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336 items, b&w illus.; Very Good in paper covers. Stock#ofc0212.

Arizona Highways, January 1971, Vol. XLVII no. 1. Periodical. Entire issue; 2 illus., 59 photos (38 color) incl. covers; accompanying articles: Camera Artistry of David Muench & National Forests in Arizona. WITH Aug. 1971 (XLVII: 8), Ida Smith, Mysteries of the Desert Flowers, 13 photos (10 color); M. Paul Jarrett, Premier Botanical Photographer, Presents a Special Collection of Arizona's Wildflowers, 84 photos (76 color); 30.5 cm.; good+. Two separate numbers sold together. Stock#30534.

"A selection of 300 rare and important books illustrating the history of Medicine, Science and Technology including Chemistry and Pharmacology, Natural History, Botany, Zoology and related subjects." Bookseller catalogue, 299 items, index, illus.; paper covers; Good. Stock#ofc0280.

Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., NY [ca. 1960?; Anthoensen Press, Portland]. Soft Cover. 98 p., illus., XVI plates, index; 23 cm. Title continues: and related subjects. Manuscripts and Printed Books from the 15th to the 20th Century. Bookseller's sale catalog with prices. Subjects include acoustics, anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, contagious diseases, electricity, gastronomy, geology, gynaecology, horology, inoculation, Jewish med. & science, mathematics, microscopy, navigation, optics & ophthalmology, ornithology, physics, physiology, scientific instruments, snake poison, surveying. Cream paper covers stamped in red; minor wear, spine slightly darkened; VG. Stock# 44,204

USDA, Washington, D.C., December 1948. Circular no. 797.. 40 p. pamphlet illustrated with photographs; 23 cm. 'Report of a study made under the Research and Marketing Act of 1946.' Potato expeditions to Mexico; The American potato expedition of 1947-48; Potato habitats; Diseases and enemies; Utilization of potatoes; General distribution of wild potatoes in Mexico; Section Tuberarium of the genus Solanum. Stapled; no covers, as issued; VG. 28510

New York Botanical Garden, 1941. Soft Cover. 28 p., illus.; 23 cm. "Reprinted from the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, May & June 1941." "Through identification of a large proportion of the plants, new light has been thrown on the tapestries, on the people of the day, and on their knowledge and culture." Paper; VG. Stock#28410.

title continues: from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d Meridian. By Nathaniel Lord Britton, Ph.D... and Hon. Addison Brown. The Descriptive Text Chiefly prepared by Professor Britton, with the assistance of Specialists in several Groups; the Figures also drawn under his Supervision. Ferns and seed-bearing plants of North America. xii, 612 pages, text illustrations throughout; a good using copy. Rebound in green library buckram with page-edge repairs; dated ink owner name across top of title-page. Stock#ofc0877.

New York Botanical Garden, 1941. Periodical. Includes King, Plants of Holy Scriptures; Alexander, Desert Cacti of the Americas; Saunders, Hybrid Peonies; 1940 Annual Report; Alexander & Woodward, Flora of the Unicorn Tapestries; Alexander, Succulent Plants of American Deserts; Porterfield, Soybean; Rickett, Gardens of Cloister & Castle; Fulling, Plant Life & Law of Man, I, Growth Rings in Determination of Age of Trees; Stehlé, Flora of Martinique; Porterfield, Lotus Plants for Ornament, Food & Medicine. 12 issues (lacks Jan., no. 493), 308 p., illus., 23 cm.; stapled in pictorial paper covers; VG. 30396. Price negotiable for multiple years.

New York Botanical Garden, 1938. Periodical. Includes Fulling, Some Choice Coniferous Evergreens for Ornamental Planting; Porterfield, The Chinese Water-Chestnut, Scirpus tuberosus; Alexander, Bark & Buds To Identify Some Native Trees in Winter; Porterfield, Trapa bicornis, a Water-Chestnut Known to the Chinese as Ling Ko; Moldenke, Recognition of Some Common Native Trees by their Leaves; Porterfield, Ko, the Kudzu Vine, Provides Food, Shade, Clothes, and Medicine; Wells, Trees & Shrubs in New York City & Some Observations on their Growth; Stout, Some Chronicles in Grape History; Porterfield, Bamboo as it is Grown for Food in China. 12 issues, 304 p., illus.; stapled in pictorial paper covers; good+. 30507.

