Hortus Woburnensis: A Descriptive Catalogue of Upwards of Six Thousand Ornamental Plants Cultivated at Woburn Abbey; With Numerous Illustrative Plans for the Erection of Forcing Houses, Green Houses, &c (Classic Reprint)

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Much, if any success, that may have attended my practice, must be attributed to the very liberal assistance afforded me by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, who has been always anxious to have the various Horticultural improvements introduced, and their efficiency put to the test, in the Wobnrn Abbey Gardens.

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