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Every man his own gardener. 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 Teberous - 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.
Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806.Date: 1791- Books
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Every man his own gardener. 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.
Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806.Date: 1788- Pictures
China during the Cultural Revolution: young people visit Shaoshan where Chairman Mao was brought up, and take inspiration from the evergreen trees in the hills. Colour lithograph after Wang Xin, 1975.
Wang, Xin.Date: October 1975Reference: 660933i- Books
Homoeopathy : evergreen medicine jewel in the medical crown / by Ronald Livingston.
Livingston, Ronald.Date: 1991- Pictures
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A branch of Japanese fir (Abies firma). Watercolour by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22562i- Pictures
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White pine (Podocarpus chinensis): branch with leaves. Pencil drawing by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22570i- Pictures
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Arbor-vitae (Thuja obtusa): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22553i- Pictures
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A pine branch. Pencil drawing by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22571i- Pictures
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Sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22565i- Pictures
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Arbor-vitae (Thuja dolabrata): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22555i- Ephemera
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Waterloo caesarean evergreen cabbage of English growth... / agent for the west end circulation, J. Moss.
Moss, J.Date: [1836?]- Pictures
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Yew (Taxus species): leafy stem with fruits. Watercolour.
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Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22557i- Books
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Kalendarium universale: Or The gardener's universal calendar. Containing an account of the several monthly operations in the kitchen-garden, flower-garden and parterre throughout the year. Also experimental directions for performing all manner of works in gardening, whether sowing, planting, pruning of herbs, flowers, trees, evergreens, &c. with the product of each month. Comprising the whole business in a method new and regular. The sixth edition, (adopted to the new style) and a catalogue of those fruit trees, and flowers which are in the greatest esteem; likewise the best method of planting wildernesses and orchards. By Benj. Whitmill, Sen. And Jun. Gardeners at Hoxton.
Whitmill, Benjamin, sen.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Pictures
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Two leafy stems with fruit, one is possibly of Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata). Watercolour.
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Japanese box (Buxus microphylla): branch with leaves. Coloured pen drawing by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22569i- Pictures
A branch of rimu or red pine (Dacrydium cupressinum). Engraving by W. Byrne, c. 1777, after W. Hodges.
Hodges, William, 1744-1797.Date: 1 February 1777Reference: 20871i- Books
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Catalogue of hot-house, green-house, hardy, and herbaceous plants; flowering and evergreen shrubs, fruit and forest trees, ... By Dicksons & Co. nurserymen, seedsmen, and florists, Edinburgh.
Dicksons & Co. (Edinburgh, Scotland)Date: 1794- Pictures
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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica): branch with leaves. Watercolour by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22568i- Digital Images
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Geranium maderense Yeo Geraniaceae Tender evergreen biennial. Madeira cranesbill. Distribution: Madeira. Solely grown for its spectacular flowers. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Geranium maderense Yeo Geraniaceae Tender evergreen biennial. Madeira cranesbill. Distribution: Madeira. Solely grown for its spectacular flowers. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Rohdea japonica Roth Convallariaceae Distribution: Japan. It is a monotypic genus known as omoto in Japan, meaning ‘evergreen’. It is regarded as a symbol of long life and good fortune
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The Evergreen: Or, The songster's pocket-companion. A choice collection of modern songs. Sung at most places of public amusement. To which is added, a new selection of toasts and sentiments.
Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Pictures
Maritime or cluster pine (Pinus pinaster): branch with cones and a single cone. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, c. 1835, after W.B. Booth.
Booth, W. B.Date: [1812-48]Reference: 26428i- Pictures
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Japanese persimmon fruit (Diospyros kaki) and a leafy stem of yew (Taxus species). Watercolour.
Reference: 23278i