Pine apple plant. : William Speechly, gardener to the Duke of Portland, proposes to publish, by subscription, a tract describing a cheap, easy, and certain method of extirpating all kinds of insects that are injurious to the pine apple plant...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speechly, William.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Treatise on the culture of the pine apple and the management of the hot-house. Prospectus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--Early works to 1800.

Plants.

Genre:

Prospectuses.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

[York?], [publisher not identified], [1778]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Dated at head: Jan.1, 1778.

'A treatise on the culture of the pine apple and the management of the hot-house' was published in 1779.

The prospectus includes a "Certificate" signed by the Duke of Portland attesting to the success of Speechly's method for treating pineapples.

The prospectus comprises [4] p., with the text printed on the recto of the first and the following three blank.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T225742.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.