A Botanical Survey of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington (1936)

Description

Jones, George Neville. A Botanical Survey of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington (Seattle: University of Washington, 1936).

8vo., 286 pages, originally in wraps – entire book including wraps rebound in green buckram with spine showing author’s last name and short-title (“Olympic Peninsula Flora”) as well as single rules top and bottom in gilt. Illustrated with B/W photographs and charts.

VG, no DJ. Ex-Libris Botanist W. C. Muenscher (1891-1963). Light staining to bottom corner of text block and neighboring cover.

W. C. Muenscher was a noted expert on weeds. Cornell has the “W. C. Muenscher Poisonous Plant Garden” named in his honor and he is cited as “instrumental in helping to establish the Bergen Swamp Preservation Society.”