1298. Cooper, J. G., M. D. Forests and Trees of Northern America, as Connected with Climate and Agriculture. Pp. 416-445. Report of Patent Office for 1860. Frontis. and map. Wash., 1861.$1.25
1299. Elliott, F. R. Popular Deciduous and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, etc. 16mo, 125 pp., illus. N. York, 1870.$1.00
1300. Ellis, Wm. Farming and Husbandry in All Sorts of Soils, According to the latest Improvements, by the Dublin Society. Nearly half of book devoted to Forestry. Old calf. Dublin, 1735.$1.50
1301. Emerson, G. B. A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts. 17 plates, in orig. pr. covers, uncut, fine copy, and rare in any state, much more so in such large paper. Boston, 1846.$3.75
1302. English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary and Descriptive. Frontispiece and numerous illus., 406 pp., fine copy. London, 1853.$2.00
1303. Evelyn, John. Sylva. A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber. Terra; an Essay of Earth. Pomona; or, Appendix of Fruit Trees in Relation to Cider, etc., and Kalendarium Hortense. Third ed. Folio, calf, 412+38 pp., 2 title pp., name on first title-page, scarce. London, 1679.$6.00
1304. Evelyn, John. Same. Fourth Ed., with Terra, Pomona, Acetaria and Kalendarium Hortense. Folio, paneled calf, cracked, 384+275 pp., illus. Fine portrait of Evelyn. The best ed. London, 1706.$8.00
1305. Evelyn, John. Same. Fifth Ed. In 2 books. With Historical Account of Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves, Terra, Pomona, and Kalendarium Hortense. Folio, old calf, rebacked, 329+235 pp., title rubricated, fine copy. London, 1729.$5.50
1306. Fernow and Tratman. Report of Substitution of Metal for Wood in Railroad Ties. U. S. Dept. Agric, Forestry Div., Bull. Printed covers, 30 plates, valuable. Wash., 1890.$1.25
1307. Fisher, Wm. Richard. The Forest of Essex, Its History, Laws, Administration and Ancient Customs, and the Wild Deer Which Lived in it. 4to, 448 pp., illus., map, fac-simile grant. London, 1887.$6.00
1308. Forest Trees. 31 Mounted Sheets of American Forest Trees. School Cabinet of Forest Trees. Prepared by direction of Commissioner of Education, with supervision of Botanist, Dept. of Agric., Wash., D. C. The lot, loose in portfolio. Wash., 1876.$3.00
1309. Furnas, R. W. Arbor Day. 12mo, Boards, Portrait of J. Sterling Morgan, author of Arbor Day. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1888.$1.25
1309A. Gisborne, Thomas. Walks in a Forest, or, Poems Descriptive of Scenery and Incidents Characteristic of a Forest, at different seasons of the year. 16mo, calf, nice copy. Phila., Hall and Sellers, 1803.$1.75
1310. Goeppert, H. R. Monographie der Fossilen Coniferen, Mit Beruecksichtigung der Lebenden. 4to, pr. boards, 286 pp. + 73 pp., plain and colored plates. Leiden, 1850.$4.50
1311. Gordon, Geo., Assisted by Glendinning, Robt. The Pinetum. Synopsis of all the Coniferous Plants at Present Known, and comprising nearly 100 New Kinds. 353 pp., uncut. London, 1858.$4.00
1312. Grindon, Leo H. Trees of Old England. Sketches of the Aspects, Associations and Uses of the Forests, giving effect to the Scenery of our Native Country. First ed., illus., 96 pp., fine copy. Boston, 1868.$2.00
1313. Hale, P. M. The Woods and Timbers of N. Carolina. Compiled from the Botanical and Geol. Reports of Drs. Curtis, Emmons and Kerr, etc. Paper covers, 272 pp. Raleigh, 1890.$2.75
1314. Harvey, Alex. Trees and Their Nature, or, The Bud and Its Attributes. Told in Series of Letters to Author’s Sons. 12mo, 236 pp., illus. Author’s pres. copy. London, 1856.$1.50.
