FLOWERS OF THE FIELD. With an Appendix Including The Pipe-Wort Tribe (Eriocauleae), The Sedge Tribe (Cyperaceae), and The Grass Tribe (Gramineae)
by Johns, Rev. C.A. Revised throughout and edited by Clarence Elliott
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- Hardcover
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Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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London: George Routledge & Sons, (nd). Turn of the century. 12th imp.. 8vo. xx+378 pp. 96 colour plates with illus by E.N. Gwatkin and 245 illus in text. Green cloth; spine lettering and cover vignette gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Rubbing to corners and head of spine; light soiling to top board. Foxing to . endpapers. Binding bright. A good plus copy..
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- About Books, ABAC (CA)
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- Title
- FLOWERS OF THE FIELD. With an Appendix Including The Pipe-Wort Tribe (Eriocauleae), The Sedge Tribe (Cyperaceae), and The Grass Tribe (Gramineae)
- Author
- Johns, Rev. C.A. Revised throughout and edited by Clarence Elliott
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George Routledge & Sons, (nd). Turn of the century. 12th imp.
- Keywords
- Wildflowers, Botany, Wild Flowers
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