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mends riug-fc-n-uiig to be employed; and straw \t1i ■lined 

 over, supported from the plants by forked sticks. He is 

 judicious on the subject of walering-. He recommends 

 jiigeons', sheep's dung:, &c. to be infused in the water, — 

 Ofths flower Garden he says little, but in the Almanack 

 he gives gm)d lists of flmvers blooming in the several 

 montijs- Flowers that will bear es.treme cold, those that 

 are loss hardy, and those most tender.— Of llie Plants for 

 the Green House or Conservatory, and work to be done, 

 he says but little. In dcscriWinj; the house however, lie 

 has some judicious remarks, such as the benefit of having 

 double doors, that in entering or coming out, one may be 

 shut before the other is opened — Throughout he recom- 

 mends an attention to astrology, as sowing when the moon 

 is in Taurus, and pruning when it is in Cancer, iVc. — He 

 mentions, having himself grafted the Pear when in full 

 blossom; and supports the idea of grafting uj)on stocks 

 of a dUferent genus. He terms Cyder, " a curious 

 drink." 



'3. The IVIystery of Husbandry London. 1697 or lG9i>, 

 12mo- 



These three works were writtoii by LEONARD MEAGER. 



1083- The Florist's Vadc-Mecum. London. 12mo. 



The Gardener's Almanack. London. 12nio. 



The author of these little works was SAMUEL GILBERT, 

 All that I have learnt of him is that he married a daughter of 

 John Rea, whom we have just mentioned; and that he was 

 author of "Fons sanitatis, or the healing Spring at Willow- 

 bridge AVells, in Somersetshire-" His portrait engraved by 

 R. White, appears in his " \ ade-Mecum-' It is entitled 



