ROYAL GARDENS, KEW.
Hand-List of Tender Monocotyledons, excluding Orchideae, Cultivated in the Royal Gardens, Kew. Printed for HMSO by Eyre & Spottiswoode, and sold at the Gardens. 1897. First publication. Small 12mo, pp 347, (apart from the introduction, printed on one side of the page only), pages age-toned, fore-edge marked, VERY loose internally and almost breaking in two, paperback, covers worn and marked, chipped, lacking part of the paper covering to the spine.
SCARCE.
[A useful listing of what was in cultivation at the time. There are no descriptions, merely names and references to botanical illustrations if any existed. Includes many interesting bulbous subjects as it includes Iridaceae and Amaryllidaceae, the palms, and succulents such as Aloe, Gasteria, Haworthia and Yucca.]
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