Author: Shirley HibberdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ivy
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Ivy
Author: Shirley HibberdThe Amateur's Rose Book
Author: Shirley HibberdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rose culture
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Ivy, a Monograph
Author: Shirley HibberdPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484002899
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Excerpt from The Ivy, a Monograph: Comprising the History, Uses, Characteristics, and Affinities of the Plant, and a Descriptive List of All the Garden Ivies in Cultivation It is proper, in these prefatory Observations, to indicate to what extent the author is indebted to other than his own labours and resources. As to the collection then; many of the varieties have been obtained from gardens again and again, but usually under different names, and those names too Often SO utterly unsuitable as to convey false impressions of the plants they were applied to. Others have been Obtained direct from woods and ruins, where nature had produced and planted them in her own way; and others, again, have been raised in the author's garden, and represent the capabilities of the ivy for variation as the result Of crossing. AS to the names, there was but one course possible - so it seemed, at least - and that was, to abolish them without hesitation in every case in which they had a cumbrous form, or were misleading, or were other than descriptive. The result is, that only some half-dozen of the original garden names remain, and the whole of the names in the enumeration now presented, are framed upon a system the two principal requirements of which are, that they must be as simple as possible, and in every case indicative of the most striking characteristics of the plants to which they are applied. The rude handling to which the names heretofore recognised have been subjected, will, perhaps, arouse a shadow of indignation; but the reader who is familiar with the incongruities and absurdities of botanical nomenclature, and especially the more strictly horticultural branch of it, will only need to glance through the following pages to be convinced that in a work of this kind a new and systematic nomenclature was actually needed to save it from the guilt of making confusion worse confounded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
IVYFILE
Author: Laurence C. HatchPublisher: Laurence Hatch Press
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Encyclopedia of 500+ Hedera or ivy cultivars for modern gardens, including original research, historical documents scans, original high-res digital images, flatbed leaf scans, exclusive research breakthroughs, and very detailed cultivar descriptions.
The Best Books
Author: William Swan SonnenscheinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
NIDA Research Monograph
Author: The Women of Israel; Or, Characters and Sketches from the Holy Scriptures and Jewish History
Author: Grace AguilarNature
Author: Sir Norman LockyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
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Author: G. Philip