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Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest: by C. Leo Hitchcock, Arthur Cronquist, Marion Ownbey, J. W. Thompson; 5 volumes: Part 1 - Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons; by Hitchcock, Cronquist, and Ownbey, illustrated by Jeanne R. Janish, 1969: Part 2 - Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae; by Hitchcock and Cronquist, illustrated by Janish, 1964: Part 3 - Saxifragaceae to Ericaceae; by Hitchcock and Cronquist, illustrated by Janish, 1961: Part 4 - Ericaceae through Campanulaceae, by Hitchcock, Cronquist and Ownbey, illustrated by Janish, 1959 second printing 1969: Part 5 Compositae; by Cronquist, illustrated by John H. Rumely, 1955 second printing 1969; University of Washington Press, Seattle. What is interesting is that the volumes were created in reverse order very unusual.This landmark, monumental work, of almost 3,000 pages with almost 800 plates, was well planned and executed over a period of almost two decades, by a very knowledge and dedicated team. From the blurb in Part 5 (the last volume) Vascular Plants in the Pacific Northwest offers the first complete guide, with keys, to the ferns, fern-related, and seed-bearing plants of Washington. Northern Oregon, Idaho north of the Snake River plains, the mountainous western part of Montana, and southern British Columbia. Each part gives complete regional synonymy, type collections, geographic ranges, genuine common names, and chromosome numbers for each species, as well as economic importance and horticultural features. C. Leo Hitchcock, editor and senior editor of this work, is professor of botany and curator of the herbarium at the University of Washington. Arthur Cronquist is curator of the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. Marion Ownbey is professor of botany and curator of the herbarium at Washington State University. J. W. Thompson is a well-known collector and student of the Pacific Northwest flora. This set of works was owned by Dr. Pierre Michel Taschereau, Institute for Resource and Experimental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was also the staff naturalist for the Nova Scotia Museum, and a well-known Canadian botanist. Taschereau s stamp of ownership, Personal Property of P. M. Taschereau, appears on the inside cover, the first free endpaper and the top of the pages of each volume. Part 1 914 pages with 295 plates; Part 2 597 pages with 168 plates; Part 3 614 pages with 153 plates; Part 4 510 pages with 112 plates: and Part 5 343 pages with 67 plates. These large format books overall are in near-fine condition in very-good dust jackets that are now in a protective mylar wraps. This large set will definitely require additional postage/shipping charges, depending on the purchaser s location. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2371
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