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White, Edward A.

American Orchid Culture

1927

40.42 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1927
Place of printing
New York. A. T. De La Mare Company
Author
White, Edward A.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Gardening - Orchids
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [20.5 x 15 cm]; 227 pp, 8 colored plates from paintings including frontis, numerous other illustrations from photos and drawings, index. original cloth backed boards, gilt vignette and title lettering on front cover, slightly foxed on title and endpaper, very minor rubbing at lower edge of spine, else clean and near fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A nicely illustrated and useful work by this professor of floriculture at Cornell University, covers the major orchid genera with good chapters on commercial growing, propagation, orchid houses, marketing, and all aspects of growing.