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Published by Canadian Department of Agriculture, Experimental Farms Service, Ottawa, 1968
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 148 pages. Author's own copy. Signed and dated by Taylor atop front free endpaper, with his personal bookplate affixed inside front board. "In 1963, Taylor made a pilot study of collecting methods in Western Canada, and during the summer of 1964 he collected some 1600 cytological specimens. Taylor and Mulligan later examined the collections and successfully counted the chromosomes of 71 percent of the vascular flora of the Queen Charlottes." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book with several light pencil markings to contents. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.