The scotch forcing gardener: being a compendious treatise on the forcing of asparagus, cucumbers, Cherries, Grapes, Melons, Mushrooms, Nectarines, Peaches, Pine Apples, and Strawberries. Together with instructions of the management of the greenhouse, Hot-Walls, &c. Illustrated with five copper-plates; Containing Ten different Designs of Hot-Houses, Hot-Walls, &c, on the newest and most improved Constructions. with an appendix; Containing Hints on the Making of Fruit-Tree Borders; Planting and Training Fruit Trees against Walls, Espaliers, &c. - Also, Hints on the Depth and Nature of Garden Land; Manures, and their Application; Culture and Rotation of Crops; &c. The whole adapted to the climate of Scotland. By Walter Nicol, Late Gardener at wemyss castle.

Date:

1797