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Pliny, and other Rei rustica scriptures. His chapter on 

 Pears, (the various kinds of which possess " a profusion of 

 sweets, heightened by an endless variety of delicious fla- 

 vours,") is particularly profuse. So is that on Apples. 



James Rutter published, in 1767, Modern Eden, or the 

 Gardener's Universal Guide; 8vo. 



John Dicks published, in 17G9, The New Gardener's 

 Dictionary; in sixty numbers, small folio, 30s. Blyth. 



James Garton published, in 1769, The Practical Gar- 

 dener; 8vo. 3s. Dilly. 



Wildman published, in 1768, a Treatise on the 



Culture of Pear Trees: to which is added, a Treatise on the 

 Management of Bees; l@mo. Dublin. 



Anthony Powel, Esq. Gardener to George II. pub- 

 lished The Royal Gardener; 12mo. 1769. 



Ockenden, Esq. published, in 1770, Letters, de- 



scribing the Lake of Killarney, and Rueness's Gardens; 8vo. 

 Dublin. 



Thomas HlTT published his Treatise on Fruit Trees, 8vo. 

 1775. A third edition in 1768. Mr. Loudon calls it "an 

 original work, valuable for its mode of training trees. ' He 

 also published, in 1760, a Treatise on Husbandry; 8vo. 

 3s. 



Adam Taylor, Gardener to J. Sutton, Esq. at New Park, 

 near Devizes, published a Treatise on the Ananas, or Pine 

 Apple: containing Plain and Easy Directions for Raising 

 this most excellent Fruit without Fire, and in much higher 



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