New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. In three parts. I. Containing, a new system of vegetation. Explaining the Motion of the Sap, and Generation of Plants. Of Soils, and the Improvement of Forest-Trees. With a new Invention, whereby more Designs of Garden-Plats may be made in an Hour, than can be found in all the Books of Gardening yet extant. II. The best Manner of Improving Flower-Gardens, or Parterres: Of raising and propagating all Sorts of Flowers, and of the Adorning of Gardens. III. Of Improving Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens; and Green-House-Plants. With the Gentleman and Gardener's Kalendar. To which is added, that scarce and valuable Tract, entitled, Herefordshire-Orchards Agite, O Adolescentes, & antequam Canities vobis obrepat, Stirpes jam alueritis, quae vobis, cum insigne utilitate, delectationem etiam adferent. Pet. Bellonius, de neglecta Stirpium cultura. Illustrated with copper-plates. By Richard Bradley. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture.

Fruit-culture.

Gardening--Early works to 1800.

Gardening.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([16],296,305-608,[24]p.,plates )

Edition:

The fifth edition, with very large additions.

Other Title:

New improvements of planting and gardening,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar, MDCCXXVI. [1726]

Notes:

Titlepage in red and black.

The ornaments from p. 311 onwards are those used by Samuel Richardson.

A note at the foot of p. 296 apologizes for irregularity in pagination.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Henrey, 502

English Short Title Catalog, T9344.

OCLC:

642750991