A compendious method for the raising of the Italian brocoli, [electronic resource] : Spanish Cardoon, celeriac, finochi, and other foreign kitcheh [sic]- vegetables. As also an account of the La Lucerne, St. Foyne, clover and other grass-seeds. With the method of burning clay, for the improvement of land, made very perfect and compleat from the last summer's experience. To which is added, a farther account of the burning of clay., lately Communicated to the Author by a Person of Worth and Honour of North-Britain, who has greatly experienced the same. By which it appears, that Burnt Clay is not only the cheapest but the best Discovery for the Improvement of Land (especially that which is cold and poor) ever yet produced. By Stephen Switzer, Author of the Practical Fruit and Kitchen-Gardener.
1729
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A compendious method for the raising of the Italian brocoli, [electronic resource] : Spanish Cardoon, celeriac, finochi, and other foreign kitcheh [sic]- vegetables. As also an account of the La Lucerne, St. Foyne, clover and other grass-seeds. With the method of burning clay, for the improvement of land, made very perfect and compleat from the last summer's experience. To which is added, a farther account of the burning of clay., lately Communicated to the Author by a Person of Worth and Honour of North-Britain, who has greatly experienced the same. By which it appears, that Burnt Clay is not only the cheapest but the best Discovery for the Improvement of Land (especially that which is cold and poor) ever yet produced. By Stephen Switzer, Author of the Practical Fruit and Kitchen-Gardener.
Author
Switzer, Stephen, 1682-1745.
Edition
The fourth edition.
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London : printed for Thomas Astley, at the Rose in St. Paul's-Churchyard, [1729]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[3],vi-xii,64p.,plates : ill. ; 8⁰.
Note
Originally published in 1728 as: 'A compendious, but more particular method, than has ever yet been published, for the raising of the Italian brocoli'.
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English Short Title Catalog, T30961.
English Short Title Catalog, T30961.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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