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Planters and Gardeners. With engravings. LondOh 

 1G83, 1G88 and 1699, 4to. 



2. The new art of Gardening:, with the Gardener's Almanack, 

 containing the true art of Gardening, in all its particulars- 

 1. Sito of a proper plat of Ground, for planting Fruit 

 Trees; with the manner of planting, grafting, irabuding, 

 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- 2- Of the Kitchen 

 Garden, and, what things are proper to be done in it, as 

 to herbs, j)lants, roots, berries. Fruits, &e. 3- Of the 

 flower garden, how to order it, and rear choice flowers, 

 slips, layers, sow seeds, make off-sets, and plant them in 

 tiieir proper earths, seasons, and due waterings, with the 

 names and descriptions of the most material ones. 4. Of 

 greens, how to order and preserve them with rules for the 

 conservatory, and green house — To each head is added 

 an Almanack, showing what is to be done every month in 

 the year, London — No date, (1713,) l2mo — It originally 

 a])peared in 1UD7' Uvo. 



This little work of IGO pp is evidently as stated in the preface, 

 the result of " long experience." — The author's directions 

 for avoiding the injuries of frosts and manuring trees are 

 good, bis descriptions of the various fruits slight. He 

 classes the Apricot as a Peach. His general directions are 

 usually correct, those forindividuals are generally wanting. 

 In his Gardener's Almanack or Kalender, he gives correct 

 directions and a list of such Apples, and Pears, <kc. as are 

 in season each month — In the Kitchen Garden he is still 

 more scanty, giving but few general directions, and a list of 

 Kitchen Garden Plants- His idea of a Hot bed, extends 

 tu l.ttle more than a sheltered, thickly manur(>d border, 

 and whcu he docs dwell upon additional heat, he recom- 



