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A CONCISE and PRACTICAL TREATISE 



On the GROWTH and CULTURE of the CARNATION, PINK, AURICULA, POLY- 

 ANTHUS, RANUNCULUS, TULIP, HYACINTH, ROSE, and other Flowers ; 

 including a Dissertation on Soils and Manures, and Catalogues of the 

 most esteemed Varieties of each Flower. 

 By Thomas Hogg, Florist, Paddington Green. 



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LETTERS on ENTOMOLOGY : 



Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons, and to facilitate their 

 acquiring a Knowledge of the Natural History of Insects. 



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The GREEN-HOUSE COMPANION ; 



Comprising a general course of Green-House and Conservatory Practice throughout the 

 Year; a natural arrangement of all the Green-house Plants in cultivation ; with 

 a descriptive-CatHlogueof the most desirable to form a collection, their 

 proper soils, modes of propagation, management, and refe- 

 rences to Botanical Works in which theyare figured. 

 Also, the proper treatment of Flowers in Rooms, and Bulbs in Water Glasses. 



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THE CONCHOLOGISTS' COMPANION ; 



Comprising the Instincts and Constructions of Testaceous Animals, with a general Sketch 

 of those extraordinary Productions which connect the Vegetable and Animal 



Kingdoms. 



By the same Author, 



In 12mo. the Second Edition, with a Frontispiece, price 6s. 



THE WONDERS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 



DISPLAYED. 



In 3 vols, I2mo. price 21s. boards, 



A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS FROM THE 

 BRITISH POETS. 



Paht I.— Shakspeare, G*. 6d. — II. Blank Verse, 7*. — III. Rhyme, 7s. &d. 



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The HISTORY of ITALY, 



From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Commencement of the Wars of the French 



Revolution. 



By George Perceval, Esq. 



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A COMPANION to the ALTAR ; 



Shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, in order to our worthy 

 receiving the Holy Communion : to which arc added, Puayers and Medi- 

 tations, with an Introductory Essay on the Origin, Nature, and 

 Tendency of the Lord's Supper, cliiefly selected from the 

 Writings of Hugh Blair, D.D. 



