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Burbidge, F.W. . THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE
London 1884 Garden Office. Hardcover. Octavo, 102pp., monochrome illustrations, brown cloth. Some pencil and pen notes in text. Owner signed. Good. spine ends frayed. (a10065)
$44.00Seeds. ATTI DEL SECONDO CONGRESSO INTERNAZIONALE DEL COMMERCIO DEI SEMI DA PRATO
Bologna and Roma 1928. Tenuto sotto gli auspici del Consiglio Provinciale dell'Economia di Bologna. In Italian and English. Assoc Italiana Esportatori Sementi da Prato. Sm.4to., 158pp., 8 pages of photo illustrations, wraps. Good, cover worn, some tears and folds. (a15194)
$45.00Grass Seed. PROCEEDINGS OF 15TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE WHOLESALE GRASS SEED DEALERS' ASSOCIATION
Atlantic City 1923. 8vo., 95pp., wraps. Good, top corner bumped. (a15200)
$35.00 (grass) . PROCEEDINGS OF 16TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE WHOLESALE GRASS SEED DEALERS' ASSOC
Chicago June 1924. 8vo., 74pp., wraps. VG. (a15201)
$35.00 seeds . INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION OCTOBER 1-DECEMBER 31, 1912
Wash 1915 GPO. Octavo, 59p., photo illustrations, index, wraps. VG. (a15203)
$25.00 Evans, Morgan W. . THE LIFE HISTORY OF TIMOTHY
Washington 1927 GPO. U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 1450. Grass seed. Octavo, 55pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Copy of Marshall Duryea (his name stamp on cover). VG. (a15204)
$35.00 Makins, F.K. . THE IDENTIFICATION OF TREES AND SHRUBS
NY 1937 Dutton. "How to recognize without previous knowledge of botany wild or garden trees and shrubs native to North temperate zone with 2500 diagrams mad e by the author." 326p. Index. G-VG, no dj, tight. (a15308)
$35.00 (architecture) . ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
Boston Bates and Guild. 13 loose issues dated 1904 to 1913. We have Sepember 1904; June 1908; January, February and April 1910; April May July August November 1912 and January March June 1913: Folio, fully photo illustrated with large fine photos, original wraps. Special topics covered in these issues include: Gardens (many by E.L.Luytens,) Minneapolis Museum Competition, City Planning in America, South Church Parish House New York City Pittsburgh Church Competition, Three Modern Bridges, English Parish Churches. Good, some cover wear, a few pages disbound, one cover detached. Thirteen issues: (a15834)
$160.00 Shepard, Charles Upham . ADDRESS DEL'D BEFORE THE NEW HAVEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SEPTEMBER 1838
New Haven 1838 Babcock and Galpin. On gardening. 8vo., 24pp., green printed cover. Mentions many plants by name, suggesting places to plant them; how to arrange plantings; etc. Good, some foxing. (a15896)
$40.00 Pack, Charles Lathrop . TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS
Phila. 1922-2nd Amer. Tree Assoc. Types of trees, planting, care, selection. 257pp., color plates, line drawings, index. Top edge gilt. VG plus-spine lettering beginning to rub off, no DJ. (a18739)
$26.00 Howard, Louise E. . THE EARTH'S GREEN CARPET
Emmaus 1947 Rodale. Hardcover. Octavo, 258pp., cloth. VG, light spotting on cover in VG DJ, a bit rubbed. (a21023)
$20.00 Hadfield, Miles . PIONEERS IN GARDENING
London 1955 1st Routledge and Kegan Paul. History of gardening as an artform. 8vo., 240pp., line drawings by author, index, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG, in Good DJ. (a25219x)
$30.00 Cook, E.T. . GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS
London 1914 Sixth Edition Revised with Additional Chapters. Lg.8vo., 650pp., illus., photo plates, mounted color plates, boards. VG, no DJ. (a25239)
$30.00 Fraser, Samuel . AMERICAN FRUITS THEIR PROPAGATION, CULTIVATION, HARVESTING AND DISTRIBUTION
NY 1927 Orange Judd. Lg.8vo., 892pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a25254x)
$50.00 Bagenal, N. B. (ed) . FRUIT-GROWING MODERN CULTURAL METHODS
London 1939 1st Ward Lock. Roy8vo., 399pp., 8 color plates and 60 bw photo illus., index. Much information on planting, soil , pruning, varieties, gathering , storage, marketing. Good, a few spots in text and just a very few underlines, cover rubbed and a bit worn, corners bumped. (a25596)
