Gramina Pascua : or, a collection of specimens of the common pasture grasses, arranged in the order of their flowering, and accompanied with their Linnaean and English names, as likewise with familiar descriptions and remarks ...
Description: This item, authored by George Swayne, a British vicar and farmer, contains actual dried specimens of common pasture grasses, and includes descriptions, remarks, and both the Linnaean and English names. The specimens, cultivated by Swayne himself, were collected and dried by his daughters; it appears that few copies of this book were printed, and probably not many were sold as indicated by its rarity.
Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: This item, authored by George Swayne, a British vicar and farmer, contains actual dried specimens of common pasture grasses, and includes descriptions, remarks, and both the…