CRUICKSHANK, Thomas, forester at Careston.

The practical planter : containing directions for the planting of waste land, and management of wood : with a new method of rearing the oak

Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, 1830 1st edition. 21cm. xvi, 448pp, text illustrations and tables. Near contemporary half calf gilt, raised bands, maroon calf gilt spine label, matching cloth sides. Signed binding by Carss of Glasgow. Binding lightly rubbed. A follow-on to Sir Henry Steuart's work. Bookplate of Sir James Ramsay (1797-1867) to front paste-down. Carss of Glasgow - 'the favourite bookbinder among the cognoscenti at Glasgow.' (Dibdin).

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Book number: 46670

Catalogue: Forestry

Keywords: Forestry Forests and forestry. Oak. Forest management. Quercus Tree planting Afforestation Plant breeding Methodology. Tree planting. Forests and forestry. Oak. Trees. Cultivation. Timbers.

SOCIETY OF INDIAN FORESTERS.

Symposium on Man Made Forests in India June 8 to 10, 1972 (2 Vols).

New Forest, Dehra Dun, U.P.: Society of Indian Foreters, [1973.] 4to. Various paginations, double-sided plate, full-page text illustration, text figures and tables. Original pictorial printed paper wraps. Wraps rubbed with wear to spines.

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Book number: 38030

Catalogue: Forestry

Keywords: Forestry India