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Hortus gramineus woburnensis, or, An account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutrit...

Hortus gramineus woburnensis, or, An account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutrit...

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Hortus gramineus woburnensis, or, An account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals / instituted by John, Duke of Bedford ; illustrated with numerous figures of the plants and seeds upon which these experiments have been made, and practical observations on their natural habits and the soils best adapted to their growth, pointing out the kinds most profitable for permanent pasture, irrigated meadows, dry or upland pasture, and the alternate husbandry, accompanied with the discriminating characters of the species and varieties, by George Sinclair, F.L.S., F.H.S., gardener to his grace the Duke of Bedford, corresponding member of the Caledonian Horticultural Society of Edinburgh, and corresponding member of the Hon. the Board of Agriculture of Stuttgart.

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Hortus gramineus woburnensis, or, An account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals / instituted by John, Duke of Bedford ; illustrated with numerous figures of the plants and seeds upon which these experiments have been made, and practical observations on their natural habits and the soils best adapted to their growth, pointing out the kinds most profitable for permanent pasture, irrigated meadows, dry or upland pasture, and the alternate husbandry, accompanied with the discriminating characters of the species and varieties, by George Sinclair, F.L.S., F.H.S., gardener to his grace the Duke of Bedford, corresponding member of the Caledonian Horticultural Society of Edinburgh, and corresponding member of the Hon. the Board of Agriculture of Stuttgart.

Publisher

London : Printed for James Ridgway, 1824.

Record Identifier

74VKVELZWlgM

MMS ID

991024131320102626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (xx, 438 pages, 60 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed for James Ridgway, 1824.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1824.

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Full title

Hortus gramineus woburnensis, or, An account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals / instituted by John, Duke of Bedford ; illustrated with numerous figures of the plants and seeds upon which these experiments have been made,...

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Account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals

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Notes

General note

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Part II

Includes index.

Includes errata.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.

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Record Identifier

74VKVELZWlgM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVELZWlgM

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MMS ID

991024131320102626