A fasciculus of thirty-five dried specimens of grasses : and a small packet of the seeds of each kind : with generic and specific descriptions and practical remarks

Title Variants

Alternative: Fasciculus of 35 dried specimens of grasses, and a small packet of the seeds of each kind

Related Titles

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Digitization Project, Garden and Landscape Studies

By

Thornhill, John

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Gateshead [England], Printed and sold by J. Marshall. sold also by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and R. Phillips, London, 1806

Notes

Contents: Grass specimens: 1. Anthoxanthum odoratum -- 2. Phleum pratense -- 3. Alopecurus pratensis -- 4. Alopecurus geniculatus -- 5. Agrostis vulgaris -- 6. Agrostis stolonifera -- 7. Aira aquatica -- 8. Aira caespitosa -- 9. Aira flexuosa -- 10. Aira caryophyllea -- 11. Holcus lanatus -- 12. Holcus mollis -- 13. Holcus avenaceus -- 14. Sesleria caerulea -- 15. Poa aquatica --16. Poa fluitans --17. Poa compressa -- 18. Poa trivialis -- 19. Poa pratensis -- 20. Poa annua -- 21. Briza media -- 22. Dactylis glomerata -- 23. Cynosurus cristatus -- 24. Festuca ovina -- 25. Festuca duriuscula -- 26. Festuca gigantea -- 27. Festuca pratensis -- 28. Festuca elatior -- 29. Bromus mollis -- 30. Avena pubescens -- 31. Avena flavescens -- 32. Arundo colorata -- 33. Arundo arenaria -- 34. Lolium perenne -- 35. Triticum repens.

Thirty-five dried, mounted specimens of grasses, accompanied by 35 small seed packets.

Erratum pasted label on page iv.

"Having, for many years, spent my leisure hours in examining the different Places which grow within the Counties of Durham and Northumberland ..."--Preface, page iii

Subjects

19th century , Grasses , Great Britain , Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) , Seeds , Specimens

Call Number

QK495.G74 T46 1806

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 25738392