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A compendious method for the raising of the Italian brocoli, : Spanish cardoon, celeriac, finochi, and other foreign kitchen-vegetables. As also an account of the La Lucerne, St. Foyne, clover, and other grass-seeds. The fourth edition revis'd; and ... the burning of clay: with the plan of the kiln curiously engraved. ... By Stephen Switzer

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1729.
Call number: 371239
Creator: Switzer, Stephen (1682?-1745)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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