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MANUALS FOR THE MANY - No. III. BEE-KEEPING. BY THE LATE J. H. PAYNE Esq. THIRTIETH THOUSAND - PRICE FOURPENCE. LONDON: JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER OFFICE, 171, FLEET ST. E.C.

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THE

JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE,

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