The experimental husbandman and gardener: containing a new method of improving estates and gardens, By Cultivating and Increasing of Forrest-Trees, Coppice-Woods, Fruit-Trees, Shrubs, Flowers and Greenhouses, and Exotick Plants, after several Manners; viz. by Layers, Cuttings, Roots, Leaves, &c. With Great Variety of New Discoveries relating to Graffing, Terebration or Boreing, Inarching, Emplastration, and Inoculation; of Reversing of Trees, and Digesting their Juices to bring them to bear Fruit. With several New Experiments for the Fertilizing of Stubborn Soils. By G.A. Agricola, M.D. Translated from the original, with remarks: and adorn'd with cuts. The second edition. To which is now added, an appendix, containing a Variety of Experiments lately practised upon the above System, By R. Bradley, Professor of Botany at Cambridge, and F. R. S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agricola, Georg Andreas, 1672-1738.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Philosophical treatise of husbandry and gardening

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horticulture--Early works to 1800.

Horticulture.

Trees--Breeding--Early works to 1800.

Trees.

Trees--Breeding.

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages,314 pages, 4 unnumbered pages,plates ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb; and F. Clay, at the Bible, without Temple-Bar, M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

First published as 'A philosophical treatise of husbandry and gardening'.

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, 412

English Short Title Catalog, T82177.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.