194 results filtered with: Gardening - Early works to 1800
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The country-mans new art of planting and graffing : directing the best way to make any ground good for a rich orchard, with the manner how to plant and graffe all sorts of trees, to set and sow curnels : as also the remedies and medicines concerning the same, with divers other new experiments / practised by Leonard Mascall.
Mascall, Leonard, -1589Date: 1652- Books
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The gardeners kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month, in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, and in the conservatory. With An Account of the particular seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants, and Trees, that flower in every Month. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732][1731]- Books
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A short introduction to gardening; or, a guide to gentlemen and ladies, in furnishing their gardens. Being several useful catalogues of fruits and flowers. By Robert Furber, of Kensington.
Furber, Robert, approximately 1674-1756.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
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The gardeners labyrinth : containing a discourse of the gardeners life, in the yearly trauels to be bestowed on his plot of earth, for the vse of a garden: with instructions for the choise of seedes, apt times for sowing, setting, planting, and watering, and the vessels and instrumentes seruing to that vse and purpose: wherein are set forth diuers herbers, knots and mazes, cunningly handled for the beautifying of gardens. Also the phisicke benefite of eche herbe, plant, and floure, with the vertues of the distilled waters of euery of them, as by the sequele may further appeare. Gathered out of the best approued writers of gardening, husbandrie, and phisicke: by Dydymus Mountaine.
Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-Date: 1586- Books
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The compleat English and French vermin-killer: being a companion for all families. Shewing ready way to Destroy Adders, Badgers, Birds of all sorts, Bugs, Ducks, Earwigs, Fish, Fleas, Flies, Foxes, Frogs, Gnats, Lice, Mice, Moles, Otters, Pismires, Polt-Cats, Rabits, Rats, Scorpions, Snakes, Snails, Spiders, Toads, Wants or Moles, Wasps, Weasles, Wolf-Fly, Worms in Houses Garden, &c. With some directions for gardiners, and the prizes of workmens labour. Being a Rich Cabinet of Modern Curiosities. Adorn'd with cuts.
Date: [1710?]- Books
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New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. In three parts. I. Containing, a new system of vegetation. Explaining the motion of the sap, and 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 can be found in 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. To which is added, that scarce and valuable tract, intitled, Herefordshire-orchards. The seventh edition, with an appendix, treating of several matters omitted in the former impressions. Illustrated with copper-plates. By Richard Bradley, late Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]- Books
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The gentleman's recreation: Or the second part of the art of gardening improved. Containing several new experiments and curious observations relating to fruit-trees: particularly, a new method of building walls with horizontal shelters. Illustrated with Copper Plates. By John Laurence, M. A. Rector of Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire. To which is added by way of Appendix. A new and familiar way to find a most exact Meridian Line by the Pole-Star; whereby Gentlemen may know the true Bearings of their Houses and Garden Walls, and regulate their Clocks and Watches, &c. by Edward Laurence, Brother to the Author of this Book.
Laurence, John, 1668-1732.Date: 1716- Books
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Kalendarium hortense: or, the gard'ner's almanac, directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year; and what fruits and flowers are in prime. The tenth edition, with many useful additions. By John Evelyn, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.Date: 1706- Books
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The gardener's and planter's calendar. Containing the method of raising timber-trees, fruit-trees, and quick, for hedges. With directions for forming and managing a garden, in every month of the year. Also, many new improvements in the art of gardening. To which is added, an appendix, containing, a general catalogue of seeds and plants for the kitchen-garden, flower-garden, &c. By R. Weston, Esq. author of The universal botanist.
Weston, Richard, 1733-1806.Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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A booke of the art and maner, howe to plante and graffe all sortes of trees : how to set stones and sow pepynes to make wylde trees to graffe on, as also remedies and medicines : with diuerse other newe practises / by one of Abbey of S. Vincent in Fraunce ... ; with an addition in the ende of this booke, of certayne Dutche practises, sette forth and Englished, by Leonarde Mascal.
