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Plants of the Bible : a complete handbook to all the plants with 200 full-color plates taken in the natural habitat / Michael Zohary.
Zohary, Michael, 1898-1983.Date: 1982- Books
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Ten practical discourses concerning the four elements, as they relate to the growth of plants. Viz. I. Of the Improvement of Land in general. II. Of the Principles of Water, and the Necessity of it in Vegetation. III. Various Methods relating to the Draining of Lands. IV. Of the several Parts of Plants, and their respective Offices, &c. V. Of the Anatomy and Motion of Juices in Plants. VI. Of the different Ways of propagating Plants. Vii. How to make Plantations, either for Pleasure or Profit. Viii. Rules for Pruning, &c. IX. Of a Kitchen Garden, and the Particular Management of Vines and Figs. X. Of a Flower Garden: With some new Observations relating to Flowers and Exotick Plants. With a collection of new discoveries for the improvement of land, either in the farm or garden. By the late ingenious R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: 1733- Books
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The gardeners kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month, in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, and in the conservatory. With An Account of the particular seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants, and Trees, that flower in every Month. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732][1731]- Books
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The gardeners kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month in the kitchen, fruit and pleasure-gardens, and in the conservatory: with an account of the particular seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants and Trees, that flower in every Month. The fifth edition; with a large index, and an Addition of the Work necessary to be done in the nursery in each Month. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]- Books
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The gardener's Kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month in the Kitchen, Fruit and Pleasure-Gardens, And in the conservatory: with An Account of the particular seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants, and Trees, that flower in every Month. The sixth edition; with a large index, and an addition of the Work necessary to be done in the Nursery in each Month. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- Books
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The gardeners kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month in the kitchen, fruit and pleasure-gardens, and in the conservatory: with An Account of the particular Seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants, and Trees, that flower in every Month. The seventh edition; with a large index, and an addition of the work necessary to be done in the nursery in each month. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XLV. [1745]- Books
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The gardeners kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month, in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, and in the conservatory. With An Account of the particular Seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants, and Trees, that flower in every Month. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F. R. S. The second edition; to which is added, a complete index.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XXXIII. [1733]- Books
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The artificial gardiner. The second and last part. Containing, I. The nature of the hot-bed, and its use in gardening. II. Some farther remarks concerning vegetation, and of soils and composts, for forwarding the Growth of Plants. III. Of the propagation of forest-trees. IV. A new method of preserving exotick plants in the severest Seasons. By Richard Bradley, F.R.S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: [1717]- Books
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The gardeners kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month in the kitchen, fruit and pleasure-gardens, and in the conservatory and nursery. With an account of the particular seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants, and Trees, that flower in every Month. The eighth edition. To which is now first added, a list of the medicinal plants, which may be gather'd in each Month for Use. By Philip Miller, F. R. S. Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanic Garden in Chelsea.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The gardeners kalendar. Directing what works are necessary to be done every month in the kitchen, fruit and pleasure-gardens, and in the conservatory and nursery. With An Account of the particular Seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants, and Trees, that flower in every Month. The ninth edition. To which is added, a list of the medicinal plants, which may be gather'd in each mont for use. By Philip Miller, F. R. S. Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanic Garden in Chelsea.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.LI. [1751]- Books
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Catalogus stirpium, &c. Or, a catalogue of plants naturally growing and commonly cultivated in divers parts of England, more especially about Nottingham. Containing, The most known Latin and English Names of the several Plants, the Tribe they belong to, the Time of their flowering, and of those which are either Officinals, or otherwise of any known Efficacy, such Virtues are briefly mentioned as may be depended upon. With an English Index. To which is added, to the Benefit of the English Reader, a general Distribution of Plants, according to Mr. Ray, an Explanation of some Botanical and Physical Terms, and on Alphabetical List of Plants in Flower for every Month in the Year, together with short Directions when to gather any Parts of them. By C. Deering, M.D.
