The gardner's calendar, and florist's guide :

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Main Author:	Mair, James, active 1782
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Subjects:	Gardening > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
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Every man his own gardener : Being a new, and much more complete gardener's kalendar than any one hitherto published. Containing, not only an account of what work is necessary to be done in the hot-house, green-house, shrubbery, kitchen, flower, and fruit-gardens, for every month in the year; but, also ample directions for performing the said work, according to the newest and most approved methods now in practice among the best gardeners. In this edition, particular directions are given with respect to soil and situation; and to the whole is added, complete and useful lists of forest trees, flowering, shrubs, fruit trees, evergreens, annual, biennial, and perennial flowers. Hot house, green-house, and kitchen-garden plants. With the varieties of each sort, cultivated in the English gardens. By Thomas Mawe, (gardner to his grace the Duke of Leeds) John Abercrombie, (gardner, Tottenham-court) and other gardeners.
by: Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806

Every man his own gardener : Being a new, and much more complete, gardener's kalendar than any one hitherto published. Containing, not only an account of what work is necessary to be done in the hot-house, green-house, shrubbery, kitchen, flower, and fruit gardens, for every month in the year, but also ample directions for performing the said work, according to the newest and most approved methods now in practice among the best gardeners. By Mr. Mawe, gardener to his grace the Duke of Leeds, and other gardeners.
by: Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806

The gentleman and lady's gardner : Containing the modern method of cultivating the kitchen and flower-garden, with a general catalogues of seeds, plants, and roots, for improving of land, feeding of cattle, &c. With the Latin names to each plant, according to the linnăn system of botany. To which is added, A catalogue of bulbous-rooted flowers, and their prices. Sold by Robert Edmeades, seedsman, No. 11, opposite the monument, Fish-Street-Hill, London.
by: Edmeades, Robert
Published: (1776)

The gardner's new kalendar : Directing the necessary work to be performed every month in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure-garden as also in the wilderness, nursery, green-house, and stove; adapted to the present stile. To which are prefixed, directions for preparing compost for flowers, and artificial manures. With an appendix, containing directions for budding, grafting, pruning, and inoculating, in which the different species of grafting are clearly directed, viz. rind or shoulder, whip or tongue, and cleft-grafting, grafting by approach, or ablaction, &c. With engraved representations of the cyon and stock, as prepared for the different operations, taken from nature. By Sir James Justice, of Edinburgh, bart F.R.S.
by: Justice, James, 1698-1763

The retir'd gard'ner : In two volumes. Vol. I. Being a translation of Le jardinier solitaire, or Dialogues between a gentleman and a gardn'er: containing the methods of making, ordering and improving a fruit and kitchen-garden, with many new experiments, from the second edition printed at Paris. Vol. II. Containing the manner of planting and cultivating all sorts of flowers, plants, shrubs and under-shrubs, necessary for the adorning of gardens; in which is explain'd the art of making and disposing of parterres, arbours of greens, wood-works, arches, columns, and other pieces and compartments usually found in the most beautiful gardens of country-seats. The whole enrich'd with variety of figures, being a translation from the Sieur Louis Liger. To this volume is added a description and plan of Count Tallard's garden at Nottingham. The whole revis'd, with several alterations and additions, which render it proper for our English culture. By George London, and Henry Wise.
by: London, George, -1713, et al.
Published: (1706)

Every man his own gardener : Being a new, and much more complete gardener's kalendar, and general director, than any one hitherto published. Containing, not only an account of what work is necessary to be done in the kitchen and fruit garden, pleasure ground, flower garden and shrubbery; nursery, green-house, and hot-house for every month in the year, but also ample practical directions for performing the said work, according to the newest and most approved methods now in practice among the best gardeners. With complete practical directions for forcing all kinds of choice plants, flowers and fruits, to early perfection, in hot-beds, hot-houses, hot-walls, forcing-frames, forcing-houses, vineries, &c. Also particular directions relative to soil and situation, adapted to the different sorts of plants and trees, &c. And to the whole are added, complete and useful lists of kitchen-garden plants, fruit trees, forest trees, flowering shrubs, evergreens, annual, biennial, and perennial fibrous-rooted flowers, bulbous and tuberous-rooted flowers, green-house, and hot-house plants, proper for cultivation in the English gardens and plantations, &c. &c. and to which, in this edition, are added, additional systematic general catalogues of hardy herbaceous perennials and bicnnials, and of hot-house plants (not in any former edition) with general explanations of their nature and culture. By Thomas Mawe, (gardner to his grace the Duke of Leeds) John Abercrombie, gardener, Newington, Surry; (formerly to Tottenham-court, Middlesex.) and other gardeners.
by: Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806