Mascall, Leonard, -1589Date: 1584- Books
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The compleat English gardner: or, a sure guide to young planters and gardners: in three parts. I. Shewing the best Way and Order of Planting and Raising all sorts of Stocks, Fruit-Trees, and Shrubs, with the divers Ways of Ingrafting and Inoculating in their several Seasons. II. How to Order the Kitchen Garden for all sorts of Herbs, Roots, and Sallads. III. The Ordering of the Garden of Pleasure, with Variety of Knots, and Wilderness Work, after the best and newest Fashion, all cut in 24 curious Copper-Plates; also the most Approved Ways for Raising all sorts of Flowers, with Directions to Order Arbours, and Hedges in Gardning. The tenth edition. To which is now added, a supplement, Directing how to know what sort of Earth is proper for all sorts of Fruit-Trees, and when 'tis proper to Dung, and when not; Evils in Fruit-Trees how to remedy, to preserve Wall-Fruits; rare Secrets, for want of Knowledge thereof, many chief Plants dye: To know the proper Season for Herbs, Plants, &c. A Supplement to the Flower-Garden, in many rare Curiosities, being Secrets known to few, to order your Choice Plants, Flowers, and make them Flourish, as Oranges, Limons, Aloes, &c. The Season to remove them, and how to order the Stow and Fire-Place, &c. What Greens and Choice Flowers best endure Cold, and when to timely House them. Prognosticks of Observations of the most proper Time to Sow, Set, Plant, &c. Monthly Observations relating to Greens; their Ordering, Preserving, Housing, and to make them Flourish, &c. Monthly Observations throughout the Year, to order the Orchard, Kitchen, and Flower-Gardning. Begun by Leonard Meager, above Thirty Years a Practioner in the Art of Gardning, and now enlarged by way of supplement, by a lover of this princely diversion, and Profitable Recreation.
Meager, Leonard, 1624?-1704?.Date: 1704- Books
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The gardeners dictionary. Containing, the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, flower, fruit, and pleasure garden; wherein all the articles contained in the former editions of this work, in two volumes, are disposed in one alphabet: With the Addition of a great Number of Plants. The sixth edition; carefully revised; And Adapted to the Present practice. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries at their Botanic Garden in Chelsea; and Member of the Botanic Society at Florence.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.LII. [1752]- Books
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John McEvoy. Proprietor of the new nurseries at Collon, near Drogheda. Will open them for sale early in autumn; there may be had most sorts of forrest trees and flowering shrubs that will bear those climates, particularly the following, with their reduced prices.
Date: [1750?]- Books
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Every man his own gardener. 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 Hot-House, Green-House, Shrubbery, Kitchen, Flower, and Fruit-Gardens, 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. In this Edition particular Directions are given with respect to Soil and Situation; and to the Whole is added, complete and useful Lists of Forest Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Evergreens, Annual, Biennial, and Perennial, Flowers. Hot-House, Green-House, and Kitchen Garden, Plants. With the Varieties of each Sort, cultivated in the English Gardens. By Thomas Mawe, (gardener to his Grace the Duke of Leeds) and other gardeners.
Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806.Date: [1769]- Books
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The gardeners labyrinth : containing a discourse of the gardeners life, in the yearly trauels to be bestovved on his plot of earth, for the vse of a garden: with instructions for the choise of seedes, apte times for sowing, setting, planting, [and] watering, and the vessels and instruments seruing to that vse and purpose: wherein are set forth diuers herbers, knottes and mazes, cunningly handled for the beautifying of gardens. Also the physike benefit of eche herbe, plant, and floure, with the vertues of the distilled waters of euery of them, as by the sequele may further appeare. Gathered out of the best approued writers of gardening, husbandrie, and physicke: by Dydymus Mountaine.
Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-Date: Anno. 1577- Books
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The gardeners kalendar; directing what works are necessary to be done every month in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure-gardens, as also in the conservatory and nursery. With accounts I. Of the particular seasons for the Propagation of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits, with the Seasons wherein each Sort is proper for the Table. II. Of all Sorts of Trees, Plants, and Flowers, with the Time of their flowering in each Month. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Member of the Botanic Academy at Florence, and Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanic Garden in Chelsea. The eleventh edition, adapted to the new style; with a list of the medicinal plants, which may be gathered in each Month for Use.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Books
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The gardeners labyrinth, or, A new art of gardning : wherein is laid down new and rare inventions and secrets of gardning not heretofore known. For sowing, planting, and setting all manner of roots, herbs, and flowers, both for the use of the kitchin garden, and a garden of pleasure, with the right ordering of all delectable and rare flowers, and fine roots; as the like hath not been heretofore published by any. Likewise here is set forth divers knots for the beautifying of any garden for delight. Lastly, here is set down the physical benefit of each herbe, with the commodities of the waters distilled out of them, for the use and benefit of all. / Collected from the best approved authors, besides forty years experience in the art of gardning: by D.M.
Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-Date: 1652 [i.e. 1651]- Books
British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800 comprising a history and bibliography of botanical and horticultural books printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the earliest times until 1800 / Blanche Henrey.
Henrey, Blanche.Date: 1975- Books
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The scots gardiners director, containing instructions to those gardiners, who make a kitchen garden and the culture of flowers their business: In Which Good Kitchen Gardens for great and for small Families are described, with Directions for cultivating the Fruits to be planted upon Hot-Walls, and upon Walls to which no Heat is applied, and upon Espaliers. With Directions to build Stoves for Pine-Apples, and the Culture of that Fruit; the Management of Hot-Beds for all Seasons of the Year; and the Culture of all the Herbs suitable to furnish a good Kitchen Garden: Together with the Culture Of the most considerable Vernal, Summer, and Autumnal Flowers, which are planted or sown in the open Ground in this Country; with Descriptions and Amendments of the Dutch Catalogues of Flower Seeds, which come annually from Holland; Particularly adapted to the Climate of Scotland. By a gentleman, one of the members of the Royal Society.
