This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... SUPPLEMENT. OF THE TULIP. The culture of the Tulip seems to have derived additional interest, within these few years, from the production of so many fine varieties from seed; from which circumstance, this Queen of Flowers has increased the number of her votaries, and fixed more steadfastly the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... SUPPLEMENT. OF THE TULIP. The culture of the Tulip seems to have derived additional interest, within these few years, from the production of so many fine varieties from seed; from which circumstance, this Queen of Flowers has increased the number of her votaries, and fixed more steadfastly the attachment of her former admirers. The success which has crowned, in such a striking manner, the patient and persevering labour of some two or three of our more intelligent florists, has produced a very great sensation, (if I may so express it, ) in the minds of all the Tulip growers in the neighbourhood of the metropolis; and the effect produced by it is already apparent, for a spirit of emulation has been excited, and the hand of the florist is at work. You can scarcely enter any of their gardens, without noticing small beds of seedlings in the different stages of their growth; twenty years ago, nothing of the sort was to be met with; sowing the seed of Tulips was seldom thought of; and as to artificial impregnation, or what is commonly termed setting by the hand, it was scarcely known, much less practised by florists; to this, in a great measure, the success is to be ascribed. The B new flowers are improved in character, and perfectly distinct from any others; by this means, also, every other species of plant, or flower, that bears seed, may equally be improved and varied. Men of genius, by patient study, and close observation, are often enabled to comprehend the various operations of Nature, and to bring their experiments, conducted upon her own principles, to a successful issue. A new era may be said to have commenced, as regards the raising of seedling breeders; and, it is to be hoped, that all our florists, in future, will adopt this plan, .
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Good. Hardback, green cloth, spine label. xvi, 208pp. Binding slightly marked, corners of boards bumped. Inner hinges repaired. Minor spotting. A rather decent copy. (95802)
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Good. No dust jacket. Well preserved copy with all pages complete, only very modest foxing, contemporary initials in ink on endpaper (1840), bookplate of John Amory Lowell. 208 p. Bound in green stippled boards on yellow endpapers, with nearly complet paper label at spine giving abbreviate title and "Price 7s." on the label For a botanical collector, nb the bookplate of John Amory Lowell, whose father was a Boston lawyer who after retiring in the early 19th Century spent a good dal of time and effort supporting the horticultural society in Boston, hence being nicknamed "The Norfolk Farmer." JA Lowell's paternal grandfather was a federal judge appointed by Washington, and his descendants also sat on the federal bench. He was married to a Cabot. An earlier owner of this book, by initials on the free end page, lived in "Harrow and Paddington"--not known when this rare volume crossed the pond. J.A. Lowell ran the family Lowell Institute whose lecturers were at the intellectual center of the time and place.
