The Quarterly Review, Volume 39William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1829 - English literature |
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... A Synopsis of the British Flora ; arranged according to the Natural Orders : containing Vasculares , or Flowering Plants . By J. Lindley , F.R.S. , & c . 12mo . 10s . 6d . The Domestic Gardener's Manual . By an Horticultural Chemist ...
... A Synopsis of the British Flora ; arranged according to the Natural Orders : containing Vasculares , or Flowering Plants . By J. Lindley , F.R.S. , & c . 12mo . 10s . 6d . The Domestic Gardener's Manual . By an Horticultural Chemist ...
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