1315. Hough, Romeyn B. The American Woods, Exhibited by Actual Specimens and with Copious Explanatory Text. Vol. 1, Representing 25 Species by 27 sets of Sections. Vol. 1 only in orig. slip case, with clasp and 3 prospectuses of the work inserted. A fine example of this costly and unique work, even odd vols. of which are now extremely scarce. Lowville, N. Y. Pub. by the Author, 1888.$7.00
1316. Heath, Francis G. Autumnal Leaves. 12mo, full gilt, 352 pp., 12 colored plates. London, 1881.$2.50
1317. Heath, Francis G. Burnham Beeches. 12mo, full gilt, illus. London, 1879.$1.75
1318. Heath, Francis G. Sylvan Winter. full gilt, 354 pp., illus. London, 1886.$1.75
1319. Heath, F. G. Tree Gossip. Orig. cloth, uncut, illus. 176 pp., good copy. London, 1885.$2.25
1320. Heath, Francis G. Our Woodland Trees. 572 pp., full gilt, colored plates, illus. London, 1878.$3.00
1321. Hoopes, Josiah. Book of Evergreens. Practical Treatise on Coniferæ or Cone-Bearing Plants. Illus., 435 pp. An authority of much value, fine copy, scarce. N. York [1868].$3.00
1322. Hough, F. B. Elements of Forestry. Creation and Care of Woodlands, etc. 381 pp., illus. Cincinnati, 1882.$2.00
1323. Howel, James. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forest. The Last Ed., with the Addition of Two Other Tracts. England’s Tears for the Present Wars and The Pre-Eminence of Parlements. 16mo, orig. old calf, cracked, 189 pp. + 22 pp., folding plate, frontis. London, n. d.$3.00
1324. Huntington, A. E. Studies of Trees in Winter. A Description of the Deciduous Trees of Northeastern America. With an Introduction by C. S. Sargent. 70 full-page half tones from photographs by the Author and 12 colored plates by M. S. More. New, uncut, gilt tops. A Most useful Manual. Boston, 1905.$2.25
1324A. Jardins ou L’Art d’Embellir les Paysages Poeme par Delille. Finely illus. by engraved plates and woodcuts. Royal 8vo, half mor., rare. Paris, 1844.$5.75
1325. Jepson, Willis Linn. California, Trees of. Buckram, 228 pp., 125 orig. figures, plates, etc. A working manual of much value, as new, with Autogr. Letter of author inserted. San Francisco (1909).$3.00
1326. Johns, Rev. C. A. The Forest Trees of Britain. 431 pp. illus. London, and N. York, n. d.$2.50
1327. Junius, L. Moderatus Columella of Husbandry, in 12 Books. And His Book Concerning Trees. Trans. into English, with illus. from Pliny, Cato, Varro, etc. 4to, calf, 600 pp., + Index. London, 1745$6.00
1328. Kellogg & Greene. Illustrations of West American Oaks. From Drawings by the Late Albert Kellogg, M. D. The Text by Albert M. Greene. Pub. from Funds Provided by James M. McDonald, Esq., Quarto, 84 pp., 37 plates. Orig. cloth, privately printed. Very rare and indispensable to students of this branch. San Francisco, May, 1889.$9.50
1329. Kennion, Edward. An Essay on Trees in Landscape, or, an Attempt to shew the Propriety and Importance of Characteristic Expression in this branch of Art, and the Means of producing it, with Examples. Illus. with over 60 plates. This beautiful work was pub. with only 50 plates by Boydell & Co. and J. Newman, Colourman, London, 1815. Over this imprint H. G. Bohn has pasted his imprint of 1844, stating, “This Copy has, besides the Usual Number of 50 plates, 4 large unpublished Landscapes by Kennion and 6 Picturesque Studies of Trees, beautifully etched by H. W. Williams. In all Sixty Plates.” There are 48 pages of Text. Some of the plates are slightly spotted by damp. Royal 4to, half morocco, gilt. London, 1844.$15.00
1330. Kirby, Mary and Eliz. Chapters on Trees. Popular Account of their Nature and Uses. 12mo, 320 pp., illus. London, N. York, etc. (1873).$2.50
1331. Kollner, A. North American Foliage and Trees Drawn from Nature in leisure moments on wanderings in the U. S. and Canada. 13 lithographic views, size about 11 × 14 inches, showing characteristic trees, with name of locality. Loose in illus. paper cover, as issued, no text was published. (Phila., 1860.)$2.75
1331A. Loudon, J. C. History and Geography of the Trees and Shrubs of Britain. Vol. 1 of his Arboretum. With Index contents of the whole Series of 8 volumes. Includes Introduced American Species, with Habitat. 494 pp., illus., half calf. London, 1838.$3.00
1332. Marshall, Mr. On Planting and Rural Ornament. Practical Treatise. Third ed. 2 vols., calf, cracked. London, 1803.$3.75
1333. Michaux, Andre. Histoire des Chenes de L’Amerique, ou Descriptions et Figures de toutes les espàces et varietés de Chênes de l’Amerique Septentrionale, considerées sous la rapports de la Botanique, de leur Culture et de leur Usage. Illus. with 36 fine copper plates. This fine and sumptuous Folio of Illustrations of the Oak Trees of North America preceded, by many years, Michaux’s well known and classic volumes on the North American Sylva, and is excessively rare. The text occupies 7 numbered pages followed by a Key and Generic Characters of 4 pages. Each of the plates is described by from 2 to 4 pages of text and the last printed page refers to Bibliography of the subject. Royal folio, old calf, back broken, front cover loose. Paris, 1801.$60.00
1334. Michaux, F. Andrew. The N. American Sylva, or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the U. States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Also, of the Most Useful of the European Forest Trees. Illus. by 150 colored engravings. Royal 8vo, as originally pub. in 6 vols., printed boards, uncut. In this original 6-vol. issue, the first and second half vols. are bound in 1, the remaining 5 half vols. are each separately bound. This set is in unusually fine condition both as to press work and coloring of plates. Instead of “150 plates” there are 156. Inside the front cover of vol. 1 is a printed slip of Conditions of Publication and Sale, giving the subscription price of the Colored Set as $36.75. This is the first English translation of this great work. Phila., T. Dobson and S. Conrad; Paris, Hautel, 1817-1819.$57.50
