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A28676 The French gardiner instructing how to cultivate all sorts of fruit-trees and herbs for the garden : together with directions to dry and conserve them in their natural / first written by R.D.C.D.W.B.D.N. ; and now transplanted into English by Phiocepos.; Jardinier françois. English. 1658 Bonnefons, Nicolas de.; Evelyn, John, 1655-1699.; Phiocepos. 1658 (1658) Wing B3598; ESTC R28517 90,626 327

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