Gardening in California, A Brief Treatise on the Best Methods of Cultivating Common Flowers in the California Home Garden
by Lyon, Wm. S
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Geo. Rice & Sons, 1904. Hardcover. Good. Third revised edition. 172 pp + illustrations + advertisements, with index. Front hinge cracked, general wear to boards with large chip missing from mounted illustration; contents clean. No dust jacket. From the Preface: "The object of this little volume is to meet and answer the daily recurring inquiries: What shall I do with my roses? Why don't my violets bloom? How treat the chrysanthemums when through flowering? And so on though a long list of the world-known common flowers of the garden."
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1782
- Title
- Gardening in California, A Brief Treatise on the Best Methods of Cultivating Common Flowers in the California Home Garden
- Author
- Lyon, Wm. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Geo. Rice & Sons
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- Californiana;
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Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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