1335. Minnesota. Brown, Elton T. History of the Great Minnesota Forest Fires. 237 pp., illus. St. Paul [1894].$1.75
1336. Nelson, T. J. (City Solicitor.) The Speech of, For the Corporation of London before the Epping Forest Commissioners, Nov., 1876. Together with Map of the Forest Showing Unlawful Enclosures. Tall 8vo, pr. boards, 94 pp., large folding colored map, 3 feet by 18 inches, very scarce and valuable. London, 1876.$6.00
1337. Nelson, Wm. Manwood’s Treatise of the Forest Laws, Etc. Fourth ed., corrected and enlarged. Calf, cracked, 435 pp.+Table. Some of the Chapter Heads are:—“Hunting,” “Fox,” “Hare,” “Hind,” “Woods in Forests,” “Dogs in a Forest,” etc. London, 1717.$2.50
1338. New York State. Report of the Forestry Commission. Large colored map and views, 4 phototypes, 57 pp., pr. covers. Albany, 1885.$1.25
1339. Nicol, Walter. (Edited and Completed by Edward Sang.) The Planter’s Kalendar; or, The Nurseryman’s and Forester’s Guide in the Operations of Nursery, Forest and Grove. Orig. boards, cracked, uncut, 595 pp., 3 plates, 2 colored. Edinburgh, 1812.$2.00
1340. Phillips, Henry. Sylva Florifera, The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically treated, with observations on Ornamental Plantations and Picturesque Scenery. A most valuable historic work on Old English Trees and Shrubs. 2 vols., half mor., fine set. London, 1823.$3.00
1341. Pontey, Wm. The Forest Pruner, or, Timber Owner’s Assistant. Treatise on the Management of British Timber Trees (etc.). Examination of the Properties of English Fir Timber, the Management of Oak Woods. 277 pp., calf, eight folding plates, some colored, showing grain of the wood, very useful book. Huddersfield (1805).$2.50
1341A. Pontey, Wm. Same. Third Ed. Boards, cracked, uncut, 277 pp., 8 plates. London, 1810.$2.50
1341B. Pontey, Wm. Same. Fourth Edition. Boards, uncut, 248 pp. + Index, first 3 lines of title torn off, supplied in MS., 9 plates. Leeds, 1826.$2.00
1341C. Pontey, Wm. The Profitable Planter. Treatise on Theory and Practice of Planting Forest Trees, etc. Fourth ed., enlarged, with Appendix. Half calf, 267 pp., 1 plate, fine copy. London, 1814.$3.50
1342. Plants and Trees of Scripture. 16mo, gilt edges, 192 pp. London, (1860?)$1.00
1342A. Robinson, W. The Parks, Promenades and Gardens of Paris Considered in Relation to the Wants of Our Own Cities, etc. Royal 8vo, orig. figured cloth, 648 pp., uncut; first and best illus. ed., fine copy, rare. London, 1869.$5.00
1342B. Robinson, W. Same. Second Edition, Revised. Royal 8vo, uncut, 548 pp., illus. London, 1878.$3.00
1343. Rooke, Hayman. Descriptions and Sketches of Some Remarkable Oaks in the Park at Welbeck, Nottingham Co. 4to, uncut, 23 pp., 10 fine plates, extra fine copy. Very rare. London, 1790.$8.00
1344. Rossmakler, C. U. Der Wald, Den Freunden und Pflegern Des Waldes Geschildert. Zweite Auflage, durchgesehen, erganzt und verbessert von M. Willkomm. 671 pp., illus., colored maps. Leipzig und Heidelberg, 1871.$3.50
1345. Sargent, Chas. Sprague. The Sylva of North America. A description of the Trees which grow naturally in N. America, Exclusive of Mexico. Illus. with figures and Analysis drawn from Nature by Chas. Edward Faxon, and Engraved by Philibert and Eugéne Picart, with Index. A complete set, pub. at $350.00. which consumed twelve years in its publication. It is the most important work extant on the Forest Trees of N. America. With it is a letter from Mr. Sargent and another from the publishers regarding the work. 14 vols., royal 4to, boards, uncut, in fine condition. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1891-1902.$335.00
1346. Sargent, C. S. Catalogue of Forest Trees of N. America. Paper covers, 93 pp., printed on one side of paper, rare. Wash., 1880.$2.50
1347. Sargent, C. S. Report of the Forests of N. America (Exclusive of Mexico). 4to, 612 pp. Also large folio atlas of 16 colored maps. 2 vols. Wash., 1884.$4.50
1348. Sargent, C. S., and Robinson, J. The Native Woods of Essex Co., Mass. Account of General Distributions, Uses, Specific Gravity, Strength, etc. Author’s ed. Paper, 34 pp., uncut, 2 folding tables. Peabody Academy, Salem, 1885.$2.00
1349. Searle, January. Leaves from Sherwood Forest. 16mo, 180 pp., first ed., very rare. London, 1850.$2.25
1350. Sudworth, G. B. Check List of the Forest Trees of the U. S., their Names and Ranges. U. S. Dept. Agric. Forestry, Bull. No. 17. Paper, Wash., 1898.$1.25
1351. Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants Grown in Great Britain, and Sold by Knight and Perry, etc. 64 pp. London, circa. 1840.$2.75
1352. Thompson, James. Complete Treatise on Mensuration of Timber. [Containing New and Interesting Improvements, etc.,] with Descriptions of Sliding Rule and Gunter’s Scale. 16mo, calf, loose. Troy (N. Y., 1805).$1.50
1353. Timber Trees and Fruits. Illustrated with Wood Engravings. Library of Entert. Knowl. 12mo, half calf, 422 pp. London, 1830.$1.00
1354. Woodland Gleanings. 12mo, full gilt, 188 pp., illus., 1st ed., fine copy. London, 1837.$2.50
