3. The Practical Fruit Gardener, being the newest and best 

 method of raising, planting, and pruning all sorts of Fruit 

 Trees agreeably to the experience and practice of the most 

 eminent -Gardeners and nurserymen, revised and recom- 

 mended by the Rev. Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Bradley. 2nd 

 Edition with three new plans, and other large additions, 

 1731. 8vo. The first edition appeared in 1724. 



It is dedicated to the Earl of Orrery. Chap. 1. Of the 

 excellency of Fruit. 2. Of planting Fruit Trees. 3. Of the 

 situation for a Kitchen and Fruit Garden. This union of the 

 two for consideration is most proper, for both esculents and 

 Fruit Trees must be kept in view in a walled enclosure neces- 

 sarily containing both. 4. Of Draining. 5. Plan of a Fruit 

 Garden. 6. Raising Fruit Trees and proper Stocks. 7. Man- 

 agement of Fruit Stocks in the nursery. Times of budding, 

 &c. 8. Reasons and manner of inoculating, grafting, &c. 

 He decidedly declares that the stock influences the flavour of 

 the grafted Fruit. 9. Methods of Grafting. He here parti- 

 cularizes as being a continental custom to propagate apples, 

 pears, &c. by passing a branch through the hole of a flower 

 pot, filled with earth and cut it off" as soon as rooted. 10. 

 Choosing Fruit Trees and pruning them for planting. 11. Pro- 

 per season for planting. He controverts the reasons of those 

 who advocate planting in spring, and agrees with the old En- 

 glish proverb, quoted by Dr. Beal. " Plant at All-Hallows, 

 tide and command them to prosper. Plant after Candlemas 

 and entreat them to grow." — He mentions the successful prac- 

 tice of planting large trees in summer as a new improvement. 

 12. Of pruning the Hoots. 13. Of Peaches and Nectarines. 

 14. Of Peaches. 15. List of Peaches and Nectarines, — about 

 20 of the first and 7 of the latter. 16. Of the Apricot 2 or 3. 

 17. Of Plumbs 34 kinds. 18. Of Pears 70 kinds, and alludes 

 to others. 19. Of Apples 26. 20. Of Cherries 6. 21. Of 

 Vines. 22. Against planting in too rich a soil. 23. Of Vines 



