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The epitome of the art of husbandry. Comprizing all necessary directions for the improvement of it ... To which is annexed by way of appendix, a new method of planting fruit-trees, and improving of an orchard: with directions for taking, ordering, teaching, and curing of singing birds, and other useful addition / By J.B. Gent.
Blagrave, Joseph, 1610-1682.Date: 1675
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Flora: seu, de florum cultura. Or, a complete florilege, furnished with all the requisites belonging to a florist / In III books. By John Rea. [-Ceres. The second book.-Pomona. The third book].
Rea, John, -1681.Date: 1665
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Herefordshire orchards. Written in an epistolary address to Samuel Hartlib, Esq; By J.B. To which is added, the newest and best method for planting and managing the hop-garden: being a pattern for Ireland.
Beale, John, 1603-1683?.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]
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A new orchard & garden: or, The best way for planting, graffing, and to make any ground good for a rich orchard ... With the country house-wifes garden for herbs of common use ... As also the husbandry of bees, with their several uses and annoyances: all being the experience of forty and eight years of labour; and now the sixth time corrected, and much enlarged, / By William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added the art of propagating plants, with the true ordering of all manner of fruits, in their gathering, carrying home, and preservation.
Lawson, William, active 1618.Date: 1676
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The future of the date palm in India (Phœnix dactylifera) / by E. Bonavia.
Bonavia, E. (Emanuel), 1826?-1908.Date: 1885
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Plain and full instructions to raise all sorts of fruit-trees that prosper in England. ... together with all necessary directions about those several ways of making plantations ... and also the best directions are given for making liquors of several sorts of fruit... / By T. Langford, gent.
Langford, T.Date: 1696
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A treatise of fruit trees, shewing the manner of planting, grafting, pruning, and ordering of them in all respects, according to rules of experience ... Whereunto is annexed, observations upon Sir Fran. Bacons Natural history. As it concerns fruit-trees, fruits, and flowers. Also, directions for planting of wood for building, fuel, and other uses / By Ra. Austen.
Austen, Ralph, -1676.Date: 1665
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New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and pratical. In three parts. I. Containing, a new system of vegetation. Explaining the Motion of the Sap, and Generation of Plants. Of Soils, and the Improvement of Forest-Trees. With a new Invention, whereby more Designs of Garden Plats may be made in an Hour, than can be found in all the Books of Gardening yet extant. II. The best Manner of Improving Flower Gardens or Parterres: Of Raising and Propagating all Sorts of Flowers; and of the Adorning of Gardens. III. Of Improving Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens, and Green-House Plants. With the Gentleman and Gardener's Kalendar. To which is added, that scarce and valuable tract, intitled, Herefordshire-Orchards. The sixth edition, with an appendix, treating of several Matters omitted in the former Impressions. Illustrated with copper plates. By Richard Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]
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Nürnbergische Hesperides, oder, Gründliche Beschreibung der edlen Citronat- Citronen- und Pomerantzen-Früchte : wie solche in selbiger und benachbarten Gegend, recht mögen eingesetzt, gewartet, erhalten und fortgebracht werden, Samt einer ausführlichen Erzehlung der meisten Sorten, welche theils zu Nürnberg würcklich gewachsen, theils von verschiedenen fremden Orten dahin gebracht worden, auf das accurateste in Kupffer gestochen, in vier Theile eingetheilet und mit nützlichen Anmerckungen erkläret : Beneben der Flora, oder curiosen Vorstellung verschiedener raren Blumen samt einer Zugabe etlicher anderer Gewächse, und ausführlichem Bericht, wie ein richtig zutreffende Sonnen-Uhr im Gartenfeld von Bux anzulegen, und die Gärten nach der Perspectiv leichtlich aufzureissen : Wie auch einem Bericht von denen in des Authoris Garten stehenden Columnis milliaribus ... / herausgegeben von J.C.V.
Volkamer, Johann Christoph, 1644-1720.Date: 1708-1714
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Traité de la taille des arbres, et de la manière de les bien élever / [René Dahuron].
Dahuron, René.Date: 1692
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A new orchard, and garden: or, the best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard: : particularly in the north and generally for the whole common-wealth as in nature, reason, situation, and all probability, may and doth appeare. With the country-housewifes garden for herbs of common use: their virtues, seasons, profits, ornaments, variety of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walkes. As also, the husbandry of bees, with their severall uses and annoyances. All being the experience of forty and eight yeares labour, and now the second time corrected and much enlarged, / by William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added the art of propagating plants; with the true ordering of all manner of fruits, in their gathering, carrying home, and preservation.
