Cultivated plants : their propagation and improvement / by F.W. Burbidge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burbidge, F. W. (Frederick William), 1847-1905.

Contributor:

William Blackwood and Sons., Printer.

Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York., Former owner.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant breeding.

Plant propagation.

Physical Description:

618 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Other Title:

Propagation and improvement of cultivated plants

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood & Sons, MDCCCLXXVII.

Contents:

Hints on the improvement of our fruits, vegetables, and flowers

Propagating houses and pits

Seed-saving and seed-sowing

Transmitting seeds, plants, cuttings, or pollen from abroad

Artificial methods by which plants are multiplied

Propagation by grafting and budding

General remarks on hybridising and cross-breeding

Natural fertilization and cross-breeding

General review of some of the most popular groups of culitvated plants, with notes on their propagation and natural affinities

Propagator's calendar.

Notes:

Spine title: Propagation and improvement of cultivated plants.

"Printed by William Blackwood and Sons"--P. 618.

Bound in publisher's decorated cloth binding.

Contains an index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.