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1. Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands : containing coloured figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; with magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, & a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation : the greater part are handsome evergreen shrubs, and may produce sweet-scented flowers; and as they are generally of free growth, and easily managed, they may be considered as the most desirable plants for cultivation : in one volume / by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. author of Hortus Suburbanus Londoniensis, Hortus Britannicus, Botanical cultivator, The British flower garden, Geraniaceæ, Cistineæ, The florist's guide, The British warblers, &c. ; the drawings by E.D. Smith, F.L.S. botanical artist.

Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands : containing coloured figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; with magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, & a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation : the greater part are handsome evergreen shrubs, and may produce sweet-scented flowers; and as they are generally of free growth, and easily managed, they may be considered as the most desirable plants for cultivation : in one volume / by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. author of Hortus Suburbanus Londoniensis, Hortus Britannicus, Botanical cultivator, The British flower garden, Geraniaceæ, Cistineæ, The florist's guide, The British warblers, &c. ; the drawings by E.D. Smith, F.L.S. botanical artist.

Creator:: Sweet, Robert, 1783–1835
Date:: 1827-28
Physical Description:: [114] pages, 56 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The amateur gardener's calendar : being a monthly guide as to what should be avoided, as well as what should be done, in a garden each month : with plain rules how to do what is requisite : directions for laying out and planting kitchen and flower gardens, pleasure grounds, and shrubberies : and a short account, in each month, of the quadrupeds, birds, and insects then most injurious to gardens / by Mrs. Loudon, author of "The Lady's country companion," "The Ladies' flower garden of ornamental greenhouse plants," "The Ladies companion to the flower garden," etc. ; with numerous illustrations.

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Creator:: Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807–1858
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: xx, 372 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The manse garden / by Nathaniel Paterson, D.D., Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Glasgow.

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Creator:: Paterson, N. (Nathaniel), 1787–1871
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: x, [11]-262, 2 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts