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Bibliographic information
| Title | The American Gardener's Calendar |
| Author | Bernard M'Mahon |
| Publisher | B. Graves, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 648 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |