An essay upon gardening : containing a catalogue of exotic plants for the stoves and green-houses of the British gardens: the best method of planting the hot-house vine; With Directions for obtaining and preparing proper Earths and Compositions, to preserve Tender Exotics; Observations on the History of Gardening, and A Contrast of the Ancient with the Modern Taste. By Richard Steele, Late of Thirsk, but now of Sion Hill, near Thirsk, in the County of York.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Richard, active 1793.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greenhouses.

Floriculture.

Plants, Cultivated.

Gardening--Great Britain.

Gardening.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xx pages, 2 unnumbered pages,xxi-xxii pages, 2 unnumbered pages,126 pages, 2 unnumbered pages,127-159 pages, 3 unnumbered pages;102 pages, 4 unnumbered pages,plates ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

York : printed for the author; and sold by T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row. London, 1800.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

A reissue of the 1793 edition, with a cancel titlepage.

With a half-title.

Pp.ix-xx and an additional unnumbered leaf contain a list of subscribers.

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, 1385

English Short Title Catalog, T82580.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.