LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime
Illustrated by Robert J. Jones
Published by Collins
in 1960
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- NEW NATURALIST
- WILD FLOWERS
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LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime.
Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2136930
1st.
1960.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Small knocks to base of spine. Browning to half-title page and outer page edges, which are also foxed. Wrapper is browned to spine and has closed tear to top; with a few small chips and nicks along edges.
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LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime.
Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2134984
1st.
1960.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Pale foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine with a few foxspots; closed tear to one corner.
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Front cover
Contents
- EDITORS' PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CHAPTER
- 1 Lords-and-Ladies
- 2 The Plant and its Names
- 3 Lords-and-Ladies and the Herbalists
- 4 A Poisonous Plant
- 5 The Starch of Lords-and-Ladies
- 6 A Woodland Plant
- 7 The Rare Relative
- 8 The Ecology of the Rare Lords-and-Ladies
- 9 Chromosome Variation in the two Species
- 10 The Seed, its Germination and early Growth
- 11 The Growth in the Colony
- 12 Variation in Lords-and-Ladies
- 13 The Development of the Flower
- 14 Pollination and Seed Formation
- 15 The Genus Arum
- 16 The Family Aracaea
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index