The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, Volume 8Longman, Rees, Orome, Brown and Green, Paternoster-Row and and A. and C. Black, Edinburgh, 1832 - Agriculture |
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... means of communication through the press , that the country population are , in intelligence and enterprise , com- paratively behind those whose pursuits admit of their residing in towns ; and , of all classes of country residents ...
... means of communication through the press , that the country population are , in intelligence and enterprise , com- paratively behind those whose pursuits admit of their residing in towns ; and , of all classes of country residents ...
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... Means of inspiring a Taste for Garden- ing among the labouring Classes of Scotland . By James Stuart Menteath , Jun . Esq . , of Closeburn , Dumfriesshire 532 On the Construction of Double - roofed Hot- houses at Vienna . By M. Charles ...
... Means of inspiring a Taste for Garden- ing among the labouring Classes of Scotland . By James Stuart Menteath , Jun . Esq . , of Closeburn , Dumfriesshire 532 On the Construction of Double - roofed Hot- houses at Vienna . By M. Charles ...
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... means of fitting himself for rising in the world . Assuredly the time is fast passing away for a nobleman or rich country gentleman to keep a separate head gardener at high wages for each department of his gardens ; or for a man ...
... means of fitting himself for rising in the world . Assuredly the time is fast passing away for a nobleman or rich country gentleman to keep a separate head gardener at high wages for each department of his gardens ; or for a man ...
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... means by gambling or electioneering expenses . The prevailing cause , however , of the suffer- ings of the Scotch landed proprietors we believe to be the great extent of their mortgages ; and as it is clear to us that the means of pay ...
... means by gambling or electioneering expenses . The prevailing cause , however , of the suffer- ings of the Scotch landed proprietors we believe to be the great extent of their mortgages ; and as it is clear to us that the means of pay ...
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... means of applying the necessary warmth to them , relieve the gardener of much manual labour , and prevent a great deal of that anxiety of mind which formerly deprived him of bodily rest during a severe and lengthened winter . We still ...
... means of applying the necessary warmth to them , relieve the gardener of much manual labour , and prevent a great deal of that anxiety of mind which formerly deprived him of bodily rest during a severe and lengthened winter . We still ...
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