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| Material Type: | Book |
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| Author(s): | Bennett, J. M. |
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| Monographic Author(s): | Bennett, J. M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Superintendent of Parks and Forestry, Board of County Road Commissioners, Wayne County, Michigan |
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| Monograph Title: | Roadsides: The Front Yard of the Nation, 1936. |
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| Publishing Information: | Boston, MA: The Stratford Company Publishers |
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| # of Pages: | 240 |
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| Collation: | vii, 233 pp. |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Roadside turf; Aesthetic values; Trees; Flowers; Choice of species; Seeding; Erosion control; Turfgrass establishment; Nurseries; Rights-of-way; Cultural methods
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the major areas involved in roadside development. Includes sections devoted to: By the Wayside; Consider the Trees; The Lowly Shrub; The Role of Flowers; Nature's Ground Cover; The nursery Question; Other Services; Motoring in Comfort; Timely and Untimely Signs; Shacks and Fantasies; The Ever Present Upkeep; Intrinsic Worth; and The Proverbial Road. |
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Library of Congress
Subject Headings: | Roads; Trees |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 75 |
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| See Also: | See also related book, Roadside Development (1929), R=33138. R=33138 |
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| Note: | Pictures, b/w
Includes bibliography; p. 229-233. |
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| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "A very rare, pioneering book on roadside development organized in a different manner than the authors 1929 book titled Roadside Development. There is more emphasis placed on the planting materials. It contains a bibliography in the back." p. 177 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
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| Beard Rarity Statement: | Very rare |
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| Beard Special Note: | Identified by James B Beard in Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf (2014) as being old and rare based on his experience. |
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| Beard Scope of Content Note: | Identified by James B Beard in Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf (2014) as containing chapter(s) or section(s) on turfgrass but addressing a broader array of subjects than just turfgrass. |
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| Quotable quotes | "Actually, the cutting of grass alone along country roads amounts, in reality, to a matter of making hay once or twice or at most three times during the season and this single operation taxes an average organization to the utmost for the necessary men, money and machinery." p. iv
"An attempt is made to picture roadside development in its true light, stripped of its idealistic and fanciful showiness which so many have heaped upon it, yet retaining that deepness of purpose which is more than appearance and utility and which encourages a usable philosophy for human beings in all walks of life." p. vi
"If the grass is maintained at a height of six inches it will serve all purposes exceedingly well and in doing this a number of men equipped with scythes must be employed in addition to the many tractor mowers." p. 82 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bennett, J. M. 1936. Roadsides: The Front Yard of the Nation. vii, 233 pp. Boston, MA: The Stratford Company Publishers. |
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