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father. Hi* education was plain and superficial, but possessing 

 sound sense, and a habit of reasoning upon just principles, he 

 was an agreeable Companion — He was thoroughly grounded in 

 his profession, the practice of years being retained and concen- 

 trated by a habit of committing to paper all the observations 

 he made in its pursuit from a very early age — Soon after his 

 appenticeship expired, being about eighteen, upon some domes- 

 tic misunderstanding, he came to London, where he obtained 

 employment in some of the Royal Gardens at Kew and at 

 Leicester House. Afterwards he became Gardener to Dr. 

 Munro and other gentle- men. He was present at the Battle 

 of Preston Pans, which was fought under his father's Garden 

 AVall. He was a loyalist, or as he termed himself" a king's 

 man." About 1751 — 2 he became Gardener to Sir James 

 Douglas, during his continuance in whose service he married. 

 Fearing his family might become troublesome he left his situa- 

 tion in 1759, and returned to Scotland with the intention of 

 becoming Kitchen and Market Gardener, but came again to 

 England after an absence of only ten months. He was en- 

 gaged in the service of several noblemen and gentlemen until 

 1770, when he engaged a Kitchen Garden and small Nursery 

 Ground between Mile End Road and Hackney, attending 

 Spitaifields Market with the products until 1771 — 2 — at this 

 period he became a publican in Dog-Row, Mile End, his house 

 was afterwards converted into the Artichoke Tea Gardens. 

 By the importunity of his wife he left this, and entered into 

 the Seed and Nursery business at Newington and Tottenham 

 Court, carrying on at the same time an extensive trade as a 

 K^itchen Gardener and Florist. About 1778 he prepared his 

 " Every Man his own Gardener," which has passed through 

 many Editions. He actually paid Mr. Thomas Mawe, Gardener 

 to the Duke of Leeds, twenty pounds to allow his name to be 

 attached to this work by whose name it of course has been 

 generally known. Afterwards becoming more confident he 

 published his " Gardener's Pocket Journal, or Daily Assis- 

 tant", which obtained a very extensive sale and has since 



