A Treatise On The Culture Of The Pine Apple And The Management Of The Hot House

"The different modes of cultivating the pine-apple" is a book written by John Claudius Loudon. This book is designed to aid horticulturists on the culturing of pineapples. It is a book which serves as the basis of knowledge for gardening, of pineapples, the kind of fruits.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T063473 The single unnumbered leaves after pp.90,96,120 and [198] are explanations to the plates. With a final advertisement leaf. York: printed for the author at Welbeck in Nottinghamshire, by G. Peacock; and sold by J. Debrett; B. and J. White; and T. N. Longman, London, 1796. xvi,90, [2],91-96, [2],97-120, [3],122-197, [4],200-211, [3]p., plates; 8°

A handwritten manuscript by William Speechly on how to grow pineapple in a greenhouse and a description of insect control.