Trees: A Woodland Notebook by Sir Herbert Maxwell
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About this eBook
| Author | Maxwell, Herbert, Sir, 1845-1937 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Trees: A Woodland Notebook Containing Observations on Certain British and Exotic Trees |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QK: Science: Botany |
| Subject | Trees |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 39946 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-39946-1 |
| Release Date | Jun 8, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 638 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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