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Horticultural Books
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Box 1043
Anacortes, WA 98221
Books on Greenhouse Gardening for Sale:
[1857] (UK) Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food. Commercial Glasshouses. Siting, Types, Construction and
Heating.. London: Ministry of Agriculture, 1964. 4th Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Bulletin No. 115.
4th ed. London 1964. iv, 111 pages with many b/w photos and text drawings.
Paperback. Very good. $6.95
[296] Abbott, Daisy T.. The Indoor Gardener. Minneapolis, MN: University
of Minnesota Press, 1946. 3rd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good 3rd printing. Minneapolis 1946. Sm 8vo.
vi, 120 pages. Cloth. Fine. $6.95
[2615] Bewley, W. F.. Diseases of Glasshouse Plants. Ernest Benn, 2nd
printing. London 1928. 8vo. 208 pages with 47 b/w photos. Cloth. Very good.
$17.95
[1230] Bewley, W. F.. Diseases of Glasshouse Plants. London: Ernest
Benn, 1923. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good 1st edition. London 1923. 8vo. 208 pages with 47 b/w
illustrations. Cloth. Detailed information on disease control. Very good.
$12.95
[389] Card, Fred. W.. On the Comparative Merits of Steam and hot Water for
Greenhouse Heating. 1892. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Introduction by L.H. Bailey. Cornell
University Extension Bulletin 41. Ithaca, NY 1892. 8vo. 23 pages. Staple bound.
Edges slightly worn. $8.95
[822] Carter, A. R.. Dutch Lights for Growers and Gardeners. London:
Garden Book Club, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good London 1956. Sm 8vo. 194 pages with 12 b/w photos, 9 diagrams,
and 25 cropping plans. Blue cloth. Very good. $10.95
[1033] Chabot, Ernest. The New Greenhouse Gardening for Everyone. New
York: 1955. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good- NY 1955. 8vo. 252 pages with many b/w and colour photos.
Cloth. Very good-(slightly scuffed) $2.95
[142] Chase, J. L. H.. Cloche Gardening. London: Faber and Faber, 1954.
4th Printing. 4th printing. London 1954. 8vo. 196 pages with 36 b/w photos and
some diagrams. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $13.95
[1435] Crockett, James Underwood. Foilage House Plants. 1972. 1972
Time-Life. 4to. 160 pages with very many color illustrations. Hardcover. Very
good. $2.74
[2693] Dakers, J. S.. Simple Greenhouse Management. Collingridge, 1949.
Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good- 3rd edition. London 1949. 12mo. x, 110 pages with 8 b/w
photos and some diagrams. Cloth (spine faded). Else very good. $3.95
[146] Dakers, J.S.. The Modern Greenhouse. London: Cassell & Company,
1955. 7th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good - A Practical Guide to the Management of the Warm and Cool
Greenhouse. 7th ed. London 1955. 8vo. xi, 260 pages with 54 b/w photos and 60
diagrams. Cloth. Very Good - $4.85
[1043] Dakers, Jas. S.. Commercial Glasshouse Crops. London: 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good London ca.1935.
8vo. 166 pages. Cloth. Growing vegetables and flowers under glass. Very good.
$15.95
[3534] Elbert, George and Edward Hyams. House Plants. London: Nelson,
1967. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth.
Very Good / Very Good. 1st edition. London 1967. 8vo. 208 pages with 35 colour
photos. Cloth w.dj. (Weight 2 pds or 1 kg) $12.95
[3639] Faust, Joan Lee. Book of House Plants. New York: New York Times
Book Co., 1973. 5th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Cloth. Very Good ISBN: 0-8129-0309-9. 5th printing. NY 1973. 8vo. 274
pages with some b/w illustrations. Cloth w.dj. $8.95
[2697] Flawn, Louis N.. Gardening with Cloches. London: John Gifford,
1967. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good London 1967. 8vo. 202 pages with 48 b/w photos and 38 line
drawings. Cloth. Use of moveable miniature cold frames to grow vegetables and
flowers. Small moveable greenhouses for early vegetable production. Very
good/good. $5.95
[1525] Fletcher, H.L.V.. Gardening in Window Boxes and other Containers. London:
1969. London 1969. 8vo. 159 pages with some b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good.
$7.95
[432] Free, Montague. All About House Plants. Their Selection, Culture and
Propagation, and How Best to Use Them for Decorative Effect.. Garden City
1950. 8vo. xiii, 329 pages with many colour and b/w photographs. Cloth. Very
good. The author was a horticulturist at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in New
York. $5.95
[1817] Glenny, George. The Handbook to the Flower Garden and Greenhouse. London:
Houlston and Sons, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good New & revised edition London ca 1880. 8vo. xii, 411 pages.
