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JAMES MEADER, Gardener to the Duke of Nortlmmber- 

 iand at Sion House, and afterwards to the Empress Catherine 

 at PeterhofF, near Petersburgh. He was a writer of satirical 

 verses.* He published the following works, 



1. The modern Gardenei', or Universal Calendar, containing 

 monthly directions for all the operations of Gardening, to 

 be done either in the Kitchen, Fruit, Flower or Pleasure 

 Gardens, as likewise in the Green-house aud Stove ; with 

 the method of per forming the different works, according to 

 the best practice of the most eminent Gardeners* Also an 

 Appendix giving- full instructions, for forcing Vines, Peach, 

 Nectarine Trees &c. in a new manner : never before pub- 

 lished : selected from the diary MSS, of the late Mr. Hitt, 

 Revised, corrected, and improved by J. M. London. 

 1771. 12mo. 



2. The Planter's Guide, or Pleasure Gardener's Companion ; 

 giving plain directions, with observations for the proper 

 disposition and management of the various Trees and 

 Shrubs, for a Pleasure Garden Plantation. To wbich is 

 added a list of hardy Trees and Shrubs for ornamenting 

 such Gardens. Embellished with Copperplates. London, 

 1779. royal 8vo. 



1772. A Treatise on Forest Trees ; containing not only the 

 best methods of their culture hitherto practiced, but 

 a variety of new and useful discoveries, the result of 

 many repeated Experiments. To which are added 

 directions for the disposition, planting, and culture of 

 hedges. By WILLIAM BOUTCHER a nurseryman 

 at Comely Garden, near Edinburgh. London. 4to — 

 Again in 1775' Edinburgh? — 



WILLIAM MASON, was born on the 23rd of February, 

 1725, at Hull, where his father resided as Vicar of one 



* Encyclop. of Gardening, p. 1108, 5, Ed: 



