Download or read book A Monograph of the Genus Crocus (Classic Reprint) written by George Maw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-21 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Monograph of the Genus Crocus Finding from the outset that it was impossible to successfully study the Crocuses from herbarium specimens without the concurrent help of the living plants, my first effort was to obtain for cultivation the various species that had not heretofore been introduced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.