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New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. Explaining the motion of the sap and generation of plants: With other Discoveries never before made Publick, for the Improvement of Forrest-Trees, Flower-Gardens, or Parterres; with a New Invention whereby more Designs of Garden Platts may be made in an Hour, than can be found in all the Books now extant. Likewise several rare Secrets for the Improvement of Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens, and Green-House Plants. By Richard Bradley, Fellow of the Royal Society.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: MDCCXVII [1717]- Books
The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : containing, I. The art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or, Excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery ... and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cooks guide, or, Directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode, with all sauces and sallets.
Date: 1675- Books
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A daily exercise for ladies and gentlewomen : Whereby they may learne and practice the whole art of making pastes, preserues, marmalades, conserues, tartstuffes, gellies, breads, sucket candies, cordiall vvaters, conceits in sugar-vvorkes of seuerall kindes. As also to dry lemonds, orenges, or other fruits. Newly set forth, according to the now approued receipts, vsed both by honourable and vvorshipfull personages. By Iohn Murrell, professour thereof.
Murrell, John, active 17th centuryDate: 1617- Books
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New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. 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. Illustrated with copper plates. By Richard Bradley, F. R. S. The fourth edition. To which is added, that scarce and valuable tract intitled, Herefordshire-Orchards.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- Digital Images
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Fruit Fly, Anterior
Macroscopic Solutions- Ephemera
Junior Disprin : soluble pain relief for children ; each tablet a childs measured dose : can be dissolved in water or a favourite fruit drink.
Date: [1979?]- Digital Images
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Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) fruit
Macroscopic Solutions- Books
The canning of fruits and vegetables : based on the methods in use in California, with notes on the control of the microorganisms effecting spoilage / by Justo P. Zavalla.
Zavalla, Justo P.Date: 1916- Books
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The second part of the good hus-wiues iewell : Where is to be found most apt and readiest wayes to distill many wholsome and sweet waters. In which likewise is shewed the best maner in preseruing of diuers sorts of fruits, & making of sirrops. With diuers conceits in cookerie with the booke of caruing.
Dawson, ThomasDate: 1597- Pictures
Brady Webster grocery shop, High Street, Clayton West, Yorkshire: exterior. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 2141830i- Books
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The accomplish'd ladies delight, in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery. : Containing I. The art of preserving and candying fruits and flowers; and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet: or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery; together with some beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent receipts relating to the female sex: and for the general good of families, is added the true receipt for making that famous cordial drink Daffy's elixir salutis. III. The compleat cook's guide: or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl and fish, both in the English and French mode; with all sorts of sauces and sallets: and the making pyes, pasties, tarts, and custards, with the forms and shapes of many of them.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670.Date: [1696]- Pictures
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Wild celery (Apium graveolens L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17376i- Digital Images
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Drupaceous fruit from Cotinus coggygria (smoke bush), SEM
Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute- Pictures
Sources of vitamins and minerals for children and adults: (a) carrots and apples, (b) citrus fruits, (c) brassicas and pulses. Colour lithograph, 1966.
Date: [1966?]Reference: 576291iPart of: British Government recommendations of different kinds of foods. Colour lithographs, 1966.- Pictures
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Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
Bird, B.Reference: 22331i- Pictures
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Hedge sison (Sison amomum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 17983i- Books
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Proposals, for printing by subscription, sermons, on various important subjects, By the Rev. William Holcombe, A.M. canon residentiary of St. Davids, and late Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. In three volumes, octavo. At one Guinea in boards; to be paid at the time of subscribing. The sermons are ready for the Press, and will be printed and delivered as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers can be procured.
Holcombe, William, 1736-1796.Date: [1796]- Books
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The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : containing I. the art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers ..., II. the physical cabinet, or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery : together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body : and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling, 3. the compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode.
Date: 1675- Books
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The gentlewoman's delight in cookery : containing the newest art of dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, or fish, either roasted, boiled, baked, stewed, fryed, broyled, hasht or frigaced. Together with the true way of raising paste, and making pyes, pasties, tarts, cakes, custards, &c. Also how to make all sorts of broths, caudles, syrups, jellies; and the exact way of making divers sorts of pickles, &c. Likewise directions for garnishing, serving up, and setting out a table; ... To which is added, the art of preserving, conserving, and candying all sorts of fruits, flowers, buds, roots, herbs, &c. With a most excellent receipt for making beautifying water to clear the face, neck, hands, & whiten the skin. Very beneficial for all young gentlewomen and servant-maids. Licensed according to order.
Date: [1690?]- Pictures
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A tree bearing fruit labelled with virtues; representing the life of the Christian. Coloured etching by J. Couse, c. 1780, after J. Bakewell.
Bakewell, J., active 1770.Reference: 26772i- Books
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The gard'ners kalendar, directing what is to be done every month, in the kitchen-garden, fruit-garden, and nursery, and how To Manage Forrest-Trees and Flower-Garden: with A Catalogue of such Dishes and Drinks as a Compleat Garden can afford in their Seasons. Publish'd for the Climate of Scotland, by John Reid Gard'ner.
Reid, John, Gardener.Date: 1721- Ephemera
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Patisserie Valerie : now you can order online www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk / Patisserie Valerie.
Patisserie Valerie.Date: [2008]- Books
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The accomplish'd lady's delight, in preserving, physick, beautifying, cookery, and gardening. Containing, I. The art of preserving, and candying, fruits and flowers, and making all sorts of conserves, syrups, jellies, and pickles. II. The physical cabinet: or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery. Also some new receipts relating to the fair sex, whereby they may be richly furnish'd with all manner of beautifying waters, to add loveliness to the face and body. III. The compleat cook's guide: or directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl and fish, after the newest fashion, now in use at the British court; with the making of sauces, pyes pasties, tarts, custards, &c. VI. [sic] The female angler, instructing ladies and others, in the various methods of taking all manner of fish, in the fish-pond or river. V. The lady's diversion in her garden or, the compleat flowerist, with the nature and use of all sorts of plants and flowers.
Date: [1720?]- Books
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A Book of fruits & flovvers : Shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine. As also: to preserve, conserve, candy, and in wedges, or dry them. To make powders, civet bagges, all sort of sugar-works, turn'd works in sugar, hollow or frutages; and to pickell them. And for meat. To make pyes, biscat, maid dishes, marchpanes, leeches, and snow, craknels, caudels, cakes, broths, fritter-stuffe, puddings, tarts, syrupes, and sallets. For medicines. To make all sorts of poultisses, and serecloaths for any member swell'd or inflamed, ointments, waters for all wounds, and cancers, salves for aches, to take the ague out of any place burning or scalding; for the stopping of suddain bleeding, curing the piles, ulcers, ruptures, coughs, consumptions, and killing of warts, to dissolve the stone, killing the ring-worme, emroids, and dropsie, paine in the ears and teeth, deafnesse.
Date: 1653- Pictures
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A can of the insecticide Le Nicotiné de St. Julien attacks insects with a sword and kills them. Colour lithograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 675732i