Search Results: Gardening from Conover Books

Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company , 1905. Edge and corner wear; no dj; corners are bumped and rubbed; some fraying at the head and tail of the spine; hinges are cracked; shelf worn; scuffed and scratched; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall still a nice used collectible first edition! Green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on the front board and gilt lettering on the spine. Decorative endpapers. 409 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations and approximately 130 half-tone and color plates! Extremely rare and hard-to-find first edition! "This report on the apples of New York is the outgrowth of one of the lines of investigation which from the first has been a distinctive feature of the work carried on at this Experiment Station. During the period when this Station was being established there was an insistent popular demand that the testing of varieties of fruits and vegetables be made a prominent line of work… Read More

Newton, Massachusetts: Charles T. Branford Company, 1966. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. -334 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Dwarf conifers, as garden plants, exhibit two outstanding features ---- the fascination that they exercise on their devotees, and the unrivalled complexity of their nomenclature! That the latter appears in no way to diminish the former says much for their horticultural value and attractiveness ---- not to mention the patience and persistence of their devotees!...........". First American Edition. Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Freeport, Illinois: Nellie Nortridge , 1933. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is faded; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Green buckram with faded gilt lettering on the spine and gilt illustration and lettering on the front board. 118 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and educational pages of text and 13 wonderful pages illustrated in full-color! Frontis is a black and white photograph of the Saxby Heights Junior Garden Club, Freeport, Ill. (1933). Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "The Author, in preparing this book, feels that it will fill a need for a garden book for children. In her work with Junior Garden Clubs, she has been handicapped by a lack of material written in the simple language of childhood. A copy of' Garden Stories' will serve as a handy reference book, in addition to giving the child something… Read More

Dundee, Illinois: D. Hill Nursery Company , 1936. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; some light fraying at the head and tail of the spine; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Green cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. 304 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "Twenty years of daily contact in attempting to answer the thousands of questions which people want to know about Evergreens have determined the nature of the information contained in this book. Nothing new is claimed for the text of this book, except a new arrangement of old material, designed to meet the needs of persons not interested in the botanical or scientific study of Evergreens......." ------ from the Preface.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Rochester, NY, U.S.A.: James Vick Seedsman, 1890. Edge and corner wear; no dj; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; rear hinge is cracked; some light fraying at the head and tail of the spine; liquid stain on the rfep; overall still a nice collectible used copy! Green cloth with filt lettering and black illustration on the front board and faded gilt lettering on the spine. 226 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "I trust that the readers of this book on Home Floriculture will find many hints and suggestions in it which will be of benefit to them. It is a book for amateurs, by one who is in no sense a 'professional.' It was written because there seems to be a great and growing demand for a work which gets down to the amateur's standpoint. I have written from my own personal experience..........." --------- from the Introduction.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read More

Netherlands: Associated Bulb Growers of Holland Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some light shelf wear, one loose page in the front of the book, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Green leatherette with gilt lettering and illustration on the front board. No publishing date. Unpaginated, beautifully illustrated by full-color plates!. First Edition / First Printing. Green Leatherette. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Australia: Kangaroo Pr, 1997. Minor edge and corner wear; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; gently scuffed and scratched; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Full-color pictorial green wrapper with white and black lettering. 142 informative and educational pages of text and 8 wonderful pages of full-color photographs! "This book is a practical guide to the commerical production of vegetables and cut flowers in hydroponics. It is designed to assist new growers establish a hydroponic system, as well as help experienced growners improve their production techniques...........". Reprint (1993). Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign College of Agriculture Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! White three-ring binder with blue lettering. No publishing date. Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Over 400 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustratios! Extremely scarce! "Botany is the study of plants. It is divided into a variety of specific fields of study such as plant taxonomy, plant anatomy, and plant physiology. Early botanists were interested in developing a system for naming plants, so that they could be conveniently studied and records of the studies could be kept and compared.......". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York: The New York Botanical Garden, 1936. Edge and corner wear; no dj; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; pages 663-674 are torn, but still readable; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; spines are faded; overall still a nice used 3 VOLUME SET: Vol. I Ferns to Buckwheat, Vol. II Amaranth to Logania, Vol. III Gentian to Thistle! Red cloth with faded gilt lettering on the spine. Deckle page edges. 2052 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "The present work is the first complete Illustrated Flora published in this country. Its aim is to illustrate and describe every species, from the Ferns upward, recognized as distinct by botanists and growing wild within the area adoped, and to complete the work within such moderate limits of size and cost as shall make it accessible to the public generally, so that it may serve as an independent handbook of our Northern Flora and as a work of general reference,… Read More