$35.00 Curtis, Ralph W. and John F. Cornman . NOTES ON WOODY PLANT MATERIALS FOR LANDSCAPE PLANTING
Ithaca 1954 (1951). Mimeo notes prepared for classroom use in the Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University. 4to. 103pp., 12pp., 7pp., stiff wraps. Owner signature on front. VG. (a31616)
$25.00Hson-ericson, Stig; Carl-Fredrik Palmstierna and Sven Green. BOKEN OM SOFIERO
Malmo 1971 Allhems Forlag. Inledning Karl Ragnar Gierow. "Ett kungligt sommarresidens vid Sundets strand skildrat i ord och bild till hundraarsjubileet av slottets tillblivelse." In Swedish. 4to., 231pp., fully illustrated with color and monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a32295)
$38.00 Wood, Mary Cokely . FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN JAPAN
Vermont 1951 1st Tuttle. 8vo., 125pp., illustrations, stringbound wraps in hardcover case with ivory clasps. VG plus. (a37568)
$20.00 (trees) . THE PROSPECTIVE ROLE OF AN ABORETUM A REPORT
Mentor June 1972 Holden Arboretum. Prepared under the Auspices of the Institute for Study of Science in Human Affairs Columbia University. Sm.4to., not paginated consecutively (about 100pp., wraps. VG. (a37933)
$60.00 Cydzik, Jacek and Wojciech Fijatkowski . WILANOW
Warszawa 1989 Wydawmoctwp Arkady. Situated 11 km south of the centre of Warsw, Wilanow is now one of the most magnificent palace and garden designs in Poland. Text in Polish with titles and summaries in German and English. Hardcover. 4to., 215 monochrome and 91 color illustrations, plans. Owner signed. Good, two tiny coffee spots on front cover and a few light spots on bottom fore-edge, in Good DJ. (a40778)
$39.00 Zucker, Isabel . FLOWERING SHRUBS
Princeton NJ 1966 1st Van Nostrand. 4to., 380pp., monochrome and color photo illustrations, hardcover. Complete information for identification and culture of 579 shrubs and 117 small trees. VG in Good DJ. (a41266)
$38.00 (seeds) . WERTHEIMER'S RELIABLE FIELD SEEDS
Ligonier n.d. ( c. 1914). Field seed catalogue-clover, alfalfa, millet, wheat, rye, etc. Narrow 12mo., 32pp. Good. (a4291)
$25.00 Ricauti, T. J. . SKETCHES FOR RUSTIC WORK INCLUDING BRIDGES, PARKS AND GARDEN BUILDINGS, SEATS AND FURNITURE WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE BUILDINGS
London 1848. Lg.4to., 18 full page lithograph plates (on rectos only, collated complete), later blue cloth hardcover with spine labels. Nice tight and clean binding. VG, light foxing. (a48062)
$800.00 Walton, Charles Livesey . FARMERS' WARFARE
London 1947 1st Crosby Lockwood. Detailed experiences of gardener with huge array of farm and garden insect pests. 8vo., 174pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, corners bumped, in Good DJ, worn and chipped. (a49267)
$50.00 Preysing, Lindi . U S A - REISE DES GARDEN - CLUB OF BAVARIA VOM O8. BIS 22. MAI 1987
1987. In German. 4to., 29 leaves (rectos only), green cloth with gilt lettering. very near Fine. (a51584)
$75.00 Boyle, Eleanor Vere (E.V.B.). . SYLVANA'S LETTERS TO AN UNKNOWN FRIEND
London 1900 1st Macmillan. Gardening. 8vo., 190pp., photo illustrations, original purple cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Good, light wear, light foxing on end papers. (a56187)
$74.00 Stickley, Gustav . THE CRAFTSMAN VOLUME XXVII NO. 2 MAY 1915
NY 1915. 4to., pp.143-242, photo illustrations, original decorated wraps. VG. some chipping on backstrip and light fraying of cover edges. (a56489)
$45.00 Stickley, Gustav (editor) . THE CRAFTSMAN VOLUME XXVIII NO. 5 AUGUST 1915
NY 1915. 4to., pp.431-524, photo illustrations, original decorated wraps. Good, edges frayed. (a56492)
$45.00 Inn, Henry . CHINESE HOUSES AND GARDENS
NY 1950 Bonanza Books. Edited by Shao Chang Lee. 4to., 148pp., photo illustrations, original hardcover. No ownership marks. Light cover wear. Spot of fraying on front free end paper o/w text Fine, clean and binding very secure. VG in VG DJ. (no tears on dj; price not clipped.) (a58094)
$44.00 Wilson, E. H. . AMERICA'S GREATEST GARDEN THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM
Boston 1925 The Stratford Company. Hardcover. Octavo, 125pp., frontis, photo illustrations, original printed cloth. VG, light soiling, no DJ. (a59173)