1355. (Wordsworth.) Sylvan Sketches, or, A Companion to the Park and Shrubbery, with Illustrations from the Works of the Poets. 408 pp., cracked, uncut, frontis. London, 1831.$2.00
1356. (Wordsworth.) Same. Boards, uncut, 408 pp. London, 1825.$2.25
1357. Abercrombie, John. The Garden Vade Mecum, or, Compendium of General Gardening, etc. First ed. 12 mo, calf, 585 pp., frontis. London, 1789.$3.00
1358. Abercrombie, John. The Complete Kitchen Gardener, and Hot-Bed Forcer, etc. 12mo, sheep, 509 pp. London, 1799.$3.00
1359. Adlum. On Making Wine. 12mo, stitched, uncut, unopened, 36 pp. Very rare first ed. of this pioneer American Wine Pamphlet. Georgetown, D. C., 1826.$3.00
1360. Agricola, G. A. The Experimental Husbandman and Gardener. Containing a New Method of Improving Estates and Gardens, etc. Trans. from the Original. Second ed., with Appendix by R. Bradley, Prof. of Botany, at Cambridge. 4to, calf, 314 pp., folding plates. London, 1726.$7.50
1361. Allen, R. L. The American Farm Book, or, Compend. of American Agriculture. Illus. Also, The Hasty Pudding. Poem in 3 Cantos by Joel Barlow, 11 pp. and Memoir on Maize by D. J. Browne. 48 pp. New York, 1850.$2.00
1362. American Gardener, Containing Directions for a Kitchen Garden, and for the Cultivation of Flower Gardens, Vineyards, Nurseries, Hop-Yards, Greenhouses, and Hot Houses. By John Gardiner and David Hepburn, late Gardeners to Gov. Mercer and General Mason. City of Washington: Pr. by Samuel H. Smith, for the Authors, 1804. 12mo, 208 pp., old calf, fine copy. Extremely rare.$8.00
1363. Anderson, James. A Practical Treatise on Peat Moss, Considered as Affording Fuel, or as Susceptible of Being Converted into Mold, etc. Tree calf, 150 pp. Edinburgh, 1794.$2.75
1364. Appleby, Thos. The Orchid Manual, for Cultivation of Stove, Greenhouse and Hardy Orchids, etc. 12mo, 92 pp., illus. London, n. d.$1.00
1365. Archer, Thos. C. Profitable Plants. Description of Articles of Vegetable Origin Used for Food, Clothing, Tanning, Dyeing, Medicine, etc. 12mo, uncut, 359 pp., 20 colored plates. London, 1853.$2.00
1366. Asa Gray Bulletin. Pub. Agric. College, Mich. and Wash., D. C. Incomplete. Vols. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 27 numbers in all. Vol. 8, complete. 1897 to 1900. Orig. paper covers, as a lot,$2.75
1367. Barton, B. S. Epitome of Mr. Forsyth’s Treatise on Culture and Management of Fruit Trees, etc. Also, Economical Principles in Building Farmers’ Habitations. Calf, loose, 192 pp., plates, rare. Phila., 1804.$2.00
1368. Beecher, Henry Ward. The Western Farmer and Gardner. Vol. 2. Unbound, uncut, contains Beecher’s Almanac for 1847. This is the continuation of vol. 1 of Beecher’s Journal which was called Indiana Farmer and Gardener. Rare. Indianapolis, 1846.$2.00
1369. Birkbeck, Morris. Notes on a Journey Through France in 1814. Describing Habits of People and Agriculture of Country. Fifth ed., with Appendix. Boards, uncut, 138 pp. London, 1815.$1.25
1370. Black, John J., M. D. The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear, on the Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula. With a Chapter on Quince Culture and the Culture of Some of the Nut Bearing Trees. 397 pp., 8 plates. Wilmington, 1886.$2.50
1371. Blake, Rev. J. L. Conversations on Vegetable Physiology, comprehending Elements of Botany with their Application to Agriculture. 12mo, calf, 372 pp., colored and plain plates. Boston, 1830.$1.50
1372. Board of Agriculture for Promoting the Internal Improvement of Great Britain. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Pres. Founded 1793. A series of 6, 4to vols., including a large number of titles, chiefly devoted to separately paged monographs on the agriculture of the various Counties of Great Britain and Ireland, by local experts, many of them illus. by engravings and maps. The first vol. has a “Plan of Agreement Among the Powers in Europe and United States of America for the Rewarding Discoveries of General Benefit to Society.” By Sir J. Sinclair. Printed both in French and English. 6 vols., half calf and marbled boards, in fine condition, large paper copy, originally the property of John Horncastle whose book label is in each vol. London, various dates from 1794-1795.$18.00
1373. Bordley, J. B. Essays and Notes on Husbandry and Rural Affairs. Second ed., with many additions and 2 extra copper plates by Bordley, of Md. Nearly 600 pp., new cloth, uncut. Phila., 1801.$1.75
1374. Bourne, H. Flores Poetici. The Florist’s Manual. Designed as an Introduction to Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany, for Cultivators of Flowers, with 80 beautifully colored engravings of Poetic Flowers. Orig. ed., 288 pp. Boston, 1833.$2.75
1374A. Bradley, Mrs. Martha. The British Housewife, or, the Cook, Housekeeper’s, Gardiner’s Companion. Containing a General Account of Fresh Provisions of all Kinds, Nature of all Kinds of Foods, Bill of Fare for each Month, Recipes, etc., etc. 2 vols., calf, 752 + 469 pp., 8 plates, frontis. to 1st vol. Old MS. notes throughout of much interest, curious and rare. London, circa. 1780?.$6.00
1375. Brewing. Complete Family Brewer, or, Best Method of Brewing or Making Strong Ale and Small Beer, For Use of Private Families, etc. 12mo, uncut, orig. covers, 24+12 pp. Phila., 1805.$1.75
1376. Bright, Wm. Bright’s Single Stem, Dwarf and Renewal System of Grape Culture, etc. 12mo, 123 pp. Phila., 1860.$1.25
1377. California. Biennial Report of State Board of Horticulture. Second for 1885-86. Colored plates, $1.25. Third for 38th and 39th years, $1.00. Fourth for 1893-4, 75c. Eighth for 1901-2,75c.