Deering, Charles, 1695?-1749.Date: 1738- Books
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The gardeners kalendar; directing what works are necessary to be done every month in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure-gardens, as also in the conservatory and nursery. With accounts I. Of the particular seasons for the Propagation of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits, with the Seasons wherein each Sort is proper for the Table. II. Of all Sorts of Trees, Plants, and Flowers, with the Time of their flowering in each Month. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Member of the Botanic Academy at Florence, and Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanic Garden in Chelsea. The eleventh edition, adapted to the new style; with a list of the medicinal plants, which may be gathered in each Month for Use.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Books
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Philosophical essays on various subjects, viz. Space, substance, body, spirit, the Operations of the Soul in Union with the Body, Innate Ideas, perpetual Consciousness, Place and Motion of Spirits, the departing Soul, the Resurrection of the Body, the Production and Operations of Plants and Animals; with some remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the human understanding. To which is subjoined A brief scheme of ontology, or the Science of Being in general with its Affections. By I. W.
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
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Philosophical essays on various subjects, viz. Space, substance, body, spirit, the Operations of the Soul in Union with the Body, Innate Ideas, perpetual Consciousness, Place and Motion of Spirits, the departing Soul, the Resurrection of the Body, the Production and Operations of Plants and Animals: with some remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the human understanding. To which is subjoined A brief scheme of ontology, or The Science of Being in general, with its Affections. By I. Watts, D.D.
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
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The gardeners dictionary. Containing, the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, flower, fruit, and pleasure garden; wherein all the articles contained in the former editions of this work, in two volumes, are disposed in one alphabet: With the Addition of a great Number of Plants. The sixth edition; carefully revised; And Adapted to the Present practice. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries at their Botanic Garden in Chelsea; and Member of the Botanic Society at Florence.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.LII. [1752]- Books
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The anatomy of the human bones; with an account of muscular motion, and the circulation of the blood: also of digestion and nutrition: with A Description of the Four Senses. Illustrated with variety of copper plates. To which is added, A short and easy Method of discovering the Virtues of Plants in curing the Diseases of the Human Body. By George Thomson, M. A.
Thomson, G. (George), active 18th century.Date: M,DCC,XXXIV. [1734]- Books
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The artificial gardiner: being, a discovery of a new invention for the sudden growth of all sorts of trees and plants. Whereby Gardens may be stock'd with Variety of Plants and Fruit-Trees: And Forrests rais'd upon the most Barren Grounds in a very short Time. Also how to Produce Flowers and Fruits in the midst of Winter. The whole confirm'd by Experiments. Translated from the original High-Dutch, of George Andreas Agricola, of Ratisbone. M. D. To which are added, Remarks upon this new art of vegetation. By a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Date: 1717 [1716]- Books
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A treatise of husbandry on the improvement of dry and barren lands. Shewing, I. The many Advantages which would arise to the Nation in general, by destroying of Warrens, and converting the Lands into Tillage, Pasture, &c. II. Pointing out new and cheap Methods to make growing Fences upon the most Barren Soils, and how to Till and Manure the same at a low Expence. III. How to prepare the Land, and Raise upon it Various Sorts of Plants, to produce both Poles and Timber. By Thomas Hitt, Author of a Treatise on Fruit-Trees.