Cloth w/decorative cover. New endsheets. Very good -. $39.95
[13] Goold-Adams, Deenagh. The Cool Greenhouse and Conservatory.. Newton
Abbot: 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Very Good. London 1959. 8vo. 257pages with 47 black and white
photos. GBC. Very good. $6.95
[2307] Keane, William. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year:. London:
Cottage Gardener, 1860. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Hard Cover. showing the most successful treatment for all plants cultivated in
the greenhouse, conservatory, stove, pit, orchid, and forcing-house. London
1860. 12mo. Green cloth (some dampstaining to outer edges and along front
endpaper but not affecting text) . $55.95
[1668] Kramer, Jack. Bromeliads, the Colorful House Plants. ill. Andrew
R. Addkison. Princeton: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1965. 1st Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Toronto, NY,
London 1965. 8vo. 113 pages with 18 colour photos and 31 line-drawings and a
great chart. Cloth. Information on 150 species with many year-round blooming
flowers. Very good. (Weight 0.5lb or 300 gr) $4.95
[6890] LaMance, Lora S.. House Plants. A Book of Practical Information
Regarding the Culture of House and Greenhouse Plants. Floral Park, NY: John
Lewis Childs, 1892. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Good Flora Park, NY 1892. 12mo. 95 pages. Booklet used to have wrappers
which are now missing. Text fine. $19.95
[3444] Leuchars, Robert B.. A Practical Treatise on the Construction,
Heating, and Ventilation of Hot-Houses. Boston: Jewett and Comp., 1851. 8vo
- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- including
conservatories, green-houses, graperies and other kinds of horticultural
structures. Boston 1851. 8vo. (vi), 366 pp with 58 text-diagrams. Cloth (front
joint and head of spine repaired). Slight soiling to covers. Else tight and
clean inside. (Weight 1.5 pds or 750 gr) $109.95
[5961] Lonsdale, Edwin. The Management of Greenhouses. Pennsylvania:
Stanley Ray, 1902. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: . Pennsylvania 1902. 8vo. 41 pages.
Staple-bound. $12.95
[2526] Loudon, J.C.. The Green-House Companion. London: 1825. 2nd
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very
Good- comprising a general course of green-house and conservatory practice
throughout the year; a natural arrangement of the principal green-house plants
in cultivation: with a descriptive catalogue of the most desirable to form a
collection, their proper soils, model of propagation, management, and
references to botanical works in which they are figured. Also the proper
treatment of flowers in rooms, and bulbs in water glasses. 2nd edition. London
1825. 8vo. xii, 256; 204 pages. Lacks title page and possibly frontispiece. New
cloth. Text clean. Tight and very clean. (Edition and authorship has been
compared to other editions) $125.95
[1476] Macself, A. J.. The Amateur's Greenhouse. London: 1953. 4th
Edition. 4th revised and enlarged edition. London 1953 8vo. (xi), 302 pages
with 35 text diagrams + about 90 b/w photos. Cloth. Shaken. $3.95
[1484] Miles, Carol. Portable Field Hoophouse. 1997: 1997. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. ISBN: B0006R0AKW. Wash State Univ.
Extension Bulletin. 1997. 4to. 7 pages with 6 illustrations. Staple-bound. A
great idea that won’t cost you much. $4.95
[6392] Minter, Sue. The Greatest Glass House. The Rainforest Recreated.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. London: HMSO, 1990. 1st Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN:
0-11-250035-8. London 1990. 4to. 216 pages with many colour photos. Cloth w.dj.
$17.95
[3319] Newhall, A.G., Charles Chupp and C.E.F. Guterman. Soil Treatments for
the Control of Diseases in the Greenhouse and Seedbed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University, 1940. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Staple-bound. Very Good Cornell Extension Bulletin. Revised edition.
Ithaca 1940. 8vo. 58 pages with 30 b/w photos. Staple-bound. (Weight 3 ounces
or 75 gr) $7.95
[1585] Paisley, Keith. Protected Cultivation, Modern Management of
Greenhouse and Frame. London: Pearson, 1962. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good+ 1st edition. London
1962. Sm 4to. ix, 215 pages with 52 b/w illustrations. Cloth (covers unevenly
lightened by sun). Else clean and tight. Construction and growing in greenhouses.
