Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XVI, 1894
including the effect of urban fog on cultivated plants, the treatment of American Blight etc
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First edition. Hardback, rebound in pebbled cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 21.5 × 13.5cm, 260pp + ccxxxviii.
A rare late Victorian issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's Journal. The first half of this issue is a collection of articles and presentations with occasional illustration, including:
The Effects of Urban Fog upon Cultivated Plants by Prof. F W Oliver,
Alpine Plants and their Treatment by H Correvon,
American Blight and its Successful Treatment by L Burgoyne Pillin,
The Antiquity of the Citron-Tree in Egypt by Dr E Bonavia,
Causes of Failure in Eucharis Culture by W Iggulden.
The second half of the book are extracts from the proceedings of the Society, including reports from the Inner Temple Show of 1893, the Scientific, Fruit, Floral, Orchid, and Narcissus Meetings, and then books, seeds, plants etc presented to Chiswick in 1893.
Condition
The binding is a little dull, occasional marking to the cloth Some age-toning to the pages but the inner binding is secure and the books remains in strong readable condition.
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£30.00