Hitt, Thomas, -1770?.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]- Books
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The gardeners dictionary: containing the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit and flower garden, as also, the physick garden, wilderness, conservatory, and vineyard; According to the Practice of the Most Experienced Gardeners of the Present Age. Interspersed with The History of the Plants, the Characters of each Genus, and the Names of all the particular Species, in Latin and English; and an Explanation of all the Terms used in Botany and Gardening. Together with Accounts of the Nature and Use of Barometers, Thermometers, and Hygrometers, proper for Gardeners; And of the Origin, Causes, and Nature of Meteors, and the particular Influences of Air, Earth, Fire and Water upon Vegetation, according to the best Natural Philosophers. Adorn'd with copper plates. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden at Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]- Books
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The gardeners dictionary: containing the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit and flower garden, as also, the physick garden, wilderness, conservatory, and vineyard; According to the Practice of the Most Experienc'd Gardners of the Present Age. Interspers'd with The History of the Plants, the Characters of each Genus, and the Names of all the particular Species, in Latin and English; and an Explanation of all the Terms used in Botany and Gardening. Together with Accounts of the Nature and Use of Barometers, Thermometers, and Hygrometers, proper for Gardeners; And of the Origin, Causes, and Nature of Meteors, and the particular Influences of Air, Earth, Fire and Water upon Vegetation, according to the best Natural Philosophers. Adorn'd with copper plates. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden at Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XXXIII. [1733]- Books
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Essays upon the following subjects. Viz.1. Of generosity. 2. Of the New Man. 3. Of the Government of the Eye. 4. De Ratione Fidei, &c. 5. Of the Soul of Man. 6. Of Freedom or Liberty of Body and Mind. 7. Of the Passions and Affections. 8. Of Human Perfection. 9. Of the Origin of Sin, &c. 10. Of Gratitude. 11. Of the Blessed Trinity, and somewhat of the Mode. 12. Of Eternal Damnation for Temporal Sin; the Justice, and even Mercy of God therein, vindicated. 13. Of Dreams. 14. Of the Government of our Thoughts. 15. Of Happiness. 16. Of Sinful Ideas. 17. Of Families, and leaving a great Estate to Children. 18. A Letter to Sir R. Southwell, when President of the Royal Society, touching the Equivocal Generation of Plants and Insects; wherein the Creation of the World is particularly lookt into. 19. Of Reading the Holy Scriptures, &c. 20. Of persons running in debt, and dying without Payment. By Whitelock Bulstrode, Esq;
Bulstrode, Whitelocke, 1650-1724.Date: 1724- Books
Aromatic plants in the Bible / Ioannis G. Papayannopoulos.
Papayannopoulos, Ioannis G.Date: 1982- Books
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Dictionaire oeconomique: or, the family dictionary. Containing, the most experienced methods of improving estates and of preserving health, with many approved Remedies for most Distempers of the Body of Man, Cattle and other Creatures, and the best Means for attaining long Life. The most advantageous Ways of Breeding, Feeding and Ordering of Domestick Animals, as Horses, Kine, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Bees, Silkworms, &c. The different Kinds of Nets, Snares and Engines, for taking most Sorts of Fish, Birds, and other Game. Great Variety of Rules, Directions, and new Discoveries, relating to Gardening, Husbandry, Soils and Manures of all Sorts: The Planting and Culture of Vines, Fruit-Trees, Forest-Trees, Underwoods, Shrubs, Flowers, and their several Uses: The Knowledge of Foreign Drugs, Dies, Domestick and Exotick Plants and Herbs, with their specifick Qualities and medicinal Virtues. The best and cheapest Ways of providing and improving all manner of Meats and Drinks; of preparing several Sorts of Wines, Waters and Liquors for every Season, both by Distillation and otherwise: Of preserving all kind of Fruits as well dry as liquid, and making divers Sweetmeats and Works of Sugar, and other profitable Curiosities, both in the Confectionary and Culinary Arts of Housewifery. Means of making the most Advantages of the Manufactures of Soap, Starch, Spinning, Cotton, Thread, &c. The Methods to take or destroy Vermin, and other Animals injurious to Gardening, Husbandry, and rural Oeconomy; with a Description of Garden and other Country Tools and Utensils. An Account of the several Weights, Measures, &c. of Metals and Minerals, with their Preparations and Uses. All sorts of rural sports and exercises, conducing to the Benefit and innocent Enjoyments of Life; as also Painting in Miniature, and divers other Arts and Ternis of Art explain'd, for the Entertainment and Amusement of Gentlemen, Ladies, &c. The whole illustrated throughout with very great Variety of Figures, for the readier understanding and practising of those things to which they belong. Done into English from the second edition, lately printed at Paris, in two Volumes, Folio, written by M Chomell. With considerable alterations and improvements. Revised and recommended by Mr. R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S. In two volumes. Vol. I. From A - to - H.