The gardeners kalendar : Directing what works are necessary to be done every month, in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, and in the conservatory. With an account of the particular seasons for the propagation and use of all sorts of esculent plants and fruits proper for the table, and of all sorts of flowers, plants, and trees, that flower in every month. By Philip Miller, gardener to the worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F.R.S.
by: Miller, Philip, 1691-1771
Published: (1732)

The gardeners kalendar, directing what works are necessary to be done every month, in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, and in the conservatory : With an account of the particular reasons for the propagation and use of all sorts of esculent plants and fruits proper for the table, and of all sorts of flowers, plants, and trees, that flower in every month. By Philip Miller, gardener to the worshipful Company of Apothercaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and F.R.S.
by: Miller, Philip, 1691-1771

The gardeners kalendar : Directing what works are necessary to be done every month, in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure garden, and in the conservatory with an account of the particular seasons for the propagation and use of all sorts of esculent plants and fruits proper for the table, and of all sorts of flowers, plants, and trees, that flower in every month. The third edition. By Philip Miller, gardener to the worshipful company of Apothecaries, at the botanick garden in Chelsea, and F.R.S.
by: Miller, Philip, 1691-1771
Published: (1746)

The compleat practical fruit and kitchen gardener : Being dialogues between a gentleman and a gardener; teaching the method to make and cultivate a fruit and kitchen-garden. By Francis Gentil, gardener.
by: Gentil, François

The new art of gardening, with the gardener's almanack : Containing, the true art of gardening, in all its particulars. I. Site of a proper plat of ground, for planting fruit-trees; with the manner of planting, grasting, imbuding, inoculating, and ordering all sorts of fruit-trees, and fruits in all seasons. The art of making cyder, perry, and wines of divers sorts of fruits. II. Of the kitchen-garden, and what things are proper to be done in it, as to herbs, plants, roots, berries, fruits, &c. III. Of the flower-garden, how to order it, and rear choice flowers, slips, layers, sow seeds, make off-sets, and plant them in their proper Earths, seasons, and due waterings; with the names, and description of the most material ones. IV. Of greens, how to order and preserve them; with rules for the conservatory, and green-house. To each head is added an almanack, shewing what is to be done every month in the year. By Leonard Meager.
by: Meager, Leonard, 1624?-1704?
Published: (1720)

The gardeners kalendar; directing what works are necessary to be performed every month in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure-gardens, as also in the conservatory and nursery : With accounts I. Of the particular seasons for the propagation of all sorts of esculent plants and fruits, with the times wherein each sort is proper for the table. II. The proper seasons for transplanting all sorts of trees, shrubs, and plants, with the time of their flowering. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. member of the Botanick Academy at Florence, and gardener to the worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their botanick garden in Chelsea.
by: Miller, Philip, 1691-1771
Published: (1761)

The gardeners kalendar; directing the necessary works to be done every month in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure-gardens as also in the conversatory and nursery : Shewing I. The particular seasons for propogating esculent plants and fruits, with the time when each sort is proper for the table. II. The proper seasons for transplanting, trees, shrubs, and plants, with the time of their flowering. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. late member of the Botanic Academy at Florence, and gardener to the Workshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their botanic garden in Chelsea. The seventeenth edition, with a list of the medicinal plants, which may be gathered for use each month.
by: Miller, Philip, 1691-1771
Published: (1792)

The young gardener's best companion, for the practical management of the kitchen and fruit garden : Raising early crops in hot beds, and forcing early fruits. By S. Fulmer, and other gardeners. Corrected and improved with additions, by Alex. Hamilton, of His Majesty's gardens, Hampton-Court. To which is added, a complete monthly kalendar of all the works necessary to be done in the kitchen and fruit garden throughout the year. Comprising the improved modern practice of raising all sorts of kitchen garden vegetables, and valuable fruits in the highest state of maturity and abundance, both in their natural state in the open ground, for the general supply, and by artificial heat, to obtain the more desirable sorts in early perfection; accurately arranged in alphabetical order, under the general English names, exhibiting also that of the genus to which each belongs in the botanic system.
by: Fullmer, Samuel