U.S.A.: Avery Pub Group, 1982. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with black lettering. 87 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Introduction to In Vitro Propagation is a complete, practical, and easy-to-understand guide to the basic techniques of plant tissue culture. Giving attention to both the home-based laboratory and the more sophisticated industrial, research, or teaching facility, the book begins with a comprehensive discussion of the environment, equipment, and procedures that are essential to all in vitro work........." . First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1966. Minor edge and corner wear, no dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, front hinge is cracked, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used copy! Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 509 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "This catalogue has a wide range, including records from Virginai to the far north in the eastern American arctic, and westward in the arctic to include Hudson Bay. This does not involve as diverse floristic areas as one might suppose. Where the tropical American types drop out north of North Carolina is unknown." ----- from the Introduction.. Third Printing. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Chin-Chih Jao. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1981. A hint of edge and shelf wear, ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in near fine condition), no dj, overall a nice used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Gray cloth with green lettering and illustration on the front board and green lettering on the spine. 362 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "Until 1967 plant mycoplasma diseases were considered, without exception, to be virus diseases. Plant pathologists and forest pathologists did not even suspect mycoplasmas as causal agents of diseases of trees and shrubs. Witches' broom and plant yellows diseases characterized by yellowing of leaves without mosaic, greening of petals, phyllody of floral organs, proliferation of axillary buds, breaking of dormancy, seed sterility, or a combination of these symptoms were… Read More

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Aldine Publishing Company, 1967. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 109 educational and informative pages! "During the short period between the establishment of the Chinese Communist Government in 1949 and Autumn 1958 the economic organisation of agriculture experienced a spectacular revolution. The tiny, fragmented peasant farms of hectares, privately owned either by landlords or peasant occupiers, were replaced in turn by mutual aid teams, agricultural producers' co-operatives, collective farms and, finally, by the people's communes............." ---- from the Introduction.. Reprint. Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used first edition! Green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on the spine and embossed lettering on the front board. 360 informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Speculations concerning the origin of life upon the earth, and the nature of the primeval organisms from which are descended existing plants and animals must always have for the biologist an irresistible attraction. When we realize the extraordinary development of modern experimental biology, it would be rash to say that the problem of the origin of life is insoluble, but it must be admitted that its solution does not seem to lie in the immediate future." ----- from Chapter 1 (Introduction).. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

New York, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.,U.S., 1980. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black lettering. 168 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "This second edition has been revised and updated to include additional illustrations and two new chapters that examine improved street-tree planting techniques and the mechanisms for planning for trees in urban environments. The author questions Olmsted's well-known concept of bringing nature into the city, focusing instead on improving on nature through artful garden design. Throughout, the book's approach is to define the problem, establish the philosophical design basis, apply the design principle, and implement the planning and design........". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over… Read More

Boston, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, 1938. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is faded; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; front hinge is cracked; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and embossed lettering on the spine. 490 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "This text has resulted from the revision of Technical Publication No. 15 of the New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y., which appeared in February, 1921, under the title of 'Trees of New York State, Native and Naturalized'. The objectives sought in preparing the original bulletin were to stimulate the interest of the people of the State in its forest wealth and to place at their disposal information relative to the many tree species which grow within its boundaries." ---- from the Preface.. Revised and Enlarged Edition.… Read More

U.S.A.: Montgomery Ward & Co., 1947. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, binding is loose, first page is detached, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf wear, some fraying at the head and tail of the spine, overall a nice collectible used copy! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Tan cloth with a full color pastedown and black lettering on the front board. Extremely scarce! 68 unmarked historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "Wards Book of Gardens brings you the combined resources of four great Nurseries ---- a far-flung system of growing fields ---- more than 5000 acres of the choicest garden lands of 17 different states....literally 13,600 miles of nursery row! We call upon this vast 4-nursery system not alone for fast service ---- plants delivered field-fresh to your door ---- but to assure you....no matter where you live....of nursery stock grown under conditions similar to those in your… Read More

Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization , 1975. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some fading along the edges and spine, gently shelf worn, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used first edition! Extremely rare and hard-to-find title! Orange wrapper with black lettering. 92 informative and educational pages! Very very scarce and out-of-print! "Over recent years there has been a marked increase in the study of the various methods which influence the climate of the soil and the microclimate near the soil surface at a given site. Of considerable importance among these methods is mulching, which is the covering of a soil surface with crop residue or other material such as plastic. Mulching has a marked effect on the climate of the soil, the effects being found in the temperature and moisture regimes of the soil, on erosion and soil physics, on pests, diseases, and the growth of weeds, as well as on the growth and ytield of crops. Many of… Read More