Some Books on Agriculture and Sciences Related to Agriculture Published 1896-1898 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Some Books on Agriculture and Sciences Related to Agriculture Published 1896-1898The text gives, in a popular style, descriptions, uses, and methods of culture and propagation of the ornamental plants most commonly grown. The colored plates, representing 370 plants, are all from original drawings. In some cases the whole plant is figured, in others the ¿owering branches are shown. Most of the drawings show the ¿ower structure as seen in partly dissected ¿owers. In the case of annuals and biennials seeds and seedlings are also figured.Bohnhof, E. Dictionnaire des orchidées hybrides (dictionary of hybrid orchids). Pp. 139. Paris, Octave Doin, 1895.The first part of this book contains an alphabetical list of all artificial and natu ral orchid hybrids known to the author up to the year 1895, the name of the origi nator or introducer of each, the date of its introduction, and the names of its seed parent and pollen parent. The second part of the book gives tables to facilitate finding the parentage and synonyms of hybrids, etc. The title-page, preface, and all explanations of tables are given in French, German, and English.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.