The gardener's pocket-book: or, Country gentleman's recreation : Being the kitchen, fruit, and flower garden displayed in alphabetical order. Exhibiting at one view the seeds, roots and all sorts of flowers; together with the method of propagating them; their situation, soil, height, time of flowering, and method of culture. With many curious hints towards the improvement of tress, fruits, and flowers. The whole calculated according to the new style. By R.S. Gent.
by: R. S., gent
Published: (1756)

The gardeners new kalendar : Divided according to the twelve months of the year. And under each month into the separate weeks. Containing the practice of gardening, under the following heads; 1. The flower garden. 2. The seminary. 3. The fruit garden. 4. The kitchen garden. And directing what is to be done every week; and the manner of doing it: with the general culture of hardy, greenhouse, and stove plants; and the raising and management of tender annuals; adapted to the climate of Ireland. To which are added, directions for managing auriculas. By and Eminent gardener.
by: Hill, John, 1714?-1775
Published: (1763)

Kalendarium universale : Or The gardener's universal calendar. Containing an account of the several monthly operations in the kitchen-garden, flower-garden and parterre throughout the year. Also experimental directions for performing all manner of works in gardening, whether sowing, planting, pruning of herbs, flowers, trees, evergreens, &c. with the product of each month. Comprising the whole business in a method new and regular. The sixth edition, (adopted to the new style) and a catalogue of those fruit trees, and flowers which are in the greatest esteem; likewise the best method of planting wildernesses and orchards. By Benj. Whitmill, Sen. And Jun. Gardeners at Hoxton.
by: Whitmill, Benjamin, sen, et al.
Published: (1757)

New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical : Explaining the motion of the sapp and generation of plants. With other discoveries never before made publick, for the improvement of forest-trees flower gardens, or parterres; with a new invention whereby more designs of garden-platts may be made in an hour, than can be found in all the books now extant. Likewise several rare secrets for the improvement of fruit-trees, kitchen-gardens, and green-house plants. The second edition corrected. By Richard Bradley, fellow of the Royal Society.
by: Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732
Published: (1718)

The retir'd gardener in six parts : The two first being dialogues between a gentleman and a gardener. Containing the methods of making, ordering, and improving a fruit and kitchen-garden; with many new experiments. Translated from the second edition printed at Paris. The four last parts treat of the manner of planting and cultivating most kinds of flowers, plants, shrubs, and under-shrubs, necessary for the adorning of gardens; explaining the art of making and disposing of parterres, arbours of greens, woodworks, arches, columns, and other compartments proper for the most beautiful gardens and plantations. Translated from the French of the Sieur Louis Liger. Heretofore publish'd, in two volumes, with several alterations and additions proper for our English culture, by George London and Henry Wise. The second edition revis'd: now publish'd in one volume, by Joseph Carpenter.
by: London, George, -1713, et al.
Published: (1717)

The gardener's new kalendar : Directing the necessary work to be performed every month in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure-garden as also in the wilderness, nursery, green-house, and stove; adpated to the present stile. To which are prefixed, directions for preparing compost for flowers, and aritifical manures. With an appendix, containing directions for budding, grafting, pruning, and inoculating, in which the different species of grafting are clearly directed, viz, rind or shoulder, whip or tongue, and cleft-grafting, grafting by approach, or ablaction, &c. With engraved representations of the cion and stock, as prepared for the different operations, taken from nature. By Sir James Justice, of Edinburgh, bart. F.R.S.
by: Justice, James, 1698-1763

New improvements of planting and gardening, both practical and philosophical : In three parts, viz. I. The clergy-man's recreation. II. The gentleman's recreation. III. The lady's recreation. By John Lawrence, A.M. rector of Yelvertost in Northamptonshire, and sometime Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge. With an appendix explaining the motion of the sap and generation of plants: with other discoveries never before made publick, for the improvement of forest-trees; with an invention whereby more designs of garden platts may be made in an hour, than can be found in all the books now extant. Likewise several rare secrets for the improvement of fruit-trees, kitchen-gardens, and green-house plants. Adorn'd with copper plates. By Richard Bradley, Fellow of the Royal Society.
by: Laurence, John, 1668-1732

