The young gardener's best companion, [electronic resource] : For the thorough practical Management o...
The young gardener's best companion, [electronic resource] : For the thorough practical Management of the Pleasure Ground and Flower Garden; shrubbery, nursery, forest tree plantations, Green House and Hot House; With the most approved Plans for the whole fully described. Also the Proper Trees, Shrubs, Plants, and Flowers, Arranged in Botanical Order; Together with the Methods of Propagation and Culture, The whole displayed under the following Heads: Pleasure Ground, consisting of the Shrubbery, Flower Garden, and all Ornamental Plantations; with an Account of the Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers, proper for the same; Directions for their Propagation in the Nursery; and Instructions for the Transplanting of them to those Situations where they are intended to remain. Forest Tree Plantations, particularising the proper Trees, Methods of raising them in the Nursery, Order of Planting, and general Management. Green House, its requisite Form and Collection of Plants, their Propagation and Method of Culture. Hot House, or Stove, its great Use in Gardening, Dimensions and Construction, with the Propagation and Culture of Plants suitable to it. Comprising all the modern Improvements, according to the Methods now in Practice among the best Gardeners. By S. Fullmer and other gardeners. A new edition, corrected and improved with additions, by Alexander Hamilton, Formerly of his Majesty's Gardens, Hampton Court. To which is added, a complete monthly kalendar, describing All the Work necessary to be done in the Pleasure Ground and Flower Garden throughout the Year.
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London : printed 1786, for J. Barker, Russell-Court, Drury-Lane; Scatcherd and Whitaker, Ave-Maria-Lane; and W. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet-Street. Of whom may be had, A new edition of The Kitchen and Fruit Gardener, [1786]
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[1786]
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[2],iv,419,[1]p. ; 12°.
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London : printed 1786, for J. Barker, Russell-Court, Drury-Lane; Scatcherd and Whitaker, Ave-Maria-Lane; and W. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet-Street. Of whom may be had, A new edition of The Kitchen and Fruit Gardener, [1786]
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[1786]
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The young gardener's best companion, [electronic resource] : For the thorough practical Management of the Pleasure Ground and Flower Garden; shrubbery, nursery, forest tree plantations, Green House and Hot House; With the most approved Plans for the whole fully described. Also the Proper Trees, Shrubs, Plants, and Flowers, Arranged in Botanical Ord...
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Copy filmed at The Eighteenth Century, reel 10531 includes the uncancelled preface and contents from T71386, comprising the second preliminary sequence [i]-iv.
Reissue of Scatcherd and Whitaker edition of 1781 (T71386) with the addition of 'A monthly kalendar' at end.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
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ESTC T177683.
Henrey, 730.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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