1378. California. Ann. Reports of State Board of Horticulture. First, 3rd and 4th, for 1889, 1891-2. The third in paper. 3 vols.$2.00
1379. California. First and Second Ann. Report of the Chief Executive Viticultural Officer. Paper, 2 vols. Sacramento, 1882-84.$1.50
1380. Carroll, B. R., Editor. The Southern Agriculturist and Register of Rural Affairs Adapted to Southern Section of U. S. Vol. 12, No. 7. Paper covers, pp. 337 to 402, inclus. Rare R. R. and Canal Maps. Charleston, S. C., July, 1839.$1.25
1381. Cobbett, Wm. The English Gardener. Treatise on Situation, Soil, etc., of Kitchen Gardens, Cultivation of Fruit Trees, Shrubs and Flowers, etc. Orig. boards, uncut, paper label, 338 pp., plates and cuts. London, 1833.$2.75
1382. Cobbett, Wm. A Treatise on Cobbett’s Corn. Instructions for Propagating and Cultivating, Harvesting, Preserving Crop, etc. 12mo, half calf, much relative to America. London, 1828.$2.50
1383. Complete Farmer. A General Dictionary of Husbandry, with a Great Variety of New Discoveries and Improvements, The Gardener’s Kalendar, etc. By a Society of Gentlemen. Third ed., corrected and improved. 4to, calf, fully illus., folding copper plates, fine copy. London, 1777.$5.00
1384. Cooling, Edwin. The Domestic Gardener’s Assistant, etc. 12mo, 60 pp. Derby, 1837.$1.25
1385. Copeland, Robt. Morris. Country Life. Hand-Book of Agriculture, Horticulture, etc. Fifth ed., revised. 804 pp. + Supplement of nearly 100 pp., illus. Boston, 1866.$3.00
1386. Cottage Gardener. Country Gentlemen’s Companion and Poultry Chronicle. A Journal of Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, Botany and Natural History. Conducted by George W. Johnson and Robert Hogg. Vols. 24-27, inclus.; 38, 39, 43-48, inclus. Bound in 12 4to vols., half calf, marbled paper sides, very fully illus., by finely executed woodcuts. London, 1860-72. The lot,$18.00
1387. Country Gentleman’s Pocket Companion and Builder’s Assistant for Rural Decorative Architecture, Designs for Summer Houses, Grotto’s etc., in the Augustine, Gothick and Chinese Taste. Engraved on 25 Copper Plates from Designs by Wm. and John Halfpenny. Calf. London, 1753.$2.50
1388. Coventry, Dr. Notes on the Cultivation and Cropping of Arable Land. Paper covers, 48+32+8 pp. Edinburgh, 1812.$2.00
1389. Curtis, Wm. Practical Observations on the British Grasses, Especially such as are Adapted to the Laying Down or Improving of Meadows and Pastures. Additions by John Lawrence and Short Account of Diseases of Corn, etc. By Sir Joseph Banks. Boards, uncut, colored plates, 116 pp. Fifth ed. London, 1812.$2.00
1390. Cyder. A Poem in 2 Books. Fine old paneled calf, gilt, extra wide margins, 89 pp., frontis. London, 1708.$4.50
1391. Darwin, E. Phytologia, or, The Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With Theory of Draining Morasses. Calf, binding broken, plates (one of insects and another of the embryo-chick). Chapters on the arteries, veins, glands, muscles, brain and organs of reproduction of vegetables. Dublin, 1800.$2.00
1392. Delaware, Peninsula Horticultural Society. Transactions of 15th, 17th to 21st Annual Sessions, inclus. Printed paper covers, illus. Dover, Del., 1902, 1904-08, inclus. 6 pieces.$2.00
1393. Dicks, John. A New Gardener’s Dictionary. Containing the Most Approved Methods of Cultivating Trees, Plants and Flowers. The Shrubbery, Kitchen Garden, etc. Folio, old calf, plates, engr. frontis. London, 1769.$4.00
1394. Dictionarium, Rusticum and Urbanicum. A Dictionary of all Sorts of Country Affairs, Handicraft, Trading and Merchandizing. Illus. with cuts of all sorts of Nets, Traps, Engines, etc. Paneled calf, illus. London, 1704.$4.00
1395. Dictionarium, Rusticum, Urbanicum and Botanicum or, Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, etc. 2 vols. Third ed., revised, corrected, etc. Calf, illus. London, 1726.$6.00
1396. Dictionarium, Rusticum, Etc. Same. Fourth Ed., Revised, etc. 2 vols. in 1, 12mo, half mor., illus. London, 1765.$5.00
1397. Donn, Jas. Hortus Cantabrigiensis, or, An Accented Catalogue of Indigenous and Exotic Plants cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. Improved by Pursh. Additions by Lindley. 415 pp., boards, uncut, broken. London, 1826.$1.50
1398. Du Monceau, Duhamel. The Elements of Agriculture. Trans. from French and Revised by Philip Miller. 2 vols. Calf, folding plates, rare. London, 1764.$3.50