$24.00 (long island) . MANUAL OF THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF SAINT MARY, FOR GIRLS, GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. DIOCESE OF LONG ISLAND 1891 - 92
1892. 8vo., 22pp., original printed wraps. Good, spine a bit worn, small chip at corner of front wrap, light soiling. (a59885)
$45.00 Walters, Johann Jakob . ALLGEMEINES DEUTSCHES GARTENBUCH, ODER NEU, GEMEINN�TZLICHE UND VOLLST�NDIGE, PRACTISCHE ANLEITUNG ZUR ANLEGUNG UND BEHANDLUNG DER LUST- K�CHEN- UND BAUMG�RTEN 3 VOLUMES (BOUND IN TWO)
Stuttgart 1834, 1835. In German. Vierte v�llig umgearbeitete von Eduard Schmidlin. 3 volumes, bound in 2. 8vo., 1194pp. (first volume), 170pp., foldout table, 214pp., foldout table (volumes 2, 3 bound together), 3/4 leather and boards. One leaf chipped (Register der deutschen Pflanzennamen) with loss of about one fifth of text at end of the first volume. Good, some foxing and soiling, leather spines worn, outer hinges cracking. (a60197)
$260.00 (horticulture) . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HORTICULTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AGRICULTURAL BOARD OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE AT THEIR 18TH ANNUAL FAIR..OCTOBER 1845
NY 1845 T. Bridgeman. Includes interesting long list of all exhibitors and the vegetables and flowers they presented. Octavo, 16pp., original stringbound wraps. Good. Scarce. (a62118)
$65.00 Gunn, Alexander . THE HERMITAGE - ZOAR NOTE-BOOK AND JOURNAL OF TRAVEL
NY 1902 1st William C. Whitney. Author traveled to Europe, Greece, Turkey and down the Nile. He had an estate in Ohio called the Hermitage with a famous garden. **Copy No. 176 of a limited edition printed on hand-made paper. Hardcover. Octavo, 261pp., illustrations, full leather with one (of 2) mounted spine label and raised bands. Good, light wear, some chipping and repairs on spine. (a68984)
$120.00 Aladar, Dr. Richter . MAJNA-FRANKFURT PALMA-KERTJE ES EGYEB TERMESZETTUDOMANYI INTEZMENYEL
Kolozsvar 1903 Stein Janos. In Hungarian. Octavo, 32pp., 9 foldout photo illustrations of this beautiful botanical site: the Frankfurt Palm Garden, wraps. Signed by owner on front. Good. Scarce. (a69059)
$100.00 (japan) . PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARY OF THE VISIT OF GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA TO JAPAN AT THE INVITATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY SHIGERU YOSIHIDA MAY 10TH TO MAY 23RD 1961
1961. Some of Americans on the trip: Mrs. Charles Webster, Mrs. Erastus Cornig, Mrs. Herman Ruhm, Mrs. Lynn McNaughton, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Beebe, Dr. and Mrs. John Carmody, Mr. and Mrs. John Swartley, Mr and Mrs Gerlad Holbrook. Most all photos in album show members of the tour. Many dinners, sightseeing and meetings, are shown as well as about a dozen gardens including Korakuen, Chinzanso, Kyurinso Villa, Sankeren, Yoshida in Oiso, Nagoya Castle, Todaiji Temple, Nomura in Kyoto, Sentogosho Palace, Ryoanji Temple, Nijo Castle.Hardcover. Oblong 4to, many photo illustrations, hardcover covered with padded silk cloth. Decorative string ties and gilt lettering on front board VG plus, slight uneven fading and soiling on cover. (a70744)
$100.00 Takakuwa, Gisei (text); Ikamoto, Toyo (photographs) . GARDENS OF JAPAN
1958 Mitsumura Suiko Shoin Co. Sm.4to., 80pp. of photographs with English and Japanese descriptions, 12 additional pages of text in Japanese, original wraps with color pictorial dust jacket. VG, tiny chip in top edge of jacket. No slipcase. (a71209)
$35.00 Berluchon, Laurence . JARDINS DE TOURAINE
Tours 1947 Arrault et Cie. In French. 4to., 364pp., color frontis, photo illustrations, printed wraps. Good, light soiling. (a72264)
$43.00 (auction) . ART FROM THE GARDEN. PART TWO. COLLECTED AND ASSEMBLED BY KARL FREUND
NY 1938 American Art Association. Auction Catalogue Anderson Galleries, Sale Number 4398. Octavo, 64pp., 164 items listed, monochrome photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Sale Number in ink at top of front. VG. (a74404)