New York Botanical Garden, 1935. Periodical. Includes Small, Chronicle of the Cacti of Eastern North America; Coombs, South Africa, A Land of Many Flowers; McIntyre, Gypsy Moth Control in New York State; 1934 Annual Report; Walden, Our Vanishing Birds; Teuscher, Trees & Shrubs of the Orient; Small, Ferns of the Southeastern Flora; Griffith, Some Hints on Nature Photography; Merrill, The Niedenzu Collection; Walden, The Japanese Shield Fern. 12 issues, 303 p., illus., 23 cm.; stapled in printed blue paper wrappers; VG. 30510.

New York Botanical Garden, 1940. Periodical. Includes Stehlé, Guadeloupe-- Emerald of the Antilles; Porterfield, Arrowhead as a Food among the Chinese; Rickett, Life Story of a Fern; von Hagen, Achiote, the Blood Tree; 1939 Annual Report; Barnhart, Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton as a Scientist; Crane, Botanical Lore from Korea; Lownes, Strange Case of Coles vs. Culpeper; Robbins, Sugar; Wiggins, Bizarre Trees & Other Strange Plants from Lower California; Woodward & Gomez, Korean Chrysanthemums; Fulling, Syrup & Sugar from Maples; much on ferns, diatoms. 13 issues, 304 p., illus., 23 cm.; stapled in pictorial paper covers; VG. 30501.

New York Botanical Garden, 1950. Periodical. Includes Anable, Giant Sequoias a Century Ago; Cook, Lost in the Arctic; Monachino, Strophanthus, Sarmentogenin & Cortisone, the Botanical Aspects of the Story of the Newest 'Miracle Drug'; Watkins, A Gardener's Tour of the West Indies; Hsen-Hsu Hu, Taiwania, the Monarch of Chinese Conifers; Ahlgren & Dotzenko, Kenaf, A Potential New Crop; Rogers, Truffles; Muenscher, Bergen Swamp, Western New York's Haven for Rare Plants; 1950 Annoal Meeting Reports; Rogers, The Training of Truffle-Dogs; Stauffer, Butterworts & Bladderworts (with 2 tipped-in color plates); Vanek, Report from Czechoslovakia; Tilton, The Rose as a Motif in the Decorative Arts; Rogers, Impressions of a Mycologist in Sweden; Monachino, Recent Developments in Strophanthus as a Precursor of Cortisone; index. 12 issues, 320 p., illus.; 23 cm.; stapled in pictorial paper wrappers; good. 30522.

New York Botanical Garden, 1946. Periodical. Includes Tseng, Seaweed Products & Their Uses in America; Brandt, Science Writing & Politics; Hodge, Cushion Plants of the Peruvian Puna; Rupp, Something about Australian Orchids; Stout, The Bur Oak Openings in Southern Wisconsin; Hodge, Some Neglected Andean Tubers; Beard, A Forest Lover in the Caribbee Islands V. The Helen of the West Indies; 1945 Annual Report; Stahel, Foods from Fermented Soybeans as Prepared in the Netherlands Indies; index. 613 p., illus., 23 cm.; stapled in pictorial paper wrappers; good+. 30528. Terms available for more than a single year of issues.

New York Botanical Garden, 1936. Periodical. Includes Everett, Vegetative Propagation of Hippeastrums & Certain Other Amaryllids; Small, The Water-Hyacinth as a Time-Clock; Dodge & Reed, Notes on Rust Diseases of Sempervivum & Other Ornamentals in the New York Area; 1935 Annual Report; Stout, Breeding for Hardy Seedless Grapes;Camp, Antiquity of Hemp as an Economic Plant;Small, Gangsters among Trees;Fulling, Southern Trip of the Torrey Botanical Club; Small, Jungles of Manhattan Island; Small, Palms as Indicators of the Maximum Water Level; Small, Asiatic Immigrants in the Botanical Garden. 12 issues, 307 p., illus., 23 cm.; stapled in printed blue wrappers; VG. 30509.

New York Botanical Garden, 1942. Periodical. Includes Fulling, Plant Life and the Law of Man, II, Bounties; Wittrock, Food Plants of the Indians; Bonisteel, Problems and Possibilities in the Growing of Drug Plants; Alexander, Succulent Plants of the Old World; 1941 Annual Report; Svenson, South America's Contribution in Medicinal Herbs; Hodge, Plants Used by the Dominica Caribs; Hui-Lin Li, Bamboo & Chinese Civilization; Wright, Early New York Seedsmen and Nurserymen; Crawford, Art of the Ancients [cotton & other textiles]. 12 issues (lacks No. 514, October), 312 p., illus., 23 cm.; stapled in pictorial paper covers; VG. 30393

