Punch,  18 (1850), 63.

Thames Water in the Nursery and the Garden

Simon Pure

Genre:

Letter, Spoof

Subjects:

Horticulture, Pollution, Gas Chemistry, Animal Development, Human Development, Nutrition


    Communicating his observations on the comparative effect of Thames water on animal and vegetable life, wonders why Thames water stunts the human frame, but is 'highly nutritious' to vegetables.



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