Chomel, Noel, 1632-1712.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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The grand gazetteer, or topographic dictionary, both general and special, and antient as well as modern, &c. Being A succinct but comprehensive Geographical Description of the various Countries of the habitable known World, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; more especially of Great-Britain and Ireland, and all the British Settlements abroad, or where we have Trade, Commerce, or Correspondence. Shewing The situation, Extent, and Boundaries, of all the Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, Provinces, Cities, Chief Towns, &c. with their several Climates, Soils, Produces, Animals, Plants, Minerals, &c. the Government, Traffick, Arts, Manufactures, Customs, Manners, and Religion, of the divers Nations; and the vast many admirable (some of them stupendous) Curiosities both Natural and Artificial; the most remarkable Events, Accidents, and Revolutions, in all past Ages; &c. &c. Aptly and requisitely interspers'd with many Thousands of uncommon Passages, strange Occurrences, critical Observations (as well sacred as prophane), and proper Relations; which most agreeably surprize, and delightfully inform. Diligently extracted, and as accurately as possible compiled, from the most esteemed Voyagers, Travellers, Geographers, Historians, Criticks, &c. extant. A Work in its Form entirely New, very necessary for Numbers, and serviceable to all Degrees of Readers. - (not excepting the most Learned, and with Libraries best Furnish'd)-Readers not only of News-Papers, Magazines, &c. &c. &c. but of Histories of former Ages or the present, the Classicks, and even the Sacred Writ itself; the Antique Articles being collected either from Original Authors or the best Translators, and divers Learned Commentators on the Bible, &c. &c. By Andrew Brice, of Exeter.
Brice, Andrew, 1690-1773.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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A catalogue of a large and elegant collection of books, including the libraries of the late learned and Rev. Dr. Hutchinson, Editor of Xenophon; the Rev. Mr. Mudge, of Plymouth; and several other curious libraries, lately purchased. Among them are Sebae Museum, 4 vol. many cuts. Catesby's Carolina, 2 vol. coloured. Mrs. Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. coloured. Knorr Deliciae Naturae, 2 vol. coloured. Meyer's Animals, 2 vol. coloured. Schefferi Fungi, 2 vol. coloured. Roesel's Frogs and Insects, coloured. Gleichen Nouvelles Decouvertes, coloured. Parkinson's Herbal, 2 vol. L. P. Turkey. Sir Hans Sloane's Jamaica, 2 vol. Miller's Figures of Plants, 2 vol. coloured. British Zoology, compleat, coloured. Gerrarde's Herbal, by Johnson, coloured. Rumphii Herbarium Amboinense, 7 vol. Edward's Birds & Gleanings, 7 v. 4to, col. Oederi Flora Danica, 8 Fasciculi. Raii & Bauhini Hist. Plant. 6 vol. Plukenetii Opera omnia, 4 vol. 4to. ... Poetae Graeci, H. Stephani, 2 vol. Platonis Opera, Serrani, 3 vol. Aristophanes, Ammianus, Dionys. Halicarn. Diodorus Siculus, Dion Cassius, Josephus, Pindar, Polybius, Plutarch, Pausanias, Ptolemaei Geog. Strabo, Thucydides, Vitruvius, & alii, edit. opt. Ld. Burlington's Palladio. Edmondson's Baronagium, 5 vol. L. P. Desgodetz Edifices Antiques de Rome. Galleria Giustiniana, 2 vol. edit opt. ... Voyage par Norden, 2 tom. Saurin sur la Bible, 6 tom. fig. Calmet, Comment. sur la Bible, 9 tom. Calmet, Diction. de la Bible, 4 tom. G. P. Biblia Polyglotta, &c. Waltoni, 8 v. ruled. Critici Sacri, &c. 13 vol. edit. op. Sixti V. Septuaginta Gr. Romae. S. Augustini Opera, 12 vol. edit. bened. S. Hieronymi Opera; 5 vol. edit. bened. Field's Bible, 2 vol. cuts, Russia. Bartoloccii Bibliotheca Rabbin. 5 vol. ... R. Stephani Thesaurus, 4 vol. Herbelot, Bibliotheque Orientale. Viner's Abridgment, 24 vol. Bacon's Abridgment, 5 vol. new edit. Coke on Littleton, last edit. And a great Variety of the best Authors in every Branch of Learning. The lowest Prices are printed in the Catalogue, and marked in the first Leaf of every Book: And the sale will begin on Tuesday, the 13th of February, 1770, and continue till all the Books are sold, by Benjamin White, At Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street, London. Who gives the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books.
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