Description: Hortus Third The one essential authoritative reference work to the plants of North American horticulture* 1,312 pages* 23,979 entries with description for families, genera, and species* 10,326 cross-indexed synonyms* A large but uncounted number of entries for subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars* Notes on use, culture, and propagation* 187 general articles* 260 illustrations* 3,293 authors of botanical names cited* 1,105 glossary definitions of botanical terms* 10,408 common namesMore than two decades were spent in writing and producing Hortus Third. It is the outgrowth of a program of research in the systematics of cultivated plants, initiated in the late nineteenth century by Liberty Hyde Bailey and continuing today within the framework of his philosophy that knowledge in basic science should be made available to society as a whole. Hortus Third is for advanced horticulturists and others interested in cultivated plants, including horticultural and garden writers, gardeners, nurserymen, landscape architects, botanists, and professional scientists in universities, botanical gardens, extension services, and government.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1976
Modified Item: No
Personalized: No
Subject: Botany
Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Region: North America
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Bailey, Liberty Hyde, and Bailey, Ethel Zoe
Signed: No
Topic: Gardening
Place of Publication: New York
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
