The Amateur's Greenhouse and Conservatory. A handy guide to the construction and management of plant-houses, and the selection, cultivation, and improvement of ornamental greenhouse and conservatory plants english Owner name and address in

Owner name and address in manuscript to first free endpaper

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The Amateur's Greenhouse and Conservatory. A handy guide to the construction and management of plant-houses, and the selection, cultivation, and improvement of ornamental greenhouse and conservatory plants english Owner name and address inLondon: Groombridge, 1880. Early edition. 8vo; pp. [i], 272 + [16] publisher's catalogue; six coloured folding plates and numerous engravings and diagrams in the text. Publisher's green decorative cloth, gilt. Ends of spine rolled and tips of corners starting to fray in places. Foxing to titlepage and to verso of some of the plates. A VG+ copy.