Hosta - The Flowering Foliage Plant
by Grenfell, Diana
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 071345072X
- ISBN 13
- 9780713450729
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: B T Batsford Ltd., 1990. Book. Illus. by jenny brasier. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark blue hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 208pp. 30 b/w illustrations by Jenny Brasier. This book was the first fully-comprehensive study of the genus Hosta. It begins with a historical perspective, looking at Hostas in the wild, the early collectors, and the 19th and 20th century botanists who have worked with Hostas, and goes on to list the sequence of extraordinary mistakes and coincidences which have caused such havoc in Hosta nomenclature..
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007632
- Title
- Hosta - The Flowering Foliage Plant
- Author
- Grenfell, Diana
- Illustrator
- jenny brasier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 071345072X
- ISBN 13
- 9780713450729
- Publisher
- B T Batsford Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- hosta, foliage plants
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horticulture/Gardening;
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Sturminster Newton
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