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to be practised ; for, in the above work, Switzer gives 

 plans for hothonses for forcing fruit trees, especially 

 the vine, including a description of the first which 

 had been erected at Belvoir Castle by the Duke of 

 Rutland. Miller's Gardener's Dictionary appeared 

 about the same time, and gave some slight directions 

 on the subject ; but the first separate treatise on the 

 general culture of this fruit did not appear until 1768. 

 It was a translation from the French, entitled " A 

 Treatise on the Culture of Peach Trees,' ^ and con- 

 tains much useful information. Next to this, in 1 785 

 was pubhshed A Treatise on the Management of 

 Peach and Nectarine Trees, either in forcing-houses 

 or walls," by Mr. Kyle, gardener to Baron Steward, 

 of Moredun, near Edinburgh. 



In 1786, Robert Browne, who filled a similar place 

 in the establishment of Sir Harbord Harbord, of Gun- 

 ton, in Norfolk, published one of the greatest of typo- 

 graphical curiosities, entitled A Method to Preserve 

 Peach and Nectarine Trees from Mildew\" By 

 having only thirty words on a page, and using very 

 thick paper, a volume of 64 pp. is made, though it 

 contains nothing but a list of subscribers, and a recipe 

 how to make the common wash of soft soap and sul- 

 phur. In 1799, appeared, anonymously, a very 

 excellent pamphlet, entitled Letters to a Friend on 

 the Pruning of Peach Trees and Vines ;" but a still 

 more important work was issued from the Paris press 



