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M'Intosh [Mcintosh], Charles

The Greenhouse, Hot House and Stove; including Selected Lists of the Most Beautiful Species of Exotic Flowering Plants and Directions for Their Cultivation

1838

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Year of publication
1838
Place of printing
London. Wm. S. Orr and Co.
Author
M'Intosh [Mcintosh], Charles
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Gardening - General Color Plate & Fine Illus
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

12mo [18 x 12 cm]; vii, 415 pp, 18 fine hand-colored plates including frontis and extra engraved title page, numerous other illustrations in text including many of greenhouses, index. original cloth, decorated in blind and in gilt, all edges gilted, spine edges worn & chipped, hinges cracked but holding, front joint repaired, internally clean, very good copy, with good impressions of plates. A picture of this book is available upon req There are chapters on heathers, geraniums, camellias, bulbs, succulents, the conservatory, orangery, tropical plants, the orchid house, aquarium, etc with detailed lists of varieties of for each type of greenhouse. Very attractive plates. Sitwell (Great Flower Books) p. 117. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 196.
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