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Catalogue of hot-house, green-house, hardy, and herbaceous plants; flowering and evergreen shrubs, fruit and forest trees, alphabetically arranged, according to the Linnæan system.
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Post-Soulsby no. 3961

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Edinburgh?
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1794
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192 pages ; (8o)
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English

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018322904
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Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
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Catalogue of hot-house, green-house, hardy, and herbaceous plants; flowering and evergreen shrubs, fruit and forest trees, alphabetically arranged, according to the Linnæan system / By Dickson's and Co.
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Soulsby no.:
Post-Soulsby no. 3961

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s.n
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Edinburgh
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1794
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vi, [7], 4-192 p., [2] folded leaves of pls. ; 22 cm.
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English

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Copy 2 - Signature of 'John Gibson', 1840, on inside front cover. Signature on top of t.p.: 'David Gibson this book 1794'. Signature at top of iii: 'Mr. Bain ? / David Gibson Gardener Maehills?' Signature of 'James Gibson' on inside back cover.
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Seed catalogue
Seed list
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Dicksons and Co.
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9934366002081
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Index on p. 183-192.
By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London).
Copy 1 - Stamp on verso of t.p. has BMNH stamp dated 16 Nov 1945 or 1946.
Copy 2 - Presented by Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum, 21 Aug. 1963, which had been given the vol. by John H. Alexander.
Copy 2 - T.L.S. between front cover and endpaper, Robert A. Wilson to Alexander Townsend, 15 Aug. 1963, regarding donation of the book. Old water stain damage throughout but particlarly to front and back endpaper and flyleaves. Ms. annotations on front endpaper in ink. T.p. detached.
Copy 2 - Bound in brown half-leather, with leather on bottom corners almost worn away. Paper on boards worn and has old tears.
Copy 2 - T.p. detached. Leather on bottom corners almost worn away. Paper on boards worn and has old tears.
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Dickson, James, 1738-1822
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Dicksons & Co.
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Catalogue of hot-house, green-house and hardy plants; : flowering and evergreen shrubs, fruit and forest trees, and herbaceous plants, alphabetically arranged, according to the Linnaean system, by Dicksons & Co. nurserymen, seedsmen, and florists, Edinburgh.
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Soulsby no.:
Post-Soulsby no. 3961

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s.n
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Edinburgh
Publishing year:
1794
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vi, 1 folded leaf, [4], 192, [2] : index, table, 21 cm.
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English

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Title page missing from both RBGE copies. Title details from Linnaeus Link.
Folded leaf entitled "The Outlines of Linnaeus's System of Vegetables.
Includes table after page 192 that shows the number of plants that can be planted on a Scots or English acre.
Annotations in pencil throughout.
Possibly belonged to Professor Daniel Rutherford, Regius Keeper at RBGE from 1786-1819?
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Preface. - Errors of the press. - The outlines of Linnaeus's system of vegetables. - Classes and orders. - Explanation of the orders in the system of Linnaeus. - Abbreviations. - A catalogue, &c. - English index. - [Table]. - Explanation.
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Donated to the RBGE Collection by Dr. Henry J. Noltie in 1997.
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Linnaeus, Carl von, filius, 1741-1783 61004
Noltie, Henry J. 1957- 13337
108434 Nursery catalogues
Hardy plants 111319
Shrubs 108450
Evergreen plants 108642
Trees 108335
Fruit 108521
Herbaceous plants 108502
Annuals 109469
Biennials 111749
Perennials 108503
Taxonomy 108316
Classification 108314
United Kingdom 4214
3499 Scotland
Edinburgh 3505
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Rutherford, Daniel,
1749-1819
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StEdRBGE : Copy 1 Binding: Twentieth century leather binding with title piece and four raised bands; spine title reads: Catalogus - Rutherford - 1794.
StEdRBGE : Copy 2 Binding: Contemporary leather binding with title piece and gilt lines on spine; spine title reads: Dicksons Catalogue.
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Dicksons & Co. (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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Catalogue of hot-house, green-house and hardy plants : flowering and evergreen shrubs, fruit and forest trees and herbaceous plants, alphabetically arranged according to the Linnaean system / by Dicksons & Co., nurserymen, seedsmen, and florists, Edinburgh.
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1794 edition, Soulsby no. 3961

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[Edinburgh
Publishing year:
1792
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vi, [vi], 192 p. ; 23 cm.
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English

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Thos. Simpson" (title-page).
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Nomenclature
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Simpson, Thomas
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ocm14712829
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