1399. Early Agriculture of New York. Memoirs of the Board of Agriculture of the State of New York. Vol. 1. xlviii + 16 + 364 + 109 pp., first ed., printed boards, uncut. Contains Report of Geological Survey of County of Albany, by T. Romeyn Beck. Also orig. letters from Geo. Washington to Sinclair and James Madison’s Address to the Va. Agric. Soc, in 1818. Albany, N. Y., 1821.$3.50
1400. Edwards, Rev. J. Glenny’s Catechism of Gardening. Instructions for Culture of Vegetables and Fruit Trees, etc. Second ed. 12mo, pr. covers, 72 pp. London (1849).$1.00
1401. Fairfield Orchids, Descriptive Catalogue of Species Grown by James Brooke & Co., Manchester, etc. 128 pp., uncut. London, 1872.$2.00
1402. Flagg, W. J. Three Seasons in European Vineyards, Treating of Vine Culture, Vine Disease, Wine Making, etc. 12mo, first ed., illus. New York, 1869.$1.00
1403. Flint, James. Letters from America. Observations on Climate and Agriculture of Western States, Manners of People, Prospects of Emigrants, etc. Half calf, cracked, 330 pp. Contains many notices of trees and shrubs. Edinburgh, 1822.$3.50
1404. Floricultural Cabinet, The, and Florist’s Magazine. Conducted by Jos. Harrison. 6 vols., half calf, numerous colored plates. London, 1833-1838.$7.50
1405. Florist’s Journal and Gardener’s Record. With a Dictionary of Hardy Trees and Shrubs. 3 vols. (all published). Half calf, colored plates and title-page. Contains 3 Dictionaries. 1, Fruit and Vegetables; 2, Trees and Shrubs; 3, Flowers. Rare. London, Pr. by C. and J. Aplard, for R. Groombridge & Sons, circa. 1830.$5.00
1406. Florist’s Manual, The. Hints for Construction of a Gay Flower Garden, etc. 12mo, boards, uncut, 74 pp., illus. London, 1816.$1.25
1407. Forbes, James. Hortus Woburnensis. A Descriptive Catalogue of Upwards of 6000 Ornamental Plants Cultivated at Woburn Abbey, etc. Half calf, uncut, 440 pp., folding plates. London, 1833.$5.00
1408. Force, Peter. Summary of the Principal Chinese Treatises upon the Culture of the Mulberry and the Rearing of Silk Worms. Translated from the Chinese. 198 pp., 10 plates (Chinese). Wash., 1838.$1.50
1409. Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement. Conducted by J. C. Loudon, F. L. S. Vols. 1 to 7, inclus., illus., half calf, marbled boards, fine set. 7 vols. London, 1826-1631.$14.00
1410. Gardener’s Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser. Edited by Thomas Meehan. The first 5 vols. of this estimable work profusely illus. by woodcuts and plain and colored plates. All the Advertisements bound in 3 bound vols. Vol. 1, folio, half mor. Vols. 2 to 5, inclus., in 2 vols. 4to, full mor. These early vols. are hard to find. Phila., 1859-63.$6.00
1411. Gardens. De Re Hortensi Libellus Vulgaria, Herbarum, Florum, ac fruticum, qui in hortis conseri solent nemina Latinis vocibus efferre docens ex probatis authoribus. 12mo, vellum, 112 pp. Roberti Stephani. Printed by a celebrated typographer. Parisiis, 1535.$4.50
1412. Gardiner, J. and Hepburn, D. The American Gardener Containing ample directions for working a Kitchen Garden every month in the Year and copious instructions for the cultivation of Flower Gardens, Vineyards, Nurseries, etc. 208 pp., 12mo, calf. City of Washington, Pr. by S. H. Smith for the Author, 1804.$8.00
1413. Gentil, Francis. Le Jardinier Solitaire, The Solitary or Carthusian Gard’ner, Dialogues between a Gentleman and a Gard’ner, containing Methods to Make and Cultivate all Sorts of Gardens, Reflections on the Culture of Trees, etc. (Also) The Compleat Florist, etc., by the Sieur Louis Liger D’Auxerre. Newly Done into English. Old calf, broken, 488 pp., many quaint plates and cuts, part of one plate torn away, title soiled, very rare. London, 1706.$7.00
1414. Gilpin, Wm. S. Practical Hints upon Landscape Gardening, with Remarks on Domestic Architecture, etc. Second ed., 235 pp., uncut, 16 plates. London, 1835.$3.50
1415. Gooseberry Growers’ Register. Account of Different Gooseberry Shows Held in Lancashire and Cheshire, etc. For 1843, 1846, 1859, 1869, 1878. 5 vols. 12mo, cloth and paper covers, 5 pieces. Manchester and Macclesfield.$3.75
1416. Grainger, James, M. D. The Sugar Cane. A Poem in Four Books. With Notes. 4to, boards, uncut, 167 pp., frontis., fine copy, rare. London, 1764.$3.00.
