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| Title | The Theory of Horticulture: Or, An Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening Upon Physiological Principles |
| Author | John Lindley |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 387 pages |
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