(Weight 2 pds or 1kg) $8.95
[3633] Pierce, John H.. Greenhouse Grow How. Farmington Hills, MI,
U.S.A.: Gale Group, 1978. 2nd Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-918730-01-5. A Reference Book.
2nd printing. Seattle, WA 1977. 4to. 240 pages with very many illustrations.
Cloth w.dj. Very good/very good. $5.95
[1872] Pirone, P.P.. Modern Gardening. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1952. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good / Good. This Book shows you how to feed plants through their
leaves, slow down growth of shrubs and trees, spray weeds to death, speed up
growth of vegetables and flowers, beat insects... A Complete Guide to the
Agricultural Uses of Modern Chemistry’s Miracle Drugs. 1st edition. NY 1952.
Lg 8vo. ix, 371 pages. Cloth. Very good. $2.95
[3806] Price, Bob. Today’s Guide to Greenhouse Gardening. London:
Garden Book Club, 1976. Lg 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. London 1976.
Lg 8vo. 143 pages with many b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. $2.95
[1073] Puttock, A.G.. Greenhouse Plants For Pleasure. London: Garden
Book Club, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Good. London 1958. 8vo. 183 pages with over 40 b/w photos &
diagrams. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $5.95
[4169] Rockwell, F.F. and Ester Grayson. Gardening Indoors. New York:
MacMillan, 1938. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good The enjoyment of living flowers and plants the year
round, and new opportunities for home decoration. 1st ed. NY 1938. 8vo. 201
pages with some b/w photos. Cloth. $4.95
[2716] Rowles, William F.. The Garden Under Glass. Grant Richards Ltd,
London 1914. 8vo. xvi, 368 pages with 32 b/w photos and 77 diagrams. Green
cloth with attractive gilt stamping. Very good. $15.95
[417] Sanders, T.W.. The Amateur's Greenhouse:. London: Collingridge,
1907. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good A Complete Guide to the Construction, Heating, and Management
of Greenhouses; the Propagation and Cultivation of Plants adapted for Growing
therein...3rd edition. London 1907. 8vo. xiv, 416 pages with 1
chromolithographic fold-out plate and hundreds of b /w photos and diagrams.
Cloth with decorative stamping. Very good. $25.95
[326] Shewell-Cooper, W.E.. The A.B.C. of the Greenhouse. London:
English Universities Press, 1951. 4th Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" -
7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / . 4th printing. London 1951. Sm
8vo. 328 pages with some diagrams and photos. Cloth. Very good. $5.95
[169] Simons, Arthur J.. All About Greenhouses. London: John Gifford,
1967. Revised and Reprinted Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. London1967. 8vo. 217
pages with 30 b/w photos and 100 diagrams. Cloth w.dj. Very good/good. This
book discusses construction and various design forms, heating cooling,
irrigation and many more practical construction aspects. It is not about how to
grow things. $6.95
[2538] Van Tress, Robert. House Plants. Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago 1937, 36 pages with about 20 b/w photos. Staple-bound. Very good. $2.95
[1082] Walls, Ian. Greenhouse Gardening. London: 1974. Hard Cover.
London 1974. 8vo. 160 pages with many colour & b/w photos. Cloth w.dj.
Covers construction, heating & extensive range of plants which can be grown
only in greenhouse conditions. Very good. $4.95
[2718] Wheelwright, Edith G.. Greenhouse Culture for Amateurs. Country
Life, A Guide to the cultivation of Tender and Half-Tender Plants, Mainly
without Heat. 1st edition. London 1937. 8vo. 163 pages with 18 b/w photos.
Cloth. Light foxing on first few pages. Else very good. $14.95
[447] Wood, Allen H.. Grow Them Indoors. A manual of house plants and their
culture.. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1936. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st editon.
Boston 1936. 8vo. (xi), 221 pages with 37 b/w photos and 19 diagrams. Cloth.
Very good. $5.95
[448] Wood, Allen H.. Grow Them Indoors. A manual of house plants and their
culture.. Boston: Hale & Comp., 1944. 3rd Printing. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 3rd printing.
Boston 1944. 8vo. (xi), 221 pages with 37 b/w photos and 19 diagrams. Cloth
with tattered dj. VG/P. $4.95
[2897] Wright, W. J.. Greenhouses. Their Construction and Equipment. New
York: Orange Judd, 1946. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Revised edition. xvii,
269 pages with 128 diagrams and photos. Cloth w.dj. $12.95