Justice, James, 1698-1763.Date: MD.CC.LIV. [1754]- Books
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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. Containing, I. The method of planting forest-trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath lands; and for raising the plants in the seed-bed, previous to their being planted. II. The method of pruning forest-trees; and how to improve plantations that have been neglected. III. On the soils most proper for the different kinds of forest-trees. IV. The management of vines; their cultivation upon fire-walls and in the hot-house; with a new method of dressing, planting, and preparing the ground. V. A new and easy method to propagate pine plants, so as to gain half a year in their growth; with a sure method of destroying the insect so destructive to pines. VI. The best method to raise mushrooms without spawn, by which the table may be plentifully supplied every day in the year. VII. An improved method of cultivating asparagus. VIII. The best method to cultivate field cabbages, carrots, and turnips for feeding of cattle. IX. a new method of managing all kinds of fruit-trees, viz. of proper soils for planting, of pruning and dressing them; with a receipt to prevent blights, and cure them when blighted. By John Kennedy, gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart. The second edition, corrected and greatly enlarged. In two volumes.
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: M DCCL XXVII. [1777]- Books
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The clergy-man's recreation: Shewing the pleasure and profit of the art of gardening. By John Lawrence, A.M. rector of Bishops Weremouth.
Laurence, John, 1668-1732.Date: 1726- Books
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A new treatise of husbandry, gardening, and other curious matters relating to county affairs: containing, a plain and practical method of improving all sorts of meadow, pasture and arable land, &c. and making them produce greater Crops of all Kinds, and at much less than the present Expence. Under the following Heads: I. Of Wheat, Rye, Oats, Barley, Pease, Beans, and all other Sorts of Grain. II. Turnips, Carrots, Buckwheat, Clover, Hemp, Rape, Flax and Coleseed, &c. III. Weld or Would, Woad or Wade, Madder, Saffron, &c. IV. Meadow, Pasture Grounds, and the different Manner of Feeding Cattle and making other Improvements agreeable to the Soil of the several Counties in Great Britain. V. Hops, Forest and Fruit Trees Vine and Garden Plants of all Sorts. VI. All Kinds of Flowers, Shrubs in general, and Greenhouse Plants. Vii. A Curious Scheme of a Farm, the Annual Expence of it, and its Produce. With Many New, Useful, and Curious Improvements, never before published. The Whole founded upon many Years Experience. By Samuel Trowell, Gent. To which are added, Several Letters to Mr. Thomas Liveings, concerning his Compound Manure for Land, with some Practical Observations thereon.
Trowell, Samuel.Date: 1739- Books
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The gardiners kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month, in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, and in the conservatory. With An Account of the particular Seasons for the Propagation and Use of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants, and Trees, that flower in every Month. By Philip Miller, Gardiner to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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The young gardener's best companion, for the thorough practical management of the pleasure ground and flower garden; shrubbery, nursery, tree plantations, and hedges; green-house and hot-house; with the most approved plans for the whole fully described: Also, the Proper Trees, Shrubs, Plants, and Flowers, and Methods of Propagation and Culture. The whole described under the following Divisions: Pleasure Ground, Shrubbery, Flower Garden, and all Ornamental Plantations; Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous, Perennial, Biennial, and Annual Flower Plants, Methods of Propagation in the Nursery, Order of final Planting and Culture, together with the thorough Management of the Pleasure Ground. Forest Tree Plantations, 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 its Plants. The whole arranged in botanical Order, with all the modern Improvements, proper Seasons and Methods for performing the Work of each Department all the Year, and copious Directions, according to the most approved Methods now in Practice, necessary to form a Complete Gardener. By Samuel Fullmer, (horse-Ferry-Road, near Chelsea,) and other gardeners.
Fullmer, Samuel.Date: 1781- Books
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The retir'd gardener in six parts. The two first being dialogues between a gentleman and a gardener. Containing the methods of making, ordering, and improving a fruit and kitchen-garden; with many new experiments. Translated from the second edition printed at Paris. The four last parts treat of the manner of planting and cultivating most kinds of flowers, plants, shrubs, and under-shrubs, necessary for the adorning of gardens; explaining the art of making and disposing of parterres, arbours of greens, woodworks, arches, columns, and other compartments proper for the most beautiful gardens and plantations. Translated from the French of the Sieur Louis Liger. Heretofore publish'd, in two volumes, with several alterations and additions proper for our English culture, by George London and Henry Wise. The second edition revis'd: now publish'd in one volume, by Joseph Carpenter.
London, George, -1713.Date: 1717