Eden : or, a compleat body of gardening, both in knowledge and practice ; directing the gardener in his work, for every distinct week in the year, In the Kitchen-Ground, Flower-Garden, and Nursery; And Shewing the Proprietor those Shrubs, Plants, and Flowers, which are most usually cultivated in Gardens; or most worthy to be so; With the History, Description, and Figure of every Kind; and their true Culture and Management; The raising of Flowers according to English, French, and Dutch Florists. The Management of Fruit Trees in the present improved Method: with a Catalogue of Fruits as they come in Season. The Culture of the Kitchen Ground; the making of Hot Beds, &c. And The raising of the Products, in the natural, and artificial Manner. Illustrated with figures of about four hundred of the finest shrubs, flowers, and plants. By J. Hill, M. D. Member Of At The Imperial Academy. Enlarged with the addition of twenty folio plates of new plants, now first raised in the Royal Gardens at Kew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, John, 1714?-1775.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardening--Early works to 1800.

Gardening.

Gardening--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],iv,ii,714,714-716p.,plates ) port. ;

Other Title:

Eden

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the author in St. James's Street; and sold by all the booksellers, M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]

Notes:

First published in parts in 1756-57 as "Compiled and digested from the papers of the late .. Mr. Hale".

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Henrey, 805

English Short Title Catalog, T117432.

OCLC:

642302003