An essay upon gardening : containing a catalogue of exotic plants for the stoves and green-houses of the British gardens, the best method of planting the hot-house vine : with directions for obtaining and preparing proper earths and compositions, to preserve tender exotics, observations on the history of gardening, and a contrast of the ancient with the modern taste

By

Steele, Richard, fl 1793-

Atkinson, Thomas, 1729?-1798
Peacock, G. fl 1785-1811
Record, John, fl 1769-1780
White, Benjamin, approximately 1724-1794

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

York, Printed for the author, by G. Peacock and sold by B. White and Sons ... London ... [and four others],

Notes

Errata: p. [1] at end.

Final page blank.

Leaf containing "Additional subscribers" inserted after p. xx; each plate preceded by 1 leaf of explanations.

Plates engraved by John Record after Thomas Atkinson.

Subjects

18th century , Early works to 1800 , England , Engravings , Floriculture , Gardening , Greenhouses , Plants, Cultivated

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.43757