New York Botanical Garden, 1945. Periodical. Includes Beetle, Sedge Boats in the Andes; Porterfield, Jujube, the Chinese Date; Foster, Blueprint of the Jungle [Mato Grosso]; Crocker, Longevity of Seeds; Hawkes, Epiphytic Orchids of Florida; Barneby, A Note on the Vegetation of the Mediterranean Littoral; Naylor, Air Plants & their Problems of Survival; Degener, Tropical Plants the World Around; Arland, Growing the Trailing Arbutus {also available as offprint, $2}; 1944 Annual Report; Raup, Vegetation along the Alaska Highway & the North Pacific Coast; Garden Week Report, May 1945. A Record of the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the NYBG; Stout, Fruits & Seeds of the Lily-of-the-Valley; Geijskes, Plants of the Surinam Coastland; Beard, A Forest Lover in the Caribbee Islands IV. The Cloud-Capped Wilderness of Dominica; Maguire, Exploration of Table Mountain [Surinam]; index. 14 numbers, 304+ p., illus., 23 cm.; stapled in pictorial paper wrappers; good. 30529. Multiple years available.

New York Botanical Garden, 1949. Periodical. Includes Miller, Mark Catesby, Eighteenth Century Naturalist; Ferry, Flower Composition for the Home in Eastern Asia; Alexander, Wild Flowers of Our Coastal Lands; Thomson, Lichens; Anthony, A Succulent Enthusiast in Nyasaland; Allard, Constanza. The Valley Beautiful [Dominican Republic]; Teuscher, Varieties of Conifers; Index of Plants for a Shaded Garden; Fleming, Keeping Japanese Beetles out of the Rose Garden; Robbins, Salt-Rising Bread. A Study of its Origin and Nature... with a Tested Recipe; Tilton, The Tulip as a Motif in the Decorative Arts; Buck, Association of Plants & Minerals; chrysanthemums. 12 issues, 292 p., illus., 23 cm.; stapled in pictorial paper wrappers; good. 30521.

New York Botanical Garden, 1947. Periodical. Twelve numbers paged consecutively, 300 p., photos, 23 cm. Includes Blackburn, The Botanical Garden at Nikko; Douglas, Jojoba-- an Oil-producing Plant of the Southwestern States; Fairchild, Exploring for Useful Plants; Pucher, Plants as Treasure Houses of Rare Chemicals; Nauss, My Garden of Slime Molds; Fosberg, Micronesian Mangroves; Hodge, Naranjillas or 'Little Oranges' of the Andean Highlands; Beard, A Forest Lover in the Caribbee Islands. VII. The Limestone Caribbees; Thomas, Composts, Manures and Inorganic Fertilizers; chrysanthemums; Erdtman, Do You Collect Pollen? Stapled in pictorial wraps; good+. 30518.

New York Botanical Garden, 1948. Periodical. Includes Ahlgren & Anderson, Three Billion Bushels of Corn; Humm, Seaweeds for Decoration; Woodward, Elms of America-- What Is To Be Their Fate?; Platt, Flowers at the Edge of the Polar Ice Cap; Brass, Plant-Hunting in Nyasaland; MacDougall, Afoot in Mexico. A Visit to the Flower Mountain of Lachiguiri; von Hagen, Immortal Botanist. The Strange & Stirring Story of José Celestino Mutis & the 18th Century Botanical Expedition to Colombia in the Time of the Kingdom of New Granada; Irvine, Indigenous Food Plants of West African Peoples; West, Oaks of Florida. 12 issues, 304 pages, illus., 23 cm.; stapled in pictorial wraps; good. Stock#30519.

New York Botanical Garden, 1944. Periodical. This vigorous wartime journal of horticulture and tropical exploration includes Seaver, Bermuda, Its Gardens & Scenery; Porterfield, Taro, Ancient Food Plant of Tropical Regions; Carsner, Sugar Beet in Europe & America; Hodge, Hunting Cinchona in the Peruvian Andes; Gleason, Percy Wilson, An Appreciation; Robbins, Bread; von Hagen, Great Mother Forest. A Record of Richard Spruce's Days along the Amazon; Wynne, Life Story of the Mosses; Birch, Raising Azalea Schlippenbachii from Seed; 1943 Annual Report; Beard, A Forest Lover in the Caribbee Islands 1, On Robinson Crudoe's Isle & 2, On the Isle of Spice & 3, On St. Vincent's Soufrière; Thom, Molds in the Cheese Industry; Leggett, Woad, Once the 'Universal' Dye of Western Europe & Vegetable Dyes of Ancient Usage I, Saffron for Yellow; Fulling, Plant Life & the Law of Man V, Right to Fruit on Overhanging Branches; Dawson, Botanizing in an… Read More