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Doubleday, Page & Co. Used - Acceptable. Small Quarto. Cloth Hardcover, 1906. . Ex-library with the usual treatments. Paginated 225-2016pp. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering w… Meer...

Doubleday, Page & Co. Used - Acceptable. Small Quarto. Cloth Hardcover, 1906. . Ex-library with the usual treatments. Paginated 225-2016pp. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering within brown title box on volume III that shows black tape repairs on corners and spine with other four volumes entire spine taped over with green tape with handwritten information in white. Covers all show moderate to heavy bumping to corners with heavy handling wear on all boards. Joints and hinges are all attached and functional with all hinges cracked except for volume VI remaining intact. Textblocks feature gilted tops with varying degrees of being shakenk, volume II's last two signatures are detached but included, volume III bears several splits but no detachments, volume IV's backstrip is exposed with few splits, volume V's textblock has several signature separations but no detachments, Volume VI's textblock is the most sound of the set with no actual signature separation or detachment. Pages are all present with no single page detachments and only light toning to paper throughout the set. Features numerous illustrations inundating each page with each volumes depicting a different frontispiece and back plate illustration. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible department of Better World Books. Your purchase benefits global literacy programs. 100% satisfaction guaranteed., Doubleday, Page & Co, NY: MacMillan Co. nat-history . Gd Cond. 1901,1927. "New Edition". 7x10" Green clothbnd 3639ps thick Colored Plates,4000 ilust,96FP ilust.Price for Set.. subtitle....A Discussion, for the Amateur & the Professional and Commercial Grower, of teh kinds, Characteristics& Methods of Cultivation of the Species of Plants Grown in the Regions of the US & Canada. for ornament. For fancy, for Fruit & for Vegetables; with keys to the natural families & genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilitiies of teh states & provinces & dependent island & sketches of eminent horticulturists" ., MacMillan Co, 1901,1927, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 558 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: . . . water will dampen the air. The Japanese porcelain pots are not only ornamental but useful; the glaze prevents undue evaporation from the sides, and the legs hold the pot well above the water which may collect in the saucer: they are in every way excellent. Wooden tub are serviceable for large plants or for any which are likely to be exposed to frost, either before or after bringing Into the house. Plants should never beoverpotted, but the larger the bulk of earth the easier it can be kept uniformly moist; from the wider surface, too, there is more evaporation. For thee reasons it is sometimes a good plan to have window boxes In which several plants can be grown; or the boxes can be Ailed with moss in which the pots can be plunged. All pots, tubs or boxes for growing plants should have holes in the bottom through which water can pass freely. Much trouble is likely to come from the use of unsuitable potting-soil. Procure it from an experienced florist, or make it yourself of equal parts rotted sods, old leafmold, well-decayed cow manure and clean, sharp sand: discard tea leaves, chip dirt, and the decomposed remains of dead stumps. The soil should always be moist when used, not too wet and never dry: it should he made firm, not hard, and a good space left between the surface and rim. Larue pots should he drained with potsherds and moss. The best time for potting is just before the plant begins to grow; the next best is ju-t before growth ceases, thus giving the plant opportunity to establish itself in its new quarters before it stops growing. It is not always easy to do this properly at home, and large and valuable plants should be sent to a florist. Plants growing in the open air should be lifted and potted two weeks or more before bringing into the bo. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 1236044169

Paperback, [EAN: 9781236044167], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purch… Meer...

Paperback, [EAN: 9781236044167], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...water will dampen the air. The Japanese porcelain pots are not only ornamental but useful; the glaze prevents undue evaporation from the sides, and the legs hold the pot well above the water which may collect in the saucer: they are in every way excellent. Wooden tub are serviceable for large plants or for any which are likely to be exposed to frost, either before or after bringing Into the house. Plants should never beoverpotted, but the larger the bulk of earth the easier it can be kept uniformly moist; from the wider surface, too, there is more evaporation. For the«e reasons it is sometimes a good plan to have window boxes In which several plants can be grown; or the boxes can be Ailed with moss in which the pots can be plunged. All pots, tubs or boxes for growing plants should have holes in the bottom through which water can pass freely. Much trouble is likely to come from the use of unsuitable potting-soil. Procure it from an experienced florist, or make it yourself of equal parts rotted sods, old leafmold, well-decayed cow manure and clean, sharp sand: discard tea leaves, chip dirt, and the decomposed remains of dead stumps. The soil should always be moist when used, not too wet and never dry: it should he made firm, not hard, and a good space left between the surface and rim. Larue pots should he drained with potsherds and moss. The best time for potting is just before the plant begins to grow; the next best is ju-t before growth ceases, thus giving the plant opportunity to establish itself in its new quarters before it stops growing. It is not always easy to do this properly at home, and large and valuable plants should be sent to a florist. Plants growing in the open air should be lifted and potted two weeks or more before bringing into the bo..., 226681, Horticulture, 226680, Agricultural Sciences, 75, Science & Math, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 1236044169

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