New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical: Explaining the Motion of the Sap and Generation of Plants. In three parts and a Kalendar, viz. I. Of the Generation of Plants, Soils proper for their Nourishment, and Composts for forwarding their Growth: Of Timber-Trees and Under-Wood, and the Method of Planting an Acre of Ground with them, with the Profits arising from that Plantation in 9, 17, and 25 Years. II. Of a new Invention for the more speedy Designing of Garden-Platts: Of Ever-Greens, and Flowering-Trees and Shrubs, their Culture and Use in Gardens: Of Perennial Flowers, and Bulbous or Onion-Rooted Plants, &c. A Kalendar, Directing what is necessary to be done every Month, in the Kitchen-Garden, Fruit-Garden, Nursery, Management of Forrest-Trees, Green-House and Flower-Garden; and for the Making and Ordering of Hop-Grounds: With the Design of a Green-House, after a new Manner, for keeping Exotick Plants, contrived by Seignior Galilei of Florence, finely Engraved. III. Of Fruit-Trees; Observations and Experiments relating to their Propagation and Culture: Of Blights or Blasts: Of the Kitchen-Garden: Of Engines for raising of Water, with Observations and Experiments for Meliorating Water for the use of Gardens, and of the Green-House and Exotick Plants. By Richard Bradley, F.R.S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardening--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([10],ij[i.e.iv],44[8],81,[3]iii,[1],71,[1][4],184p.,plates )

Edition:

The fourth edition, adorn'd with copper-plates.

Other Title:

New improvements of planting and gardening,

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by and for George Grierson, at the Two Bibles, in Essex-Street, M.DCC.XX. [1720]-21.

Notes:

The main titlepage in red and black.

The three parts have each a separate titlepage, pagination and register.

The Kalendar has a separate titlepage and pagination but the register continues that of part 2; its titlepage reads: 'The gentleman and gardeners kalendar ... to which is added the design of a greenhouse.' - The titlepage of Part 1 is dated 1721.

Page iv in part I misnumbered ii.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Henrey, 500

English Short Title Catalog, T108861.

OCLC:

642272905