The scots gardiner : for the climate of Scotland, In Three Parts. Treating of the following Particulars, I. Of Contrivance and Design. II. Of Gardens and Orchards, &c. III. Of levelling, measuring, and dividing Land. IV. Of cultivating and preparing Ground. V. Of Forest and Fruit-Trees. VI. Of gathering and preserving Fruits. Together with the gardiner's kalendar, the florist's vade-mecum, The practical, bee-master, observations on the weather, and the Earl of Haddington's treatise on forest-trees. Written originally by John Reid, Gardiner to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, and no carefully corrected, with alterations and additions, by an eminent hand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, John (Gardener)

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Scots gard'ner

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardening--Scotland.

Gardening.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages,208;viii,138;viii,40;48 pages,plates ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed for James Reid Bookseller in Leith, M,DCC,LVI. [1756]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

'The practical bee-master' is by Robert Maxwell and has a separate titlepage dated 1750; it is octavo.

'The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather' is by John Claridge and has a separate titlepage dated 1755.

'A short treatise on forest-trees' by the Earl of Haddington has a separate titlepage dated 1756.

All three also have separate pagination and register.

The verso of the third leaf of the first part is numbered xii.

With an initial advertisement leaf for Reid.

Braces in imprint.

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, 330

English Short Title Catalog, T119308.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.