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. 1870 Excerpt: ...Native of Mexico. D. acrotrichum gracile.--This variety is exactly the reverse of the preceding, for the leaves are much narrower, oftentimes longer, and are very pendulous. It forms a pleasing contrast with the others, and is particularly adapted for the decoration of apartments; it should be in every collection. ...
Read More
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. 1870 Excerpt: ...Native of Mexico. D. acrotrichum gracile.--This variety is exactly the reverse of the preceding, for the leaves are much narrower, oftentimes longer, and are very pendulous. It forms a pleasing contrast with the others, and is particularly adapted for the decoration of apartments; it should be in every collection. Native of Mexico. D. glaucum.--This is a grand and handsome plant, with stout stem and large compact head of leaves, which are about two feet and a half in length, less than an inch in breadth, fringed at the edges with small teeth, tipped at the apex with a small tuft of brown fibres, and of a deep blue green. Native of Mexico. D. glaucum latifolium.--A variety of the preceding, somewhat more robust in growth, and with broader leaves; a very fine form. Native of Mexico. D. plumosum.--This is perhaps the most beautiful kind yet introduced to our gardens; it is like a very large form of D. acrotrichum, with broader and longer leaves, which in the young state fall over like a plume; the older leaves are quite pendulous. Native of Mexico. 4 DESMONCUS. 181 D. serratijolium.--Stem stout; leaves from two to three feetin length, and broader than any of the above, the edges are armed with long white teeth, which are somewhat distant, and the apex is tufted with a few brown.fibres, and both surfaces are glaucous green. Native of Mexico. Desmoncus. Palms with long slender ascending stems, and pinnate prickly leaves, which are produced into long whip-like tails at the ends. They are all natives of South America, and have somewhat the habit of the Indian genus Calamus--which, however, is as purely eastern as Desmoncus is 'western. This genus abounds in the forests of the South American Continent, forming in many instances dense, almost impenetrable masses, an...
Read Less
Add this copy of Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental-Leaved Plants to cart. $12.19, fair condition, Sold by Cornell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tewkesbury, UNITED KINGDOM, published by London: published by the author, 1870.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 12cm), viii, 340pp, xx [adverts]. Frontispiece and plates by the author. Original brown cloth, gilt design to the front board. Binding somewat dusty and chafed at the extremities, inner hinges strained. Only a fair to good copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.
Add this copy of Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental Leaved Plants to cart. $18.03, very good condition, Sold by Prominent Trading Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2008 by BiblioLife.
Add this copy of Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental-Leaved Plants to cart. $22.94, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by HardPress Publishing.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental-Leaved Plants to cart. $25.59, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop International rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by HardPress Publishing.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental-Leaved Plants to cart. $28.39, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2018 by HardPress Ltd.
Add this copy of Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental Leaved Plants to cart. $37.06, very good condition, Sold by Bookcase rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carlisle, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1876 by The Author.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. Boards have only minor signs of wear, foxing to fep/rep. Stamp to pre-titlepage, gutters a little weak. PP very clean and tidy.
Add this copy of Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental-Leaved Plants to cart. $39.00, fair condition, Sold by Olmstead Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Port Dover, ON, CANADA, published 1876 by Williams, Benjamin Samuel.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Williams, Benjamin Samuel. Fair. 12mo, Volume II. Brown boards with embossed letters on spine. Gilt floral design on front cover. Spine is torn from rear board but still attached at the front board. Spine has faded. Corners are frayed and bumped. Front and rear hinges are torn but webbing is intact. Published and sold by the author. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Scarce book. 350 pgs plus 21 pages of advertisements.
