PLANT STUDY IN SCHOOL, FIELD & GARDEN : A Text Book on Rural Science and Gardening

This copy is in very good unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and black titling to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is some typical offsetting to the endpapers. A dust wrapper is not called for. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This rare book is a fascinating early 20th-century educational manual. First published in 1911 by Ralph Holland & Co., this copy is the sixth edition published in 1914. It was designed to introduce students to practical botany, soil science, and gardening techniques through hands-on learning. There are hundreds of illustrations and black-and-white photographs. There is a fold-out geological map of England and Wales. There are exercises, appendices, and examination papers. Topics include plant biology, soil composition, and seasonal gardening tasks Ref LLL 3.…