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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 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 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 is 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. By Thomas Mawe, Mawe, (gardener To His Grace The Duke Of Leeds) John Abercrombie, (gardener, Tottenham Court) and other gardeners. .

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Every man his own gardener [electronic resource] : Being a new, and much more complete gardener's kalendar 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 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 is 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. By Thomas Mawe, Mawe, (gardener To His Grace The Duke Of Leeds) John Abercrombie, (gardener, Tottenham Court) and other gardeners. .

Publisher

London : printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, T. and W. Lowndes, J. Johnson, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Goldsmith, R. Baldwin, J. Murray, and E. Newbery, [1784]

Date

[1784]

Record Identifier

74VvjD7J7QdM

MMS ID

991015038209702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

[4],216,193-312,341-388,385-570,[18]p.,plate ; 12°.

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Publisher

London : printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, T. and W. Lowndes, J. Johnson, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Goldsmith, R. Baldwin, J. Murray, and E. Newbery, [1784]

Edition

The tenth edition, corrected, greatly enlarged, and wholly new-improved.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1784]

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

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

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Notes

General note

Braces in imprint.

In fact by John Abercrombie alone.

Pp. 193-216, 385-388 repeated, and pp. 313-340 omitted in pagination; but text and register continuous.

Price from imprint: price Five Shillings.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T129117.

Henrey, 1061.

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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74VvjD7J7QdM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvjD7J7QdM

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MMS ID

991015038209702626