$25.00 Wise, Herbert C. (editor) . HOUSE AND GARDEN, A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO ARCHITECTURE, GARDENS, DECORATION, CIVIL AND OUTDOOR ART VOLUME FIVE JANUARY TO JUNE 1904
1904. Six months of this monthly Garden journal bound in one volume, without covers. Hardcover. Folio, 314pp., monchorme photo illustrations, tan cloth. Good plus, covera bit rubebd. (a79618)
$200.00Mitchell, Broadus. FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED A CRITIC OF THE OLD SOUTH
1968 Russell & Russell. Reissue of original 1924 edition. Red cloth. Hardcover. Octavo, 158pp., red cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. no owner marks. (a82250)
$44.00 Woods, Joseph . A SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH SPECIES OF ROSA
1816. Extracted from Transactions of Linnean Society of London. Tall 4to., pp. 159-234, bound in later wraps. VG. (a82652)
$50.00 De La Mare, A. T. (editor) . THE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE - A WEEKLY MEDIUM OF INTERCHANGE FOR FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN AND THE TRADE IN GENERAL (4 issues) 1912, 1914
New York and Chicago. Four original issues of this journal, March 23, 1912, July 18 and August 15, 1914, and May 23 1914. Folio, about 50pp. per issue, some photo illustrations, many advertisements, wraps. Good plus to VG, light wear. 4 issues. (a82838)
$50.00Lay, Charles Downing. A GARDEN BOOK FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER
New York 1924 First edition Duffield. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 303pp., photo illustrations. orange clothwith gilt lettering. Owner bookplate. VG, no DJ. (a83000)
$24.00 Rumker, R. v. et al . THE USE OF PESTICIDES IN SUBURBAN HOMES AND GARDENS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
1972. Environmental Protection Agency. Pesticide Study Series 2. 4to., about 250p., original printed wraps. A few library numbers on cover and blind stamp on title page but no other ownership marks. Stamped "U.S. Govt. Document" on cover. VG. (a85853)
$39.00 Evans Arboretum Pennsylvania . A COLLECTION OF 24 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN THE ARBORETUM OF JOHN EVANS ON ITHAN CREEK THE PROPERTY OF MR. W. HINCKLE SMITH BY PROF. JOHN W. HARSHBERGER NOVEMBER 6th AND 10th 1916
1916. Rare views of this very old and well-known American garden in Radnor, Pennsylvania. John W. Harshberger, 1869-1929, was wellknown Pennsylvanian Botantist, Professor, Conservationist. 24 original 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 inch photographs, each with line of white ink description, mounted in black limp board photo album which measures 5 x6 inches with "Photographs" in gilt on front panel. All pages gently rippled. All photos bright and undamaged (although not completely flat due to rippled stock of album pages.) Good plus. (a85964)
$350.00 Bade, Dr. E. . PRAXIS IM ZIMMERGARTEN EINE ANLEITUNG ZUR ERFOLGREICHEN HALTUNG UND PFLEGE DER VERSCHIEDENEN ZIMMERPFLANZEN
Berlin no date (c. 1940?) Fritz Pfenningstorff. Detailed information on selection and care of houseplants. Hardcover. Im German. Octavo, 372p., 6 Farbtafeln, 15 Schwarztafeln und 301 Textbildern nach Photographien und Zeichnungen des Verfassers, green cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ. Binding secure, no ownership marks. (a88053)
$45.00 Monti, Da Lorenzo . DIZIONARIO BOTANICO VERONESE CHE COMPRENDE I NOMI VOLGARI VERONESI DELLE PIANTE DA GIARDINO COL CORRISPONDENTE LATION LINNEANO (parte prima; parte seconda- complete)
Verona 1817 first edition?. Mainardi. 12mo. hardcover. 159p. Tiny hole in middle of titlepage. Titlepage engraved vignette of serpent circling a downward pointed arrow. Boards covered with red and tan geometric patterned boards with leather spine. Mounted orange spine label with gilt lettering and gilt design on backstrip. Good, spine leather is chipped and worn. Binding quite secure. Tiny hole in middle of titlepage. Opens to titlepage. No ownership marks. (a88834)
$400.00View-Master Photo Reels. ORIGINAL VIEW-MASTER REEL #313 - VICTORIA B.C. AND BUTCHART'S GARDENS
Sawyer's. 1940s-60s. In original blue printed paper sleeve. View 313 . VG. Viewmaster viewer sold under separate listing. (a90895)
$10.00