Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction During the Period from November 1 to December 31, 1919
Author: Usda Bureau of Plant Industry
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-08-11
Total Pages: 922
ISBN-13: 9781390965162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction During the Period From November 1 to December 31, 1919: Nos. 61-70 This inventory describes a wealth of new plants. There are more than 25 new fruits included in it, more than 10 striking new timber trees, 4 street or windbreak trees, 8 new forage plants, 5 new cereals 2 drug plants, 4 new vegetables, and more than 125 new ornamental trees, shrubs. Or plants. The expense of propagating these and of finding people who are interested in growing them is one which only those who see the thousands of seedlings coming up can appreciate. The knowledge that the success of a single one of them may in time pay for all the trouble and expense turns the trouble of taking care of them into a romance of real fascination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.