The compleat fruit and flower gardener : Containing, I. Curious directions for cultivating the choicest fruits at a small expence. II. Peculiar observations and rules for the management of dwarf fruit-trees, wall-trees, espaliers, and standards; by a new method of rendering them more ornamental and profitable. III. The most useful experiments for improving land by grain and seeds. IV. The names and characters of all the known soils in England, and their improvement by grain, seeds, and plants. V. Remarks concerning the raising flowers from seed. VI. An exact description of the great American aloe, its manner of blossoming and use; with the culture of that, and many other exotic plants. VII. An account of the most beautiful kinds of torch thistles, and their flowers, &c. VIII. The history of the Glastenbury or Holy Thorn, and the peculiar qualifications of that wonderful plant. The third edition, corrected and adorn'd with cuts. To which is added, an appendix concerning the best methods of pruning fruit-trees, whether they are train'd against wals, or in espaliers, dwarss, &c. shewing the disadvantage of the knife, whereby there parts of the wall-fruit is lost every year. Also the method of lopping timber-trees; improving and preserving of that excellent root the potatoe; with the various ways of preparing and dressing them for the table. By R. Bradley, late professor of botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S.
by: Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732
Published: (1733)

The clergy-man's recreation : Shewing the pleasure and profit of the art of gardening. By John Lawrence, A.M. rector of Bishops Weremouth.
by: Laurence, John, 1668-1732
Published: (1726)

The modern gardener: or, Universal kalendar : Containing monthly directions for all the operations of gardening, to be done either in the kitchen, fruit, flower, and pleasure gardens, as likewife in the greenhouse and stove, with the method of performing the different works, according to the best practice of the most eminent gardeners. Also an appendix, giving full and ample instructions for forcing grape vines, peach, nectarine trees, &c. in a new manner, never before published. Illustrated with thirteen plates, neatly engraved, of entire new plans for stoves, greenhouses, forcing frames, and designs for laying out kitchen, flower, and pleasure gardens, agreeable to the modern taste. To the whole is added, a catalogue of kitchen garden plants and herbs, with the parts made use of in cookery; fruit trees of the best sorts, bulbous-rooted flowers, annual, biennial, and perennial herbacenus flower plants, herbs for distilling and medicine, forest trees, flowering shrubs and evergreens, with great variety of curious greenhouse and stove plants, being a much more complete list than any hitherto published in works of this kind. Selected from the diary manuscripts of the late Mr. Hitt, formerly gardener to Lord Robert Manners, at Bloxholm, in Lincolnshire, and to Lord Robert Bertie, at Chislehurst in Kent. Revised, corrected, and very much improved, with many new additions, By James Meader, late gardener to the Earl of Chesterfield.
by: Hitt, Thomas, -1770?
Published: (1772)

The gentleman's recreation: or The second part of the art of gardening improved : Containing several new experiments and curious observations relating to fruit-trees: particularly, a new method of building walls with horizontal shelters. Illustrated with copper plates. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost in Northamptonshire. To which is added by way of appendix, a new and familiar way to find a most exact meridian line by the pole-star; whereby gentlemen may know the true bearings of their houses and garden walls, and regulate their clocks and watches, &c. By Edward Laurence, brother to the author of this book.
by: Laurence, John, 1668-1732
Published: (1717)

The clergy-man's recreation: shewing the pleasure and profit of the art of gardening : By John Lawrence, A.M. rector of Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire, and sometime fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge.
by: Laurence, John, 1668-1732
Published: (1716)

The clergy-man's recreation: shewing the pleasure and profit of the art of gardening : By John Lawrence, A.M. rector of Yelvertoft in Northampton-shire, and sometime fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge.
by: Laurence, John, 1668-1732
Published: (1714)

An appendix to the new improvements of planting and gardening : Containing the culture of such forest-trees, flowers, &c. as were omitted in the former impressions; viz. the fir, pine, pinaster, &c. the method of raising the truffle, morille, and mushroom. Of the extraordinary production of the chadock-orange. The several manners of graffing. A particular easy method of managing the ananas or pine-apple, the bananas, the guava, the mango, and other delicious fruits of the hottest climates. Of decoys for wild fowl. With some remarkable particulars, not yet publish'd relating to the Guernsey Lilly, and the Coffee-Tree. Illustrated with copper plates. By R. Bradley, professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S.
by: Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732
Published: (1726)

The gardeners almanack, for the year of Our Lord, 1702. Or the new art of gardening directing what is to be done monthly throughout the year, both in the kitchen; and flower garden : With the sun's and moon's rising, southing and setting; the sun's true declination, length of the day, &c. Together, with a discourse on the art of astrology, with the cautionary, or unfortunate days in each month of the year. With plain and easas printed].
by: Parker, George, 1654-1743
Published: (1702)

