Hortus Second

Hortus Second by L H & Ehtel Zoe Bailey. Published by Macmillan Co, New York, NY, Apr 1941. 3rd Edition. Hardbound, no DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: VG. Edge wear, corner fraying, overall content excellent. 778 Pgs. A concise dictionary of gardening, general horticulture and cultivated plants in North America. This Hortus Americanus is designed to account for all the species and botanical varieties of plants in cultivation in the continental United States and Canada in the decade ending midyear 1940, together with brief directions on uses, propagation, and cultivation. The inventory is based on the catalogues of seeds, bulbs, roots, shrubs, trees and other nursery stock in the published lists of commercial dealers, on statements in journals, exchanges between growers, continuing correspondence, contents of herbaria, and extensive experience with gardens. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 14398.