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1. Practical Geometry, applied to the arts of Building, Sur- 

 veying, Gardening and Mensuration. London. 1720. 



2. The sure method of improving an Estate by Plantations of 

 Oak, Elm, Ash, Birch, and other Timber Trees. London 

 1728. 4to. 1 Plate. 



3. Pomona, or the Fruit Garden illustrated: being the sure 



method of preserving the best kinds of Fruit, with di- 

 rections for Pruning, Nailing, &c. With 79 plates. Lon- 

 don. 1729. fol. 



4. New principles of Gardening ; or the laying out of Pas- 

 tures, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, 

 &c. 4to. 1728. With engravings. 



JOHN COW ELL, was a Nursery man at Hoxton of whom 

 frequent mention is made in the works of Bradley and other 

 Horticultural writers of the same period. He appears to have 

 died about 1730, for Switzer speaks of him as *' late of Hox- 

 ton" in the following year. 



Cowell was author of the following works, 



1. Account of the Aloe in Blossom, Torch Thistle, and 



Glastonbury Thorn. London. 1729. 8vo. 



2. The Curious and Profitable Gardener, containing the new- 



est method for improving Land by Grain or Seed, also a 

 description of the Great Aloe, and other Exotics, with the 

 manner of preserving them in Winter. London. 8vo. 

 1730. The edition of 1732 is the same as this with a new 

 Title. 



1729 A Dissertation on Cyder and Cyder Fruit. By H. S. 

 Esq. of Pyncs in Devonshire. The author of this 



