ISBN: 9780881924473 - lewisias (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Moshier, Michael (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Light general wear. May have light notes/highlighting. shelf wear. bumped edges. worn cover. Hardcover. Moshier, Michael (illustrator).

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Moshier, Michael (illustrator).

Grey Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First American Edition. 236pp, 1p A note from the artist, endpapers decorated with a map, illustrated with colour photos and drawings, dust jacket is in excellent condition. Size: 8vo. Micheal Moshier (illustrator). Plants.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Timber Press, 2000. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 236pp, illust. A good copy. 0881924474/0.7us. Moshier, Micheal (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st edition] ; 236 pp. ; illustrated (some in color), maps ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0881924474; 9780881924473 LCCN: 99-53481 ; OCLC: 42736287 ; LC: SB413.L48; Dewey: 635.9/3353 ; grey textured cloth with gold lettering in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: A Voyage of Discovery - Lewisias and the Land - The Family and the Plant - The Species of Lewisia - Section Cotyledon - Section Erocallis - Section Lewisia - Section Pygmaea - Subgenus Strophiolum - Hybrids - Lewisias in Cultivation - Select ed Bibliography - Distribution Maps - Index ; Excerpt: "Lewisias its own monotypic genus, Erocallis, but this proposal has not been widely accepted in recent years. Those familiar with the seedlings of both say that the leaves are linear in the Lewisia but broader in Claytonia is not very conclusive. The rootstock has also been referred to as a corm; Sampson Clay (1937) deftly avoided controversy by calling it a ''little round earth nut," a common reference for geophytic food plants in the Old World. Tubers of L. triphylla were eaten by the native peoples of the American West. Lewisia triphylla near Cisco, California. The basal leaves of Lewisia triphylla become dormant by flowering time, when the plant devotes its strength to reproduction. The whorl of stem leaves beneath the flower gives them the appearance of mingling with green leafy ribbons. The white to palest pink flowers are usually few, but on a flourishing plant a stem may bear as many as a dozen, with three or more stems per plant, all rising 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7.5 cm) above the ground. These flowers present quite a charming picture, as Marcel LePiniec once described them, in patches bordering tiny snowmelt rivulets in a mossy alpine meadow, their effect." ; FINE/FINE. Moshier, Michael (illustrator). Book.…

Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. No inscriptions. Weight: 1.0 Language: English. Moshier, Michael (illustrator).

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Very light bump to lower corner otherwise near fine in very good indeed dust jacket. Moshier, Michael (illustrator).