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Greenhouse, Hot House and Stove: Including Selected Lists of the Most Beautiful Species of Exotic Flowering Plants, and Directions for Their Cultivation
by MCINTOSH, Charles
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good
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London, Ontario, Canada
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London: Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1846-47. New Edition. Hardcover. Very good. vi, [2], 415 p. 17 cm. Colour frontispiece, title page illustration and 16 other colour plates. B&w drawings within the text. Half green leather with marbled paper boards. Rubbing to boards, some edge wear. Bookplate on front pastedown, stain pp. 56-57. Illustrated title states 1847.
Charles McIntosh, gardener to Prince Leopold, the Duke of Buccleuch, and others, was at the cutting edge of 19th-century horticultural techniques and produced many books about gardening. First printed in 1838, this book gives advice on growing exotic plants in greenhouses, conservatories, orangeries, plant verandahs, etc.
Charles McIntosh, gardener to Prince Leopold, the Duke of Buccleuch, and others, was at the cutting edge of 19th-century horticultural techniques and produced many books about gardening. First printed in 1838, this book gives advice on growing exotic plants in greenhouses, conservatories, orangeries, plant verandahs, etc.
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- Attic Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125613
- Title
- Greenhouse, Hot House and Stove: Including Selected Lists of the Most Beautiful Species of Exotic Flowering Plants, and Directions for Their Cultivation
- Author
- MCINTOSH, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Wm. S. Orr & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846-47
- Keywords
- Flowers, Greenhouses, Gardening,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
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