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Every man his own gardener [electronic resource] : Being a new, and much more complete gardener's ka...

Every man his own gardener [electronic resource] : Being a new, and much more complete gardener's ka...

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Every man his own gardener [electronic resource] : Being a new, and much more complete gardener's kalendar, and General Director, than any one hitherto published. Containing, Not only an Account of what Work is necessary to be done in the Kitchen and Fruit Garden, Pleasure Ground, Flower Garden and Shrubbery; Nursery, Green-House, and Hot-House for every Month in the Year, but also ample practical Directions for performing the said Work, according to the newest and most approved Methods now in Practice among the best Gardeners. With complete practical Directions for Forcing all Kinds of choice Plants, Flowers and Fruits, to early Perfection, in Hot-Beds, Hot-Houses, Hot-Walls, Forcing-Frames, Forcing-Houses, Vineries, &c. Also particular Directions relative to Soil and Situation, adapted to the different Sorts of Plants and Trees, &c. And to the Whole are added, complete and useful Lists of Kitchen Garden Plants, Fruit Trees, Forest Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Evergreens, Annual, Biennial, and Perennial Fibrous-Rooted Flowers, Bulbous and Tuberous-Rooted Flowers, Green-House, and Hot-House Plants, Proper for Cultivation in the English Gardens and Plantations, &c. &c. And, to which, in this Edition, are added, additional Systematic General Catalogues of Hardy Herbaceous Perennials and Biennials, and of Hot-House Plants (not in any former Edition) with general Explanations of their Nature and Culture. By Thomas Mawe, (gardener to his grace the Duke of Leeds) John Abercrombie, Gardener, Newington, Surry; (formerly of Tottenham-Court, Middlesex,) and other gardeners Corrected, and greatly Enlarged, with considerable material new Additions, and wholly new improved in the most copious and general Manner in every Department of the Work, rendering it much superior, and more universally Instructive than any former Edition. .

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Every man his own gardener [electronic resource] : Being a new, and much more complete gardener's kalendar, and General Director, than any one hitherto published. Containing, Not only an Account of what Work is necessary to be done in the Kitchen and Fruit Garden, Pleasure Ground, Flower Garden and Shrubbery; Nursery, Green-House, and Hot-House for every Month in the Year, but also ample practical Directions for performing the said Work, according to the newest and most approved Methods now in Practice among the best Gardeners. With complete practical Directions for Forcing all Kinds of choice Plants, Flowers and Fruits, to early Perfection, in Hot-Beds, Hot-Houses, Hot-Walls, Forcing-Frames, Forcing-Houses, Vineries, &c. Also particular Directions relative to Soil and Situation, adapted to the different Sorts of Plants and Trees, &c. And to the Whole are added, complete and useful Lists of Kitchen Garden Plants, Fruit Trees, Forest Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Evergreens, Annual, Biennial, and Perennial Fibrous-Rooted Flowers, Bulbous and Tuberous-Rooted Flowers, Green-House, and Hot-House Plants, Proper for Cultivation in the English Gardens and Plantations, &c. &c. And, to which, in this Edition, are added, additional Systematic General Catalogues of Hardy Herbaceous Perennials and Biennials, and of Hot-House Plants (not in any former Edition) with general Explanations of their Nature and Culture. By Thomas Mawe, (gardener to his grace the Duke of Leeds) John Abercrombie, Gardener, Newington, Surry; (formerly of Tottenham-Court, Middlesex,) and other gardeners Corrected, and greatly Enlarged, with considerable material new Additions, and wholly new improved in the most copious and general Manner in every Department of the Work, rendering it much superior, and more universally Instructive than any former Edition. .

Publisher

London : printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Goldsmith, R. Baldwin, J. Murray, E. Newbery, and W. Lowndes, 1788.

Date

1788.

Record Identifier

74VvW8b8aPoX

MMS ID

991012059069702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[4],616,[20]p., plate ; 12°.

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Publisher

London : printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Goldsmith, R. Baldwin, J. Murray, E. Newbery, and W. Lowndes, 1788.

Edition

The twelfth edition, corrected, and greatly enlarged,.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1788.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

Every man his own gardener [electronic resource] : Being a new, and much more complete gardener's kalendar, and General Director, than any one hitherto published. Containing, Not only an Account of what Work is necessary to be done in the Kitchen and Fruit Garden, Pleasure Ground, Flower Garden and Shrubbery; Nursery, Green-House, and Hot-House for...

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Notes

General note

Reproduction of original from British Library.

The final ten unpaginated leaves contain an index.

The preface signed: John Abercrombie, the sole author of the work.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T33567.

Henrey, 1063.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvW8b8aPoX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvW8b8aPoX

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MMS ID

991012059069702626