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The Amateur's Greenhouse and Conservatory. A handy guide to the construction and management of plant-houses, and the selection, cultivation, and improvement of ornamental greenhouse and conservatory plants space The book’s title highlights theLondon: Groombridge, 1880. Early edition. 8vo; pp. [i], 272 + [16] publisher's catalogue; six coloured folding plates and numerous engravings and diagrams in the text. Publisher's green decorative cloth, gilt. Ends of spine rolled and tips of corners starting to fray in places. Foxing to titlepage and to verso of some of the plates. A VG+ copy.