The gentleman gard'ner's director : Being instructions for planting and sowing, trees or seeds, for profit or pleasure. Alphabetically digested. With directions for the management of bees. To which is added, the kalendar: shewing what work is to be done every month in the year, in the Kitchen-Garden, Flower-Garden, and Orchard. By the Rev. Mr. Stevenson, of East-Retford, Nottinghamshire.
by: Stevenson, Henry
Published: (1744)

A List of forrest and fruit trees, flowering shrubs, and ever greens, by Edward Bray, nursery and seedsman, No.22, Merchants-Quay, Dublin, 178.
Published: (1785)

A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house : Containing, I. The method of planting forest-trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath lands; and for raising the plants in the seed-bed, previous to their being planted. II. The method of pruning forest-trees; and how to improve plantations that have been neglected. III. On the soils most proper for the different kinds of forest-trees. IV. The management of vines; their cultivation upon fire-walls and in the hot-house; with a new method of dressing, planting, and preparing the ground. V. A new and easy method to propagate pine plants, so as to gain half a year in their growth; with a sure method of destroying the insect so destructive to pines. VI. The best method to raise mushrooms without spawn, by which the table may be plentifully supplied every day in the year. VII. An improved method of cultivating asparagus. VIII. The best method to cultivate field cabbages, carrots, and turnips for feeding of cattle. IX. a new method of managing all kinds of fruit-trees, viz. of proper soils for planting, of pruning and dressing them; with a receipt to prevent blights, and cure them when blighted. By John Kennedy, gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart. The second edition, corrected and greatly enlarged. In two volumes.
by: Kennedy, John, 1759-1842
Published: (1777)

A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house : Containing, I. The method of planting forest-trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath lands; with particular directions for raising the plants in the seed-bed, previous to their being planted out. II. The method of pruning forest-trees; with directions how to improve plantations and woods that have been neglected. III. On the soils most proper for the different kinds of forest-trees. IV. The management of vines, comprehending their cultivation upon fire-walls and in the hot-house; together with a new method of dressing, planting, and preparing the ground. V. A new and easy method of propagating pine plants, so as to gain half a year in their growth; together with a certain method of destroying the insect so destructive to pines. VI. A certain and easy method of raising mushrooms without spawn, by which the table may be plentifully supplied every week in the year. VII. A new method of cultivating asparagus. And, VIII. The best method of cultivating field-cabbages and carrots for the purpose of feeding cattle. By John Kennedy, gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, baronet.
by: Kennedy, John, 1759-1842

John McEvoy. Proprietor of the new nurseries at Collon, near Drogheda : Will open them for sale early in autumn; there may be had most sorts of forrest trees and flowering shrubs that will bear those climates, particularly the following, with their reduced prices.

The English garden : a poem : in four books /
by: Mason, William, 1725-1797

Trees for sale : A sale for transplanted and seedling forrest trees, fruit trees, &c. &c. is now opened by George Cottingham, at his nursery garden, opposite the six mile stone, on the Grand Canal, at the following prices-viz. ...
Published: (1785)

The Following prices will be given for clean; found seeds of forrest trees, &c. By John McEvoy, of Collon, near Drogheda.

The Scots gard'ner : in two parts, the first of contriving and planting gardens, orchards, avenues, groves, with new and profitable wayes of levelling, and how to measure and divide land : the second of the propagation & improvement of forrest, and fruit-trees, kitchen hearbes, roots and fruits, with some physick hearbs, shrubs and flowers : appendix shewing how to use the fruits of the garden : whereunto is annexed The gard'ners kalendar /
by: Reid, John (Gardener)

The Scots gard'ner : in two parts, the first of contriving and planting gardens, orchards, avenues, groves, with new and profitable wayes of levelling, and how to measure and divide land : the second of the propagation & improvement of forrest, and fruit-trees, kitchen hearbes, roots and fruits, with some physick hearbs, shrubs and flowers : appendix shewing how to use the fruits of the garden : whereunto is annexed The gard'ners kalendar /
by: Reid, John, Gardener
Published: (1683)

The compleat gard'ner, or, Directions for cultivating and right ordering of fruit-gardens and kitchen-gardens /
by: La Quintinie, Jean de, 1626-1688

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