Author: BAUM, BERNARD R. (SIGNED)
Title: Oats - Wild and Cultivated : A Monograph of the Genus Avena L. (Poaceae) - Monograph 14
Description: Canada: Agriculture, Research Branch, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0660005131. 463 pages, 331 figures, most in black and white, and 17 tables. Signed and inscribed upon title page by author to noted botanist, Roy L. Taylor, whose bookplate is affixed to front free endpaper. "Based mainly on the dissection of many Avena specimens for the study of micromorphological characters. This tedious and painstaking effort was necessary in order to discover many aspects of the organization and variation in Avena. This method also resulted in the detection of discontinuities in that variation." - from Preface. Printed upon glossy stock. Institutional date stamp upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. A special copy of this extraordinary work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Oats - Wild and cultivated : a monograph of the genus Avena L. (Poaceae) - Monograph 14; Signed by Author(s). Good .

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