Early Canadian Gardening: An 1827 Nursery Catalogue

cloth, dust jacket,viii, 304 pages : illustrations, Includes the text in facsimile of: Catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees, flowering shrubs, garden seeds and green-house plants, bulbous roots & flower seeds / by William W. Custead. "Reproducing a rare 1827 plant and seed catalogue, possibly the earliest existing catalogue of its kind in Canada, Early Canadian Gardening presents an extensive range of garden plants - trees, shrubs, fruits, and flowers - that were grown for food, medicines, and dyes as well as for beauty. Eileen Woodhead provides a detailed description and brief history of the cultivation and use of each plant in the catalogue.

Product Info

ISBN: 0773517316

ISBN-13: 9780773517318

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Year: 1998

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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