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A42729 The florists vade-mecum being a choice compendium of whatever worthy notice hath been extant for the propagation, raising, planting, encreasing and preserving the rarest flowers and plants ... together with The gardiners almanack ... / by Samuel Gilbert. Gilbert, Samuel, d. 1692? 1682 (1682) Wing G712; ESTC R30408 113,834 332

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