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278 p. Includes illustrations. Textured green cloth over boards; texture like plant fronds. B&W photo plates. Index. High quality materials and production. Introduction p. xv-xxv, "Definitions, Examples of Uses and Sources of Supply". 53 B&W photo plates plus frontispiece; 17 line art drawings. Appendix A, Tulips, Lists of Named Varieties. Appendix B, Daffodils, Lists of Named Varieties. Lists with each section of Breeders and Dates of Introduction. Author John C Wister was Secretary of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Photo illustrations are credited to: "Dr. E. H. Wilson, The New York Botanical Garden, The National Horticultural Magazine and the J. Horace McFarland Company." Contents include: Types of Bulb Gardening, Spring Garden, Rock Garden, Wild Garden, Hyacinths, Daffodils, Tulips, Late Blooming Bulbs, Lilies, Gladiolus, Half Hardy Summer Flowering Bulbs, Tender Bulbs. Very good. No dust jacket. Near fine. Minor dullness to spine titles. Slighted corner, spine bumps. Nice gilt top edge. No markings. Tight. Clean. First edition. No other printings noted. 1 0.0. Seller Inventory # Alibris.A5720003482
Bibliographic Details
Title: Bulbs for American Gardens
Publisher: The Stratford Company / The Alpine Press., Boston.
Publication Date: 1930
Binding: Hard cover
Illustrator: McMillan, Elizabeth L (Line art drawings by).
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