Hovey, C. M. [editor]. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and all Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs Vol XXI. 1855 (Vol. I., Third Series). Boston: Hovey and Co., 1855. First Edition. [11928]
Teal cloth, blind-stamped, bright gilt rose to front with copper titles to spine, 9 x 6 inches, small frayed spot to the head band. Old stains on the top closed page edges, some raised cloth to the corners of the boards; tidemark in the top corner of most pages. viii, 584 pp., tight. Good. Hardcover.
A compilation of articles on various aspects of agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, plants, fruits, vegetables, and rural life. This publication was in print from 1835 to 1868.
Charles Mason Hovey (1810-1887), b. Cambridge, Mass., author of the two-volume work The Fruits of America. Charles, with his brother Phineas, owned a seed store and nursery in Cambridge. Charles approached agriculture scientifically, and wrote/compiled on the subject extensively. His Magazine of Horticulture was the longest-running periodical on the subject during the 19th century.
