RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening New Edition
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RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening New Edition
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C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843: Hortus britannicus (Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850), also by Robert Kaye Greville, John Lindley, George Don, and Mrs.
Gardening Glossary / RHS Gardening
C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843: An encyclopaedia 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 (Longmans, Green, 1878), also by Mrs. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843: An encyclopædia of plants; comprising the description, specific character, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain, combining all the advantages of a Linnean and Jussieuean species plantarum, an historia plantarum, a grammar of botany, and a dictionary of botany and vegetable culture.Snow and ice are bad conductors of heat ; and when the ground is covered with snow, or the surface of the soil or of water is frozen, the roots or bulbs of the plants beneath are protected by the congealed water from the influence of the atmosphere, the temperature of which in northern winters is usually very much below the freezing point ; and this water becomes the first nourishment of the plant in early spring. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. including all the latest improvements; a general history of agriculture in all countries, a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles]; and supplements bringing down the work to the year 1844. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843: Hortus lignosus londinensis: or, A catalogue of all the ligneous plants, indigenous and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, cultivated in the gardens and grounds in the neighbourhood of London: with all their synonymes, scientific and popular, including their French, German, and Italian names; and with their native country, habit, habitation in the garden, etc. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843: Self-instruction for young gardeners, foresters, bailiffs, land-stewards, and farmers; in arithmetic and book-keeping, geometry, mensuration, and practical trigonometry, mechanics, hydrostatics, and hydraulics, land-surveying, levelling, planning, and mapping, architectural drawing, and isometrical projection and perspective: with examples, showing their application to horticultural and agricultural purposes.
Encyclopedia of Gardening: Brickell, Christopher, Bradley Encyclopedia of Gardening: Brickell, Christopher, Bradley
The whole in English; with the synonymes of the commoner plants in the different European and other languages .The back advertising pages are fascinating, just seeing how each company promoted themselves, in that period of time, is so interesting.
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