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old books --> presented in Manhattan, New York (US) "Rare Botanical Volumes ... “Florilegium Amplissimum et Selectissimum,” a 1612 catalog by Emanuel Sweert. ... “North American Sylva” (1850-51). ... display of... old books at the Grolier Club. Organized by the writer and art historian Arete Warren, “Gardening by the Book: Celebrating 100 Years of the Garden Club of America” presents more than 125 illustrated volumes about flowers and gardening, dating from the early 17th to the mid-20th century. All are from the Garden Club of America Library... Pictures of flowers... can be intriguing for what they reveal about human intellectual history. ... “The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands” (1771). ... an untold number of plant and animal species still await discovery, today we worry more about those threatened by extinction. “Gardening by the Book: Celebrating 100 Years of the Garden Club of America” runs through July 27 at the Grolier Club... Manhattan... grolierclub.org "
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:23:45 +0000

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