The Shrub Identification Book : The Visual Method for the Practical Identification of Shrubs, Including Woody Vines and Ground Covers. Hardback - 1963
by Symonds, George Wellington Dillingham. [photos, A.W. Merwin]
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The visual method for the practical identification and recognition of shrubs (and vines and groundcovers)--and an important supplement to existing botanical methods. All of the 3,550 photos were made specifically for use in this book and were taken either in the field or of fresh material carefully selected from the more than 20,000 specimens collected.
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- Title The Shrub Identification Book : The Visual Method for the Practical Identification of Shrubs, Including Woody Vines and Ground Covers.
- Author Symonds, George Wellington Dillingham. [photos, A.W. Merwin]
- Binding Hardback
- Edition 1st Edition 5th or later Printing
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 379
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New York : William Morrow & Co., 1963., New York
- Publication date 1963
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4442
- ISBN 9780688050405 / 0688050409
- Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
- Dimensions 10.92 x 8.38 x 0.99 in (27.74 x 21.29 x 2.51 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Category Gardening / Horticulture
- Library of Congress subjects Ground cover plants, Climbing plants
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 63007388
- Dewey Decimal Code 582.1
- Quantity available 1
- Bookseller catalogues Catalog 74 - Gardening
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The leaves, buds and twigs of the three plants in this top row are found opposite one another; all other thorny plants in this book produce alternate growth.
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The Visual Method for the Practical Identification and Recognition of Shrubs (and vines and ground covers) -- and an important supplement to existing botanical methods.
The book is in two parts: Pictorial Keys and Master Pages. The Keys are designed for easy visual comparison of details which look alike, narrowing the identification of a shrub to one of a small group -- the family or genus.
Then, in the Master Pages, the species of the shrub is determined, with similar details placed together to highlight differences within the family group, thus eliminating all other possibilities. The details of laurel blossoms on this plate are an example and are followed in the book by details of laurel fruit, leaves, and bark.
All of the 3,550 photographs were made specifically for use in this book and were taken either in the field or of fresh material carefully selected from the more than 20,000 specimens collected. Wherever possible, details such as leaves, fruit, twigs, etc., appear in actual size; otherwise, similar details are reproduced in the same scale.
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- Rec Ref Bks in Paperback, 01/01/2000, Page 29
