Description

Title:
The Orchid-Grower’s Manual
ISBN: No ISBN
Book #: 016582

Author: Williams, Benjamin Samuel
Illustrator:
Publisher: Victoria and Paradise Nurseries
Place: London
Year: 1871
Edition: Edition Unstated

Book Cond.: Good Condition
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 7 3/4′ x 5 1/4″
Book Type: n/a
Signed:

Description / Comments:
Size: 7 3/4′ x 5 1/4″. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Gilt-decorated green cloth over boards, 300 pages plus 24 pages of ads, illustrated with numerous black and white plates. This edition does not seem to call for a color frontispiece. Title continues: “Containing Brief Descriptions of upwards of Eight Hundred Species and Varieties of Orchiaceous Plants; Together with Notices of their Times of Flowering, and Most Approved Modes of Treatment; Also, Plain and Practical Instructions Relating to the General Culture of Orchids; and Remarks on the Heat, Moisture, Soil, and Seasons of Growth and Rest Best Suited to the Several Species.” Wear at extremities, hinges loosening, previous owner’s name in ink on front paste down. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 3 oz. Category: Gardening; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016582.