The new gardener's calendar; or, every man a complete gardener. Comprehending a regular and full account of the particular work and business necessary to be performed during every month in the year, in the Kitchen Garden, Flower Garden, Shrubbery, Fruit Garden, Orchard, Green-House, Hot-House, &c. &c. With a general Catalogue of the Produce of each respective Month; And valuable Directions respecting the Cultivation of Soil and Situation, and concerning the raising, grafting, and transplanting of Trees, Quick for Hedges, &c. &c. agreeable to The Newest and Approved Methods, As practised by the most eminent Gardeners in this Kingdom. To which are Added, Proper Directions for killing all Sorts of Vermin that infest Gardens, Houses, Barns, Fields, &c. Useful Rules for judging of the Weather, Founded on Experience; and Likewise A New Essay on the Mystery and Management of Bees; In which the best Instructions are given with Regard to their Breeding, Gathering, Swarming, Hiving, &c. By William Thompson, Formerly Gardener to the Late Duke of Ancaster.

  • Thompson, William, 1759-1811.
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[1779]
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London : printed for Alex. Hogg, No. 16, Pater-Noster-Row, [1779]

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[3],xii-216[i.e.116]p.,plate ; 120.

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ESTC T97594

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