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The following is a list of his Horticultural works in the order 

 in •which they were published, 



1. Every Man his own Gardener, being a new Gardener's 

 Calendar, with complete lists of Forest Trees, Flowering 

 Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Evergreens, annual, biennial, 

 and j-^rennial Flov/ers; Ilot-house, Green-house, and 

 Kitchen Garden Plants, with the varieties of each sort 

 cultivated in the Enghsh Gardens. London. 1774 — 



This work has passed through upwards of twenty Editions, 

 and is now one of our standard works. In later editions 

 Abercrombie's own name has appeared in the title page together 

 with (hat of Thomas Mawe which it originally bore alone, 

 though he had nothing to do with its composition. 



2. The Universal Gardener and Botanist ; or a general Dic- 



onary of Gardening and Bolany, exhibiting in Botanical 

 arrangement, according to the Linn?ean System, every Tree, 

 Shrub, and Herbaceous Plant that merits culture, Lon- 

 don; 1778. 4to, Mr. Weston says the first Edition 

 appeared in 1770. 



3. The Garden Mushroom, its nature and cultivation, ex- 

 hibiting full r.nd plain directions for producing this desira- 

 ble plant in perfection and plenty. London. 1779. 8vo. 



4. The British FruitGarden, and Art of Pruning; comprising 



the most approved method of planting and raising every 

 useful Fruit tree, and Fruit bearing shrub. London^ 1779 

 8vo. 



5. Tlie Garden Mushroom its nature and culti\ation. Lon- 



don. 1779. 8vo. — 1802. 12mo. 



«. The complete forcing Gardener, for the thorough practi- 



