The Rose Amateur's Guide: Containing Ample Descriptions of All the Fine Leading Varieties of Roses Regularly Classed in Their Respective Families, Their History and Mode of Culture |
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... practical cultivator here finds some difficulty ; he , almost obstinately , sup- poses that every one must know something relative to those , with him , every - day operations ; he is apt therefore not to go sufficiently into detail . I ...
... practical cultivator here finds some difficulty ; he , almost obstinately , sup- poses that every one must know something relative to those , with him , every - day operations ; he is apt therefore not to go sufficiently into detail . I ...
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... practical ob- servations might be acceptable . I have also long felt the conviction , that a mere enumeration of the form and colour of the flower is not enough , particularly for the amateur with a small garden ; for he , of course ...
... practical ob- servations might be acceptable . I have also long felt the conviction , that a mere enumeration of the form and colour of the flower is not enough , particularly for the amateur with a small garden ; for he , of course ...
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... Practical , Theo- retical , etc. of Commerce 22 Murray's Encyclopędia of Geography Savage's Dictionary of Printing Ure's Dictionary of Arts , Manufactures , and Mines · 32 26 31 Webster's Encyclopędia of Dom . Economy 32 POETRY AND THE ...
... Practical , Theo- retical , etc. of Commerce 22 Murray's Encyclopędia of Geography Savage's Dictionary of Printing Ure's Dictionary of Arts , Manufactures , and Mines · 32 26 31 Webster's Encyclopędia of Dom . Economy 32 POETRY AND THE ...
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... Practical Mechanics 23 Engineering and Architecture 23 Field's Veterinary Records Narrien's Elements of Geometry 26 Owen's Lectures On Comparative Anatomy 23 " " Parnell On Roads 23 Pearson's Practical Astronomy 24 " 9 VETERINARY ...
... Practical Mechanics 23 Engineering and Architecture 23 Field's Veterinary Records Narrien's Elements of Geometry 26 Owen's Lectures On Comparative Anatomy 23 " " Parnell On Roads 23 Pearson's Practical Astronomy 24 " 9 VETERINARY ...
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... Practical Knowledge of the Science , and comprising the most important recent Discoveries ; with Explanations of the Facts and Phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories . By Robert Bakewell . Fifth ...
... Practical Knowledge of the Science , and comprising the most important recent Discoveries ; with Explanations of the Facts and Phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories . By Robert Bakewell . Fifth ...
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