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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 232, xxv pp. ; illustrated, 19 photographic plates, 3 in color ; 21 cm. ; John Horace McFarland (1859-1948) was an American master printer and horticulturist. Throughout his career, he advocated for civic beautification, and he became a leader in the conservation movement of the early twentieth century. These early experiences instilled the passion for horticultural beauty and the business expertise that distinguished him personally and professionally. He eventually purchased his father's press. Combining the skills learned from these early experiences, he established a successful printing company of his own. He founded the J. Horace McFarland Company/Mount Pleasant Press, specializing in seed catalogs and nursery trade publications. Over the course of his lifetime, McFarland wrote and lectured extensively on horticulture, printing methods, and civic improvement. McFarland was a prominent member of the American Rose Society. Contents : Why do you like roses? / B Y Morisson -- Favorite moss roses / Jesse A Currey -- Tea roses for southern climates / George C Thomas, Jr -- The land of enchantment / Edmund M Mills -- Interesting boys and girls in roses / J Horace McFarland -- A beginner's experiences / Dwight L Armstrong -- East and West beginnings and experiences / John F Mahneke -- Own-root roses again / G A Stevens -- Buying roses from traveling agents -- Why we stopped selling roses in Sping / George H Petereson -- Rose understocks at Arlington Farm / Guy E Yerkes -- Rose-breeding in theory and practice -- Chromosomes and their relation to rose problems / Kathleen B Blackburn -- Mendelian principles and rose hybridization / J H Nicolas -- Artificial fertilization / J Pernet-Ducher -- Parents and offspring / Capt. George C THomas, Jr -- Handling seeds and seedlings / Allan C Fraser -- Roses and their hybridization in Spain / Pedro Dot -- Hybridization from a woman's viewpoint / Rena E Wilbur -- A poor start makes poor roses / W L Bredero -- The Northeast corner, a double symposium -- Roses in New England -- Roses in Maine / Dr. George T Elliot -- New Hampshire roses / Dr. Joseph Boylston -- Green Mountain roses / Edna V Highley -- Roses in Vermont / R R Campbell -- Practical methods / Mrs. A H Parker -- Along the New England seaboard / John Barrow -- Rhode Island roses / R Marion Hatton -- Roses and heresies in Connecticut / Alexander Cummings, Jr -- Roses in New York and Ontario -- Simplified rose culture on Long Island / Mrs Tracy H Lewis -- Planting and feeding roses / A Schierenberg -- Roses in Central New York / Dr. G Griffin Lewis -- Amateur rose-growing in Rochester / Paul Seel, Elsie Seel - A home rose-garden in Ithaca / E A White -- A Buffalo backyard rose-garden / Oscar S Witte -- Roswe varieties in Ontario / Paul B Sanders -- Thomas, Pemberton, and Lambert roses / Whitman Cross -- Color standardization for roses / H S Tillotson -- Considering new varieties / Capt. George C Thomas, Jr -- Patience for the new roses / G F Middleton -- The proof ofthe pudding, again -- A gentleman discusses blondes / Geoffrey G Whitney -- Roses in China / M Leslie Hancock -- Five years of rose progress in Australia / H H Hazlewood -- Roses at a naval base / G Prideaux -- Brown canker of the rose / Anna E Jenkins -- As the retail florist sees roses / Max Schling -- The cut-rose situation in New York / E L D Seymour, Frank H Traendly -- Conversation with a rose beginner -- A rose school in Texas -- The favored roses of America / Robert Pyle -- Royal doings in Tacoma / James A Hays -- What about the new European roses? -- Two new van Fleet hybrids -- New roses of the world -- Roses registered -- Rose notes. ; green patterned cloth ; with return card for ARS laid-in ; slight edge wear, else VG. Book.…

Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1979-1981 NBC television series, printed on yellow leaves, which aired on September 18, 1979. Copy belonging to actress Christina Cummings, who played the character Liz, with manuscript marker annotations on four leaves highlighting her character's action and dialog, as well as listing several of the actors' names on the the "Cast" sheet, and noting arrival times, scene numbers, stage number, and pay, on the verso of the last leaf. Laid in is a thirteen page shooting schedule dated August 1, 1979, and a Universal Studios "Production Requirements" form. The series premiered with the episode found here, and aired for two seasons and 38 episodes, ending on May 5, 1981. A spin-off of the 1979-1981 NBC television series "B.J. and the Bear," about the series' antagonist, Sheriff Lobo, of the corrupt and inept Orly County police department. The series was completely overhauled in season two, with the title changed to "Lobo," Sheriff Lobo made less corrupt, and the location changed from the fictional Orly County to Atlanta, Georgia. When Sheriff Lobo attempts to make money by holding a fishing contest to catch the giant bass in Orly County lagoon, an escaped convict and his girlfriend, looking to get to their stashed loot, attempt to scare off the public by releasing a great white shark into the lagoon. Set in the fictional Orly County, Georgia. Front wrapper integral with title page, dated July 17, 1979, with credits for screenwriters Glen A. Larson, Chris Bunch, and Allan Cole. 68 leaves, with last page of text numbered 61. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with green revision pages throughout, dated 8/1/79. Pages Very Good plus, with light foxing to the extremities on the front and rear leaves, bound with two gold brads.…