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1. Boyle, Jesse George. VEGETABLE
GROWING.. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1917.
350 pages. Scarce title. Includes 154 photographic illustrations. Red cloth
covers show quite a bit of wear to the spine edges and corners. Corners are
rubbed and slightly bumped. Some soiling to the binding. Pages are tightly
bound. The former owner has signed his name in a few places in pencil at the
bottom of chapter conclusions. $75.00
2. Card, Fred W. BUSH-FRUITS:
A HORTICULTURAL MONOGRAPH OF RASPBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, DEWBERRIES, CURRANTS
GOOSEBERRIES, AND OTHER SHRUB-LIKE FRUITS.. New
York: Macmillan, 1907. 537 pages. Shelf wear to spine and corners. A few small
scuffed spots to the binding. Nice gilt-illustrated front cover. $25.00
3. Clark, Stephen L. A
FLORA OF THE CENTRAL WASATCH.. [n.p.]: Private
Printing, 1997. 192 pages. Some shelf wear and light soiling. Softcovers.
Scattered pencil notations to text. $4.95
4. Dorn, Robert D. FLORA
OF THE BLACK HILLS.. [n.p.]: Privately Printed,
1977. 377 pages. Orange softcover binding. Ex-library, with labels on spine and
a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover.
Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $22.00
5. Dorner, Herman B. WINDOW
GARDENING. With illustrations from photographs.. Indianapolis:
Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. 152 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. Small mark on bottom of spine, but no evidence of this copy being
ex-library. Nice decorated front cover. $25.00
6. Fortier, Samuel. IRRIGATION
OF ORCHARDS. Farmers' Bulletin 404.. Washington,
D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1927. 28 pages. Staple-bound paper covers.
Slight darkening to the edges of the covers. $7.00
7. Gray, Asa. GRAY'S
LESSONS IN BOTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY.. New
York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. , 1880. 236 pages. Heavy shelf wear to
spine and corners. Leather spine. A few stains to covers. Corners worn ad rubbed
through cloth. Binding tight. Woodcut illustrations. $10.00
8. Gray, Asa and Coulter, John M.. GRAY
AND COULTER'S TEXT-BOOK OF WESTERN BOTANY, CONSISTING OF COULTER'S MANUAL OF THE
BOTANY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, TO WHICH IS PREFIXED GRAY'S LESSONS IN BOTANY.. Chicago:
American Book Company, 1885. 452 pages. Slight shelf wear and rubbing to spine
and corners. Corners somewhat bumped. A clean and bright copy. $9.95
9. Harrington, H.D. MANUAL
OF THE PLANTS OF COLORADO. FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE FERNS AND FLOWERING
PLANTS OF THE STATE.. Denver, Colorado: Sage
Books, 1954. 666 pages. Ex-library. Entirely rebound in blue-green library
buckram. with spine marks and label and pocket removal marks inside the front
cover. $19.75
10. Hedrick, U.P.-editor. STURTEVANT'S
NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station
for the Year 1919-#2.. Albany, New York: J.B. Lyon
Company, State Printers, 1919. 686 pages. Large green cloth covers. Slight shelf
wear to the spine edges and corners. Overall clean and tight. A very nice copy
of importance natural history publication. $30.00
11. Holmgren, Arthur H. HANDBOOK
OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF THE NORTHERN WASATCH.. Logan,
Utah: Privately Printed, 1948. 1948 printing. Spiral-bound. Wear and rubbing to
spine and corners. Ring binding. Flexible cloth covers. $2.75
12. Killebrew, J.B. GRASSES
AND FORAGE PLANTS.. Knoxville: University of
Tennessee Press, 1899. 141 pages. Original softbound green covers. Some chipping
and tears to paper at the spine. Slight discoloration to the covers. $35.00
13. Marsh, C.D. STOCK-POISONING
PLANTS OF THE RANGE.. Washington D.C: United
States Department of Agriculture, 1929. 75 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear
and slight chipping to paper spine. Numerous photographic plates. $17.50
14. Peavy, George W. OREGON'S
COMMERCIAL FORESTS: THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE STATE.. Salem,
Oregon: Salem Printing Department, 1922. 80 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear
and browning around the left edge of the front cover. $15.00
15. Richards, B. L. VIRUS
AND VIRUSLIKE DISEASES OF STONE FRUITS IN UTAH.. Logan,
Utah: Utah State Agricultural Expe, ca. 1957. Hardback edition. Signed by the
author. Some wear to spine and corners. Hardback copy. Signed by author.
Includes a detailed listing of diseases, with photographs and pathological
descriptions for identification. A very good resource book. $23.50
16. Rogers, Walter E. TREE
FLOWERS OF FOREST, PARK, AND STREET.. Appleton,
Wisconsin: Privately Printed, 1935. 1st Edition. 500 pages. Ex-library, with
labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels
inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight.
Nice silver illustrated front covers. Overall light library wear. $28.00
17. Sorauer, Paul. A
POPULAR TREATISE ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS FOR THE USE OF GARDENERS OR FOR
STUDENTS OF HORTICULTURE AND OF AGRICULTURE.. London:
Longmans, Green & Company, 1895. 256 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine
and corners. A few pages have pencil notations. $10.00
18. Sudworth, George B. CHECK
LIST OF THE FOREST TREES OF THE UNITED STATES: THEIR NAMES AND RANGES.. Washington,
DC: Government Printing Office, 1898. 144 pages. Red leather binding and marbled
paper over board covers. There is a small chip to the leather at the top of the
spine. The corners are rubbed through. The binding is tight. A good reference
book. $10.00
19. Warder, John A. HEDGES
AND EVERGREENS: A COMPLETE MANUAL FOR THE CULTIVATION, PRUNING, AND MANAGEMENT
OF ALL PLANTS SUITABLE FOR AMERICAN HEDGING, ESPECIALLY THE MACLURA, OR OSAGE
ORANGE.. New York: Orange Judd, 1858. 291 pages.
Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Discoloration and some
soiling to the covers. Some of the pages have foxing at the edges. Illustrated
with 12 woodcut plates and 15 woodcut engravings. $58.00
20. Welsh, Stanley L.-et al. A
UTAH FLORA. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs.. Provo,
Utah: Brigham Young University, 1987. 894 pages. Some shelf wear to the edges of
the binding. The bottom corner of the text block has a small spill stain. $17.50
21. Willis, J.C. A
DICTIONARY OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS.. London:
Cambridge University Press, 1966. 1214 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine
of book and dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover. There is
a library label on the front cover of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine
and corners. The binding is tight. $5.50