mostly colored lithographed plates. Published by the horticultural society Flora in Stuttgart and court gardener Lebl from 1871. Stuttgart Schweizerbart 1858 and 1860- 1887. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL CERTAINLY APPLY. E. Schweizerbact'sche . . . 1858, 1860-1887. hardcover
1803020863London: J. Johnson; G & J Robinson et al 1803. Seventeenth edition. Very thick 12mo pp viii 758 index 96pp some age-toning light staining and marks throughout but not serious the engraved frontispiece is stained and with closed tears - it has been repaired at some time; neatly rebound in quarter leather and marbled boards the spine is un-lettered. A serviceable rebind which has left the contents extremely firm tight and accesable. Blanche Henrey 1069. An immensely popular work. Abercrombie who was really the sole author was an extremely successful gardener and nurseryman. Quarter leather. Good. J. Johnson; G & J Robinson (et al) Hardcover
1831019750Ave Maria Lane London: Whittaker Treacher & Co 1831. New i.e. Third edition with additions. Hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece octavo pp xliv 464 the half-title and the last page are age-toned otherwise the contents are extremely bright recently bound in grey boards with a paper label on the spine. After an introduction on literary treatments of flowers and bouquets the text is arranged alphabetically by English vernacular name Latin names used when no common name available and each section includes history cultivation details and quotations from poets on the subject. The conclusion offers six pages of "General observations" on the care of potted plants. Published anonymously the author was Elizabeth Kent the sister-in-law of the writer Leigh Hunt. She advertised botany classes for young ladies in The Times. New Edition. Boards. Very Good. Whittaker, Treacher & Co Hardcover
1824018396London & Edinburgh: E. Lloyd & Son; Archibald Constable & Co. 1824. The title continues. to which are added the most approved methods of cultivating bulbous and other plants as practised by the most celebrated florists of England Holland and France. Two volumes octavo pp lii 354; xii 484 slight age-toning otherwise very clean internally contemporary half-leather and marbled boards rubbed in the first volume the spine has been damaged and neatly re-laid however the upper cover complete with endpapers and title page is nearly detached. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. E. Lloyd & Son; Archibald Constable & Co. Hardcover
1851048979New York: Green & Spencer 1851. Leather Bound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 138 6 iv pages. Bound in original full red leather with ornate cover designs embossed in gilt. The binding shows rubbing bumping and wear but is quite sound. Rebacked in modern red leather with a largely plain spine bearing the title and a gilt roll at the headcap and foot and a small central device in the middle of the spine. Corners rebuilt with leather. All edges gilt. Modern faux marbled paper endpapers. Text is a bit toned and there is foxing on the plates. Most if not all of the plates have their tissue guards. No volume number at the front of the book but the general text ends on page 137 with "End of Vol. I" at the bottom of the page. An attractive sturdy work. <br/> <br/> Green & Spencer hardcover
1880022459Belfast: M'Caw Stevenson & Orr 1880. Not dated - c.1880. Illustrated with line drawings in the text and attractive section headings octavo pp 4 233 with alternate page headings and initial letters printed in red throughout all edges gilt pages 12 - 16 slightly marked in the upper corner see illustration very clean internally brown beveled cloth with striking decoration in black and gold the bottom edge shelf-rubbed slightly worn at the corners the top and bottom of the spine pulled. . A beautifully produced book. Halkett & Laing give the author as 'Miss Carruthers of Inverness'. However a Lindley Library copy from Fred Stoker's library given to him by Thomas Hay has a note "Keep this little book it was written by Jane Paterson Baxter House Coupar Fife c 1870". . First Edition. Cloth. Good. M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr Hardcover
1892008433Sacramento: A. J. Johnston State Printing Office 1892 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Pp. 4 458 plus frontispiece 53 plates including 2 color plates of Beneficial Insects numerous text illustrations. Index. Publisher's original pebbled black cloth gilt lettering and pictorial element of the Goddess Pomona to spine. Corners of two leaves slightly crunched ink stamps to front and rear endpaper. A very fine copy. First edition of this Biennial Report. Includes the Reports for both 1893 and 1894. Covers the normal reports to the Governor etc. Also includes transactions of the sixteenth and seventeenth State Fruit Growers' Convention and of course information on the Horticultural Exhibit at the Midwinter Fair held in San Francisco 1894. The frontis illustration shows a portion of the exhibit; the second section of the book provides the article Exhibit at Midwinter Fair and Horticultural Day Tree pp. 443-451 including a photographic plate showing the Mission Olive Tree labeled the Horticultural Day Tree planted at the west side of the Fine Arts Building at the Midwinter Fair held in Golden Gate Park. This was one of the famous and historic trees at San Diego over a century old "from which dates the first period in the horticultural history of California." Other key articles include those on apricots cherries Fruit Growers in the Santa Maria Valley another on California Almonds etc. . A. J. Johnston, State Printing Office hardcover
1883022350Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons 1883. Octavo pp x 130 publisher's catalogue 16 pages purple cloth the binding leaning rear joint badly cracked but not weak a duplicate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley with their label on the front endpaper and blind-stamps on the title page. RARE . First Edition. Cloth. Good. William Blackwood & Sons Hardcover
1879015680London: Sampston Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1879. Illustrated octavo pp xxx 371 publisher's catalogue 10pp all edges gilt a neat contemporary inscription facing the half-title otherwise very clean and bright internally decorated cloth gilt very slightly rubbed the spine slightly pulled at the head and foot but overall a very attractive copy. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good. Sampston Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Hardcover
1802017846London Dublin & Edinburgh: Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood 1802. Second edition enlarged and improved. Two engraved plates with stains and virtually detached pp 432 vii untrimmed and unpressed the first few pages rather weak a small marginal stain to the last 25 pages otherwise clean internally though rather weak original boards with a later paper spine and small handwritten label. An over-industrious former owner has erased the printing date on the title page and erroneously entered 1828. From the library of the botanist and garden historian Anthony Huxley with his stamp on the front endpaper which also contains a contemporary signature. The authorship is frequently given as the agricultural writer Arthur Young but I can find no justification for this Fussell certainly made no such assertion. Second edition. Boards. Fair. Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood Hardcover
1802019028London Dublin & Edinburgh: Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood 1802. Second edition enlarged and improved. Two engraved plates a little browned and marked pp 432 vii slightly used throughout the blank page following the front endpaper is creased and lacking a corner bound in a later brown cloth. The authorship is frequently given as the agricultural writer Arthur Young but I can find no justification for this Fussell certainly made no such assertion. Second edition. Cloth. Good. Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood Hardcover
