A treatise on the culture of peach trees . To which is added, a treatise on the management of bees; and the improved treatment of them. By Thomas Wildman.

xix, 1 unnumbered page, 169 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, III folded plates : illustrations ; (4to)

A treatise on the management of bees wherein is contained the natural history of those insects, with the various methods of cultivating them, both ancient and modern, and the improved treatment of them : To which are added, the natural history of wasps and hornets, and the means of destroying them / By Thomas Wildman. Illustrated with copper-plates.

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A treatise on the culture of peach trees . To which is added, a treatise on the management of bees; and the improved treatment of them. By Thomas Wildman.