The Fruit Grower's Instructor: Being a Practical Treatise on the Cultivation and Treatment of Fruit Trees: to which is Added, Full Instructions for Forcing, with a List and Descriptive Account of All the Best Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain; Also Directions for Hothouse Building, with the Most Approved Modes of Heating by Fire and Hot Water ... The Whole Written from Practice |
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The Introductory Treatise , intended as an Introduction to the Study of the Great Civil War in the Seventeenth Century , may be had separately , price 28. 6d . The above 5 vols . form Mr. Forster's Portion of the Lives of Eminent ...
The Introductory Treatise , intended as an Introduction to the Study of the Great Civil War in the Seventeenth Century , may be had separately , price 28. 6d . The above 5 vols . form Mr. Forster's Portion of the Lives of Eminent ...
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... the whole adapted for grounds from one perch to fifty acres and upwards in extent ; intended for the instruction of those who know little of Gardening or Rural Affairs , and more particularly for the use of Ladies .
... the whole adapted for grounds from one perch to fifty acres and upwards in extent ; intended for the instruction of those who know little of Gardening or Rural Affairs , and more particularly for the use of Ladies .
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MARY'S GRAMMAR ; Interspersed with Stories , and intended for the Use of Children . 5th Edition ( 1841 ) , revised and enlarged , 18mo . pp . 336 , 38. 6d . half - bound . JOHN HOPKINS ' NOTIONS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY .
MARY'S GRAMMAR ; Interspersed with Stories , and intended for the Use of Children . 5th Edition ( 1841 ) , revised and enlarged , 18mo . pp . 336 , 38. 6d . half - bound . JOHN HOPKINS ' NOTIONS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY .
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It is impossible to write a book that will apply to every particular case , and as this is not intended as an introduction to Botany , or a Gardener's Dictionary , I think it would be wrong to confuse the reader with more than is stated ...
It is impossible to write a book that will apply to every particular case , and as this is not intended as an introduction to Botany , or a Gardener's Dictionary , I think it would be wrong to confuse the reader with more than is stated ...
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As this is intended as a general guide to the forcing fruit - grower , not any one thing of importance has been omitted , in order to render the work as intelligible and useful as possible , not neglecting or rejecting the ancient for ...
As this is intended as a general guide to the forcing fruit - grower , not any one thing of importance has been omitted , in order to render the work as intelligible and useful as possible , not neglecting or rejecting the ancient for ...
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| Title | The Fruit Grower's Instructor: Being a Practical Treatise on the Cultivation and Treatment of Fruit Trees: to which is Added, Full Instructions for Forcing, with a List and Descriptive Account of All the Best Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain; Also Directions for Hothouse Building, with the ... |
| Author | George Bliss |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Ridgeway, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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