Identification Trees Shrubs Name Wild by Makins (4 results)

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG) in d/w (VG) reprinted with corrections ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. F. K. Makins (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this beginner's handbook for identifying British trees and shrubs, richly illustrated throughout. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding.A wonderful introductory study of British trees and shrubs, with notes on how to identify specific species as well as their origins.The aim of the work is to provide the amateur without previous knowledge of the subject with the means of exploring and determining the following species.Illustrated with over 1,000 practical figures for an array of species. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. With slight fading to the spine and minor bumping to the extremities. With the odd mark to the front board and spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Introduction 1 How to use the book 2 Explanation of the terms used 3 Diagrams key to the diagrams 4 Descriptions List of symbols abbreviations etc I Dicotyledons First sub-class polypetalae Second sub-class Gamopetalae Third sub-class Monochlamydeae II Monocotyledons III Gymnosperms IV Cryptogams Authors names List of reference books Index"The most popular method of identification is by means of illustrations In this book will be found illustrations of 1311 species belonging to 534 genera As the total number of genera described here is 552 it will be seen that nearly every genus of tree or shrub cultivated in our gardens has been figured To illustrate every species amounting to 1732 in all would have made the book too bulky and expensive It should not however so difficult to name any species first by comparing it with the illustrations of others in the same genus and then by referring to the descriptions given in the later part of the book"Descriptions of families and genera have been amplified with the object of bringing to the front the affinities of whole groups of plants The importance of the vegetable kingdom has been stressed by the addition of notes on timber and other economic products" jacket 375 pp.