An Encyclopędia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening; Including All the Latest Improvements; a General History of Gardening in All Countries; and a Statistical View of Its Present State; with Suggestions for Its Future Progress in the British Isles |
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| Title | An Encyclopędia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening; Including All the Latest Improvements; a General History of Gardening in All Countries; and a Statistical View of Its Present State; with Suggestions for Its ... An Encyclopędia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening; Including All the Latest Improvements; a General History of Gardening in All Countries; and a Statistical View of Its Present State; with Suggestions for Its Future Progress in the British Isles, John Claudius Loudon |
| Author | John Claudius Loudon |
| Editor | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1860 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 10, 2007 |
| Length | 1278 pages |
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