The science of horticulture. Including a practical system for the management of fruit trees, arranged on demonstrative physiological principles / illustrated by sketches, in twelve plates. With a commentary on the works of Bradley, Hitt, Miller, Forsyth, Knight, Kirwan, Sir Humphry Davy, and Mrs. Ibbotson. By Joseph Hayward.

The science of horticulture. Comprising a practical system for the management and training of fruit-trees, exemplified by sketches from trees actually trained, also a comparative investigation of the foundation and application of the physiological principles of Mr. Kirwan, Sir Humphry Davy, Mrs. Ibbetson, and Messrs. Hitt, Forsyth, and Knight / [Joseph Hayward].

Beauty: illustrated chiefly by an analysis and classification of beauty in women / Preceded by a critical view of the general hypotheses respecting beauty, by Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc., and followed by a similar view of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. By Alexander Walker. Illustrated by drawings from life, by Henry Howard.

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