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A54994 The Garden of Eden, or, An accurate description of all flowers and fruits now growing in England with particular rules how to advance their nature and growth, as well in seeds and herbs, as the secret ordering of trees and plants / by that learned and great observer, Sir Hugh Plat. Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1611?; Bellingham, Charles. 1654 (1654) Wing P2386; ESTC R33966 42,529 183

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