The Bromeliads of Brazil,
1942
by
Mulford B. Foster

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This complete original article is extracted from a 1942 US museum report, which was likely published in the following year. It has 15 pages of text, (text pages are numbered 351-365), illustrated with 10 glossy b&w pages of 20 photos.
Discusses the plant family of bromeliaceae, the pineapple family, once known as the largest family of plants confined to the New World, but with one recently discovered species in Africa; with sections on Where the Bromeliads Grow, Characteristics, The Epiphytic Relatives, and Terrestrial Relatives. Photos show a pineapple relative that grows on telephone wire, Sao Paulo botanical truck, sandstone monoliths, Streptocalyx Floribunda, other species, giant plant, on Mount Itatiaya, aristocratic pineapple, and more.
Measures 6 by 9.25 inches; small pencil note to back cover; very clean. Condition is Very Good+.

(This is an extracted vintage article that was originally bound with many other scientific articles into one large U.S. government report. In this case, the original book was broken or wrecked at some point, so the remaining articles were removed and stapled into individual paper covers. The government reports contained many scientific articles, some original and some reprinted from other obscure sources. These articles are often overlooked by those who might find them of interest, because they rarely turn up in online title searches; and when it is located, the whole book and all the unrelated articles would have to be purchased as one.)
(South America, Fruit, Food, Plants, Botany, Agriculture, Flora, Natural History, Farming, Cultivation, Science & Technology, Local and Regional History, Reference, Research, United States, Government Publications, Antiquarian Books, Paper and Ephemera).
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