The English Flora: or, a catalogue of trees, shrubs, plants and fruits, natives as well as exotics, cultivated, for use or ornament, in the English nurseries, greenhouses and stoves, arranged according to the Linnean system ; with the Latin trivial and common English names and an English index referring to the Latin names. Also, A general catalogue of seeds for the kitchen-garden, flower-garden, grass-lands, etc. usually raised for sale, and those annually imported from America. [With:] Supplement.
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Weston (Richard)
London: Printed for the Author, 1775-80.,
The English Flora: or, a catalogue of trees, shrubs, plants and fruits, natives as well as exotics, cultivated, for use or ornament, in the English nurseries, greenhouses and stoves, arranged according to the Linnean system ; with the Latin trivial and common English names and an English index referring to the Latin names. Also, A general catalogue of seeds for the kitchen-garden, flower-garden, grass-lands, etc. usually raised for sale, and those annually imported from America. [With:] Supplement.
Rare and modern books
Weston (Richard)
London: Printed for the Author, 1775-80.,
187.50 €
(Grantham,
United Kingdom)
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- Author
- Weston (Richard)
- Publishers
- London: Printed for the Author, 1775-80.
- Keyword
- BOTANY FLORA NATURAL HISTORY SEEDSMEN CATALOGUE FLOWERS, GARDENING HORTICULTURE
Description
First edition, 8vo (210 x 130 mm), [16], 259, [1], [12], 120, [2, ëBooks on Gardening, Agriculture, and Botany. Written by Richard Weston.í]pp., without the Latin title page for the main work, but present for the supplement, cont. calf, rubbed, joints cracked, without spine label. ìThis in its time was a standard handbook, used by botanists, gardeners, nurseries, seedsmen. It lists trees and shrubs, herbaceous plates, greenhouse plants, stove plants, and seeds according to their Linnaean binomial and English names.îóHunt. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Johannes Georgius Home Drummond de Abbots Grange. Hunt, 647; Henrey, 1483; Pritzel, 10205.
