TILLINGHAST'S PLANT MANUAL. A GUIDE TO THE SUCCESSFUL PROPAGATION OF CABBAGE AND CELERY PLANTS. JANUARY, 1889

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By Tillinghast, Isaac F.
1889. La Plume, Lack'a Co., Pa.: Isaac F. Tillinghast. 1889. 32pp. Original printed wrappers [light dustsoiling and wear]. Black and white illustrations. Light scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good.

OCLC notes Tillinghast's Directory of the Seedsmen of the United States, printed in 1889. This Manual, evidently unrecorded, reveals the author's "secrets of success" in building "a great seed and plant business" and how others may do it too. Topics included in this guide are 'growing plants under glass,' using 'manure hot beds'; cheap green houses; growing cabbage successfully in the open ground; fertilizers, tools, and similar matters. Text illustrations abound.
Not found on OCLC. Not in Romaine or Winterthur, Eberstadt or Decker.

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TILLINGHAST'S PLANT MANUAL. A GUIDE TO THE SUCCESSFUL PROPAGATION OF CABBAGE AND CELERY PLANTS. JANUARY, 1889

Author

Tillinghast, Isaac F.

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Date

1889


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