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ill comprehensive in nature and sound in teaching and 

 numerous other works, Richard Bradley was also a 

 voluminous and distinguished writer on gardening at this 

 date. His " New Improvements on Planting and Garden- 

 ing" and "Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening" are two 

 valuable works, although not distinguished by originality. 



Passing over many writers of this period whose works 

 were useful but not remarkable, we come to Philip Miller, 

 the " Hortulanorum Princeps'' of the i8th century. His 

 "Gardener's and Florist's Dictionary" was published in 

 1724, in which work he was assisted by other gardeners of 

 the period. Successive editions of this work appeared, the 

 9th edition in 1792, edited by Professor Marty n of Cam- 

 bridge. This long remained a standard work on gardening 

 and botany, and translations were published in the French, 

 Dutch, and German languages. He published also " The 

 Gardeners' Kalender," 1731, which passed through many 

 editions, and some papers on gardening which appeared in 

 the " Philosophical Transactions." 



Batty Langley wrote "New Principles in Gardening" 

 in 1728, and "Pomona," with numerous coloured plates, in 

 1729. The "Scot's Gardeners' Director," by James Justice, 

 was a book of some repute about the middle of this cen- 

 tury. Sir John Hill was a voluminous writer on gardening 

 and botany. His " Eden," folio, numerous coloured plates, 

 1757, is still an interesting book, and his "Vegetable 

 System" (1759), 24 vols. folio, full of plates, is a magnifi- 

 cent book, but of little practical or scientific value. Thomas 

 Hitt wrote a sensible book on Fruit Trees in 1757. Sir 

 William Chambers wrote "Dissertations on Oriental 

 Gardening" (1744). Johnson, in his " History of Garden- 

 ing," says it is " puerile in the extreme," but with all 

 deference to this great and good man I must confess to 

 have read it with pleasure and I think with profit. In 

 1769 the Rev. William Hanbury wrote "A Complete Body 

 of Planting and Gardening," 2 vols. folio, and which was 

 published in numbers. 