Lawson, William, active 1618.Date: 1653
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The fruit-garden kalendar: Or, A summary of the art of managing the fruit-garden. Teaching in order of time what is to be done therein every month in the year. Containing several new and plain directions, more particularly relating to the vine. To which is added, an appendix of the usefulness of the barometer; with some short directions how to make a right judgment of the weather. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost, in Northamptonshire.
Laurence, John, 1668-1732.Date: 1718
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A new orchard, and garden: or, the best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard: : particularly in the north and generally for the whole common-wealth as in nature, reason, situation, and all probability, may and doth appeare. With the country-housewifes garden for herbs of common use: their virtues, seasons, profits, ornaments, variety of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walkes. As also, the husbandry of bees, with their severall uses and annoyances. All being the experience of forty and eight yeares labour, and now the second time corrected and much enlarged, / by William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added the art of propagating plants; with the true ordering of all manner of fruits, in their gathering, carrying home, and preservation.
Lawson, William, active 1618.Date: 1653
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The French gardiner : instructing how to cultivate all sorts of fruit-trees and herbs for the garden : together with directions to dry and conserve them in their natural / an accomplished piece written originally in French and now transplanted into English by John Evelyn, Esq. ; whereunto is annexed, The English vineyard vindicated by John Rose, now gardiner to His Majesty ; with a tract of the making and ordering of wines in France.
Bonnefons, Nicolas deDate: 1672
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L'art de tailler les arbres fruitiers, avec un dictionaire des mots dont se servent les jardiniers, en parlant ds arbres. Et un traité de l'usage des fruits des arbres, pour se conserver en santé, ou pour se guerir. Lors que l'on est malade : avec une liste des fruits fondans pendant toute l'année / [Anon].
Venette, Nicolas, 1633-1698.Date: 1683
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The science of horticulture. Including a practical system for the management of fruit trees, arranged on demonstrative physiological principles / illustrated by sketches, in twelve plates. With a commentary on the works of Bradley, Hitt, Miller, Forsyth, Knight, Kirwan, Sir Humphry Davy, and Mrs. Ibbotson. By Joseph Hayward.
Hayward, Joseph, active 1798-1824.Date: 1818
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Beschrijving van vruchtboomen en vruchten, die men in hoven plant en onderhoudt. Met derzelver verschillende naamen, voortteeling, groeiplaatzen, aankweeking, huishoudelijk gebruik, wijze van uitleggen, en toebereiding / [Johann Hermann Knoop].
Knoop, Johann Hermann, 1700?-1769.Date: 1790
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The practical fruit-gardener. Being the newest and best method of raising, planting and pruning all sorts of fruit-trees, agreably to the experience and practice of the most eminent gardeners and nurserymen. By Stephen Switzer. Revised and reccommended [sic] by the Reverend Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Bradley. The second edition. To which are added three new plans, and other large additions.
Switzer, Stephen, 1682-1745.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]
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The country-mans new art of planting and graffing : directing the best way to make any ground good for a rich orchard, with the manner how to plant and graffe all sorts of trees, to set and sow curnels : as also the remedies and medicines concerning the same, with divers other new experiments / practised by Leonard Mascall.
Mascall, Leonard, -1589Date: 1652
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The gardener's remembrancer. Exhibiting the nature of vegetable life and the effects of vegetation ... : to which is now added, the culture of the cucumber / by James MacPhail.
MacPhail, James, active 1785-1805.Date: 1819
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Seminarium sive plantarium earum arborum, quae post hortos conseri solent: quarum nomina, fructus, item etiam conserendi vocabula apud authores bene recepta hoc libello declarantur ... / [Charles Estienne].
Estienne, Charles, 1504-approximately 1564.Date: 1537
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Pomarium Britannicum: an historical and botanical account of fruits, known in Great Britain / By Henry Phillips.
Phillips, Henry, 1775-1838.Date: 1823
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A booke of the art and maner, howe to plante and graffe all sortes of trees : how to set stones and sow pepynes to make wylde trees to graffe on, as also remedies and medicines : with diuerse other newe practises / by one of Abbey of S. Vincent in Fraunce ... ; with an addition in the ende of this booke, of certayne Dutche practises, sette forth and Englished, by Leonarde Mascal.
Mascall, Leonard, -1589Date: 1584
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Les fruits de France : historique, diététique et thérapeutique / Henri Leclerc.
Leclerc, Henri, 1870-1955.Date: 1925
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The fruit garden display'd. Setting forth the several varieties of fruit ripe in every month of the year: Collected from the most Celebrated Gardens in Europe. With Their Figures, Description of Colour, Taste, and History; and the Manner of their Culture. Publish'd, in order to Inform the Curious of the Nature and Manner of Propagating all Sorts of Fruit; each Month containing between Twenty and Thirty Figures taken from the Life. For the Month of June.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: MD.CC.XXXII. [1732]