1417. Grass Culture. (1) The Advantages and Methods of Watering Meadows by Art. With 2 plates. By Rev. T. Wright. Cirencester, 1790. (2) Treatise on Alabaster or Gypsum; a Cheap Manure, Particularly for Grass Lands. By Rich’d Weston. London, 1791. (3) Practical Observations on the British Grasses Adapted to Improving Meadows, etc. With Enumeration of the British Grasses. Second ed., with Additions. By Wm. Curtis. London, 1790. 3 works bound together. Boards, 48 + 48 + 67 pp. plates.$3.50
1418. Great American Aloe. Cowell, John. The Curious and Profitable Gardener, Containing Experiments for Improving Land by Grain and Seeds. Exact Description of American Aloe, etc. In 2 parts. Sheep, 126 + 67 pp., folding plate, very scarce. London, 1730.$6.00
1419. Grew, Nehemiah. An Idea of a Phytological History Propounded, With a Continuation of the Anatomy of Vegetables, Particularly Prosecuted Upon Roots, etc. 12mo, old calf, 144 pp. + Explication of plates, folding plates. London, 1673.$5.00
1420. Grundy, Cuthbert C. Notes on the Food of Plants. 12mo, 142 pp. London, 1871.$1.50
1421. Guide to Gentlemen and Farmers for Brewing the Finest Malt Liquors, etc. Fourth ed., with Receipts for Physical Ales, etc. 12mo, 40 pp. London, 1724.$1.25
1422. Hale, Thos. A Compleat Body of Husbandry. To Which is Annexed, The Whole Management of the Orchard, the Brewhouse and the Dairy. Compiled from Original Papers of Thomas Hale, and Enlarged from Collections of Col. Stevenson, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Hawkins, etc. Illus. with a great number of cuts, some of which, particularly the Plans of small Farm Houses are not contained in the English Edition. 4 vols., calf, folding plates, name on title-page. Dublin, 1757.$6.00
1423. Hale, Thos. A Compleat Body of Husbandry, etc. Same. Folio, old calf, cracked, 719 pp., illus. Relates to Forestry, etc. London, 1756.$6.00
1424. Hales, Steph. Vegetable Staticks. Account of Some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables, etc. Calf, 376 pp., illus. London, 1727.$3.00
1425. Hanson, H. C., Editor. Florist, The, and Horticultural Journal, Horticulture, Botany, Entomology, etc. Vols. 2 and 3. 2 vols., half mor., fine colored plates, scarce. Phila., 1853-54.$1.75
1426. Harrison, Charles. Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees. Second ed., boards, uncut, paper label, 356 pp., woodcuts. London, 1825.$3.00
1427. Harrison, J. The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists’ Magazine. Vols. 5 and 6 in 1 vol., half calf, col. plates. London, 1837-38.$2.25
1428. Haynes, Thos. An Essay on Soils and Composts Necessary in Propagation and Culture of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Plants and Flowers, etc. Boards, uncut, 95 pp., very scarce. London, 1821.$2.50
1429. Hewitt, Robert, Jr. Coffee, its History, Cultivation and Uses. Illus. with Original Designs by Eminent American Artists and a Map of the World Showing Where Coffee is Produced and Used. 8vo, original figured cloth, uncut, 102 pp., illus., colored frontis. Autograph pres. copy from the Author to John Ashcroft. New York, 1872.$2.50
1430. Hughes, John A. Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening. 179 pp., uncut, illus. London, 1866.$2.75
1431. Hoffy, A., Editor and Proprietor. The Orchardists’ Companion. A Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Fruits of the United States. Embellished with Richly Colored Designs of the Natural Size. Painted from the Fruits when in their Finest Conditions. Vols. 1 and 2, or rather. Vol. 1 as issued in 2 parts, simultaneously, constituting the first Year’s publication of this Work between the months of April, 1841, and March, 1842. Part 1 of text relating to history and gardening operations. Part 2 of plates and their descriptions. There are 68 numbered pages of the former, and 48 colored plates, with their accompanying text unnumbered in the latter part. Bound together in 1 vol., 4to, half roan, in good condition. Very rare. Phila., 1841.$7.00
1432. Hoffy’s N. Amer. Pomologist, Containing Numerous Finely Colored Drawings, Descriptions, etc., of Fruits of American Origin. Ed. by W. D Brinckle. Book No. 1, all pub’d, 4to, somewhat foxed, portrait. Phila., 1860.$3.00
1433. Hogg, Robert. The Apple and Its Varieties. History and Description of the Varieties of Apples Cultivated in Great Britain. 306 pp., illus. London, 1859.$2.00
1434. Hogg, Thos. A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Rose and other Flowers, Including Dissertation on Soils and Manures, etc. Fifth ed., with Additions. 12mo, 275 pp., colored plates, uncut. London (1832).$2.00
1435. Hogg, Robt. The Fruit Manual. Descriptions and Synonyms of Fruits and Fruit Trees commonly met with in the Gardens and Orchards of Great Britain, etc. 12mo, 280 pp. London, 1860.$1.75
1436. Hole, Rev. S. Reynolds. The Six of Spades. A Book About the Garden and the Gardener. Small 4to, 236 pp., unopened, as new, rare. Edinburgh and London, 1872.$2.50
