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Seeds: The Definitive Guide to Growing, History and Lore Hard cover - 1995

by Loewer, Peter

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New York: Macmillan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0025740423 . 1995. Cover is light yellow with black spine; slight bumping, gold lettering on spine. DJ is in a Brodart cover. Pages are clean and tight, still crisp; black remainder mark on bottom of pages. Illustrated with dozens of delightful b/w drawings and diagrams. "The life of a garden begins and ends with a seed. Explanantions of virtually everything that happens in between--including germination, indoor and ourdoor cultivation, and seed collection for all types of plants--can be found in Seeds: ...Unlike any other book on the subject, Seeds artfully blends a wide scope of hands-on gardening techniques with scientific information and folk-lore. The result is a comprehensive tome on the subject of seeds replete with listings of seed nurseries, exchanges and even poetry related to seeds. " Really nice and different book for those enamored of plants and gardening. ; Remainder; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2; 230 pages .
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  • Title Seeds: The Definitive Guide to Growing, History and Lore
  • Author Loewer, Peter
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Macmillan, New York
  • Date 1995
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 848
  • ISBN 9780025740426 / 0025740423
  • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.57 x 6.44 x 0.85 in (24.31 x 16.36 x 2.16 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Seeds, Seed technology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95035876
  • Dewey Decimal Code 631.521

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The plant kingdom ranks second to the animal kingdom in the diversity of its members, and, unfortunately, to most eyes, plants appear to have a much simpler structure than animals.

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