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. Illustrated with copper-plates. By Richard Bradley, late Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horticulture.

Gardening--Early works to 1800.

Gardening.

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages,608 pages, 24 unnumbered pages, plates : illustrations ; 8⁰

Edition:

The seventh edition, with an appendix,..

Place of Publication:

London : printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch in Pater-Noster-Row, J. and J. Pemberton in Fleetstreet, J. and P. Knapton in Ludgate-Street, and D. Brown without Temple-Bar, M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

The ornaments from p.311 onwards are those used by William Bowyer.

Parts 2 and 3 have separate titlepages dated 1738; the appendix has a separate divisional titlepage.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Henrey, 504

English Short Title Catalog, T10378.

Access Restriction:

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