Pear Culture: A Manual for the Propagation, Planting, Cultivation, and Management of the Pear Tree. With Descriptions and Illustrations of the Most Productive of the Finer Varieties and Selections of Kinds Most Profitably Grown for MarketA.O. Moore, 1858 - 286 pages |
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Page 289 - Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences. Comprising Historical Notices and General Principles of the Art, Directions for Laying Out Grounds and Arranging Plantations, the Description and Cultivation of Hardy Trees, Decorative Accompaniments to the House and Grounds, the Formation of Pieces of Artificial Water, Flower Gardens, etc. with Remarks on Rural Architecture.