New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical : in three parts ... to which is added that scarce and valuable tract intitled Herefordshire-orchards / by Richard Bradley ...

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Printed for W. Mears, and sold by J. Knapton, G. Strahan, R. Gosling, J. Osborn and T. Longman, J. Hooke, J. Batley, C. Rivington, and D. Browne, MDCCXXVI [1726]Edition: The fifth edition, with an appendix, treating of several matters omitted in the former impressionsDescription: [16], 296, 305-608, [24] p., [13] leaves of plates (9 folded) : ill., plans (engravings) ; 20 cm (8vo)Contained works:
  • Beale, John, 1603-1683? Herefordshire orchards
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635
LOC classification:
  • SB97 .B8 1726
Contents:
(from title page) I. Containing a new system of vegetation. Explaining the motion of the sap and the generation of plants. Of soils and the improvement of forest-trees. With a new invention, whereby more designs of garden-plats may be made in an hour than all the books of gardening yet extant. -- II. The best manner of improving flower-gardens, or parterres : of raising and propagating all sorts of flowers; and of the adorning of gardens. -- III. Of improving fruit-trees, kitchen-gardens, and green-house plants. With the gentleman and gardener's kalendar.
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Title page transposed; author statement appears after edition statement.

Signatures: A-T⁸ U⁴ X-2R⁸ 2S⁴.

Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 799

ESTC T9344

Title page printed in red and black.

Parts II and III, Herefordshire orchards (by I.B.), and An appendix each have special title pages, dated MDCCXXV, MDCCXXVI, MDCCXXVI, and MDCCXXVI respectively.

Includes index.

Bookseller's advertisements: p. [24] at end.

(from title page) I. Containing a new system of vegetation. Explaining the motion of the sap and the generation of plants. Of soils and the improvement of forest-trees. With a new invention, whereby more designs of garden-plats may be made in an hour than all the books of gardening yet extant. -- II. The best manner of improving flower-gardens, or parterres : of raising and propagating all sorts of flowers; and of the adorning of gardens. -- III. Of improving fruit-trees, kitchen-gardens, and green-house plants. With the gentleman and gardener's kalendar.

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