1437. Hooper, E. J. Hooper’s Western Fruit Book. Collection of Facts from Notes and Experience of Successful Fruit Culturists for Use in Orchard and Garden. 333 pp., frontis., portrait of Pomologists, colored plates. Cincinnati, 1857.$2.50
1438. Horticulurist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste. Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, etc. Edited by Downing, Barry and Smith. 13 vols., half mor., plain and colored plates. Albany, 1847-58.$15.00
1439. Hortus Anglicus, or, The Modern English Garden. Arranged According to the System of Linnæus, etc. By Author of The British Botanist. 2 vols., boards, 12mo, uncut, 511+589 pp., include Amer. spp. London, 1822.$3.75
1440. Hudson, John. The Florist’s Companion. Containing Culture and Properties of Plants Adapted to Northern Parts of this Kingdom, etc. 12mo, boards, cracked, 83 pp., uncut, Bewick cuts. Newcastle Upon-Tyne, (1794).$1.50
1441. Iowa. Bulletin From the Botanical Dept of the State Agric. College, Ames, Iowa, by Byron D. Halsted. Pr. paper covers, 3 plates, cuts, 118 pp., rare, fine copy. Ames, 1888.$1.25
1442. Irrigation. United States Geol. Survey. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers. Nos. 65 to 118, inclus.; also Nos. 123, 137 to 140, 142, 147, 151, 152, 159, 160, 162, 164, 172, 174, 175, 177, 179, 180. Pr. paper covers, illus. Wash., 1902 to 1906. The lot.$4.00
1443. Johnson and Hogg (Editors). The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman. Vols. 4 to 8, inclus., new series, finely illus. 5 vols., 4to, half mor., gilt tops, fine set. London, 1863-5.$1.75
1444. Johnson, Louisa. Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener. 16mo, full gilt, 136 pp., illus., colored frontis. London, 1850.$1.00
1445. Jones, Wm. The Gardener’s Receipt Book. Interesting Facts and Practical Information Useful in Horticulture. Fourth ed., enlarged. 16mo, full gilt, 83 pp. London, 1858.$1.25
1446. Kansas State Agric. College. Second Ann. Rept. Exper. Station Manhattan. Pr. covers, 370 pp., 11 plates. Topeka, 1890.$1.25
1447. Kenrick, Wm. New American Orchardist, etc., With Description of Ornamental Forest Trees, Shrubs, etc. Rare 1st ed. 12mo, half mor., 424 pp. Boston, 1833.$2.25
1448. Kenrick, Wm. Same. And the Culture of Silk, Appendix on Vegetables, etc. Second ed., 12mo, 419 pp. Boston, 1835.$1.75
1448A. Kenrick, Wm. Same. Seventh Ed., Enlarged and Improved, with Supplement. 449 pp. Boston, 1844.$1.00
1449. Killebrew, J. B. The Grasses of Tennessee, including Cereals and Forage Plants. 8vo, half roan, 511 pp., illus. Nashville, 1878.$3.50
1450. Knight, T. A. Treatise on Culture of the Apple and Pear, and Manufacture of Cider and Perry. Third ed., enlarged. 12mo, boards, uncut, 156 pp., fine copy. Ludlow, 1809.$2.50
1451. Knight, T. A. Same. Fifth Edition. 12mo, half calf, 177 pp. London, 1818.$2.25
1452. Knoop, J. H. (1) Pomologia Dat is Beschryvingen en Afbeelhingen van de Bests Appels en Peeren, etc. (2) Fructologia of Beschryving der Vrugtbomen en Vrugten, etc. (3) Dendrologia, of Beschryving der Plantagie-Gewassen, etc. 3 works bound in 1 folio vol., boards, uncut, 86 + 132 + 168 pp., 3 title-pages. Fine colored plates of Fruits. Dutch works of great merit. Leeuwarden, 1758, 1763, 1763.$22.50
1453. Lance, E. J. The Hop Farmer. Complete Account of Hop Culture. First ed., 212 pp., colored map, extra illus. London, 1838.$2.50
1454. Langley, Batty. Pomona, or, The Fruit Garden, Illus., Containing Sure Methods for Improving all the best kinds of Fruits now extant in England. Calculated from great variety of Experiments made in all kind of Soils and Aspects (etc.). Likewise several Practical Observations on the Imbibing Power and Perspirations of Fruit Trees (etc.). To which is added a curious account of the most valuable Cyder-Fruits of Devonshire. Illus. with above 300 drawings of the several fruits curiously engraven on 79 large folio plates. Old panel calf, folio, title rubricated. London, 1729.$14.50
1455. Lawrence, John. The Clergy-Man’s Recreation, Shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening. Fifth ed. (Also) The Fruit-Garden Kalendar. Summary of the Art of Managing the Fruit Garden, with Appendix. Boards, 115 pp. + 149 pp. 2 title-pages, folding plates. Very rare. London, 1717 and 1718.$6.00
1456. Lawrence, John. Same. In 2 Parts. Third Ed. calf, folding plates, 2 title pages, 2 frontis., fine copy. London, 1715, 1716.$3.50
1457. Lawrence, John. Same. Old calf, cracked, lacks portrait frontis. The Fruit-Garden Kalendar bears date London, 1718.$4.50
1458. Lawrence, John. The Clergyman’s Recreation, Shewing the Pleasure of the Art of Gardening, etc. Sixth ed. London, 1726. (Also) The Gentleman’s Recreation; or, The Second Part of the Art of Gardening Improved, etc. Third ed. London, 1723. (Also) The Fruit Garden Kalendar, etc. With Appendix. Second ed. London, 1736. 3 works in 1 vol., paneled calf, folding plates, portrait by Vertue, very scarce.$6.00