Contents. vii 



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XIII. FLORA THE TULIP, THE ROSE, THE 



JESSAMINE -ABERCROMBIE'S WORKS 161 



XIV. MARKET GARDENS IN THE SUBURBS 



OF LONDON TESTIMONY OF AN 

 ITALIAN VISITOR IN 1614 NURSE- 

 RIES AND GROUNDS AT OLD BROMP- 

 TON, FULHAM, BATTERSEA, AND 



DEPTFORD 169 



XV. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE WALPOLE AND 

 THE GARDENERS OF THE EIGHT- 

 EENTH CENTURY . . . .182 

 XVI. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GARDENING LITERA- 

 TURE (1603 1800), AND OF HERBALS 

 AND BEE CULTURE WILLIAM AND 

 SAMUEL CURTIS JAMES AND 

 GEORGE SOWERBY THE LINDLEYS 

 ANDLOUDONS CRYPTOGAMIC FLORA 

 OF SCOTLAND SIRWILLIAM JACKSON 



HOOKER 203 



APPENDIX 225 



INDEX 243 



