Leaves of hardy oaks and maples
1880
Parsons, Samuel,
Palabras clave de AGROVOC
Información bibliográfica
Otras materias
Maple; Oak; Catalogs and collections; 1880-1890; United states; Collection and preservation; Specimens; Botanical specimens
Idioma
Latín, Inglés
Formato
print
Nota
Title from item.
"A fine herbarium comprising leaves from various ornamental maple and oak trees, compiled by the eminent New York City landscape architect Samuel Parsons Jr. one year before he commenced his decades-long work on Central Park."--bookseller James L. Arsenault and Company.
Leaf specimens mounted on cardstock, with manuscript captions.
Tissue guards between specimen leaves; leaf specimens and text on one side only.
"List of leaves": unnumbered pages 1-2.
List of leaves. [1] Japanese Maple, Purple Leaf (acer polymorphum atropurpureum) -- [2] Japanese Maple, Reticulated Leaf (acer polymorphum reticulatum) -- [3] Japanese Maple, Variety (acer polymorphum (variety) -- [4] Japanese Maple, Particolored Leaf (acer polymorphum versicolor) -- [5] Japanese Maple, Dissected rose variegated leaf (acer polymorphum roseo-pictis) -- [6] Japanese Maple, Purple dissected Leaf (acer polymorphum dissectum atropurpureum) -- [7] Japanese Maple, Pendulous Leaf (acer polymorphum pendulum) -- [8] Japanese Maple, Blood Leaf (acer polymorphum sanguineum) -- [9] Japanese Maple, Rose-margined Leaf (acer polymorphum roseo-marginata) -- [10] Japanese Maple, Aconite Leaf (acer polymorphum aconitifolium) -- [11] Japanese Maple, Golden Leaf (acer japonicum aureum) -- [12] Japanese Maple, White veined [White veined Maple] -- [13] Variegated Sycamore Maple (acer pseudoplatanus variegata) -- [14] Sycamore Maple, Tricolored Leaf (acer pseudoplatanus tricolor) -- [15] Ash-leaved Maple, Variegated Leaf (acer negundo variegata) -- [16] Red Colchicum Maple (acer mono) -- [17] Golden Oak (quercus pedunculata concordia) -- [18] Silver Oak (quercus pedunculata argentea) -- [19] Purple Oak (quercus pedunculata nigra) -- [20] Cut Leaved Oak (quercus pedunculata laciniata).
"This handsomely assembled volume consists of a manuscript title-page, table of contents, and the mounted leaves of twelve varieties of Japanese Maple (Purple Leaf, Blood Leaf, etc.); two varieties of Sycamore Maple, as well as the Ash-leaved Maple and the Red Colchicum Maple; and four Oaks (Golden, Silver, Purple, and Cut-leaved). Each leaf or frond is carefully mounted for the most illustrative effect and neatly identified in manuscript by its common name in the lower margin. The Latin names for each appear in the table of contents. While Parsons doubtless created this volume for professional reference purposes, one senses in it as well his passion for the forms of foliage, and, in his statement of his profession on the title-page, a certain degree of pride in his work in an emerging field that did much to improve the health and quality of life of urban Americans."--bookseller James L. Arsenault and Company.
Tipo
Text; Book; Monograph
2025-09-17
2025-10-22
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