Book I. 



BRITISH WORKS ON GARDENING. 



110? 



so respectable a v -rformance should be accompanied by this 

 deceit and book-craft. _^ 



2. The Universal Gardener and Botanist, or a General Dic- 

 tionary of Gardening and Botany, exhibiting, in Botanical 

 Arrangement, according to the Linnaean System, every Tree, 

 Shrub, and Herbaceous Plant that merits Culture, &c Lond. 

 1778. 4to. , . . 



3. The Garden Mushroom, its Nature and Cultivation, ex- 

 hibiting full and plain Directions for producing this desirable 

 Plant in Perfection and Plenty. Lond. 1779. 8vo. 



4. The British Fruit Garden, and Art of Pruning ; com- 

 prising the most approved Methods of planting and raising every 

 useful Fruit Tree and Fruit-bearing Shrub, Ixmd. 1779. Svo. 



5. The Complete Forcing Gardener, for the thorough Prac- 

 tical Management of the Kitchen Garden, raising all early 

 Crops in Hot-beds, and forcing early fruit, &c. Lond. 1781. 

 12 mo. 



6. The complete Wall -tree Pruner, &c. Lond. 1783. 12mo. 



7. The Propagation and Botanical Arrangement of Plants 

 and Trees, useful and ornamental. Lond. 178-5. 2 vols, 12mo. 



8. The Gardener's Pocket Dictionary, or a Systematical Ar- 

 rangement of Trees, Herbs, Flowers, and Fruits, agreeable to 

 the Linnaean Method, with their Latin and English Names, 

 their Uses, Propagation, Culture,&c. Lond. 1786. 3 vols. 12mo. 



9. Daily Assistant in the Modern Practice of English Garden- 

 ing for every Month in the Year, on an entire new plan. Lond. 

 1789. 12mo. . . 



10. The universal Gardener's Kalendar and System of Prac- 

 tical Gardening. Lond. 1789. 12ino. 



11. The Complete Kitchen Gardener and Hot-bed Forcer, 

 with the thorough Practical Management of Hot-houses, Fire- 

 walls, &c. Lond. 1789. 12roo. 



12. The Gardener's Vade-mecum, or Companion of General 

 Gardening; a Descriptive Display of the Plants, Flowers, 

 Shrubs, Trees, Fruits, and general Culture. Lond. 1789. 8vo. 



13. The Hot-house Gardener, or the General Culture of 

 the Pine Apple, and the Methods of forcing early Grapes, 

 Peaches, Nectarines, and other choice Fruits in Hot-houses, 

 Vineries, Fruit-houses, Hot-walls, with Directions for raising 

 Melons and early Strawberries, &c. Plates. Lond. 1789. Svo. 



14. The Gardener's Pocket Journal and Annual Register, 

 in a Concise Monthly Display of all Practical Works of 

 General Gardening throughout the year. Lond. 1791. 12mo. 



15. A new edition of the Practical Gardener revised, with 

 considerable additions, bv Mr. James Mean, Head-gardener 

 to Sir Abraham Hume, Bart. 12mo. 1816. 



16. The Practical Gardener's Companion, or Horticultural 

 Calendar, containing the latest Improvements in Horticul- 

 tural Practice. To which is annexed, on a plan never be- 

 fore exhibited, the Garden Seed and Plant Estimate ; edited 

 from an original Manuscript of J. Abercrombie, the whole re- 

 vised by J. Mean. Lond. 18mo. 1816. 



1766. Jones, Henry, a poetical and dramatic writer, 

 a native of Drogheda in Ireland ; died 1770. 



Kew Garden, a Poem in two cantos. Lond. 4to. 



1766. Lightoler, J , a London architect. 



The Gentleman and Farmer's Architecture, being Plans 

 for Parsonage and Farm-houses, with Pineries, Green-houses, 

 &c. on 25 plates, in fol. 



1766. Locke, John, one of the greatest and most 

 distinguished philosophers this country has pro- 

 duced ; born in Somersetshire 1632 ; author of nu- 

 merous works ; had a fine seat at Norbury Park 

 in Surrey; died 17<>4. 



Observations upon the Growth and Culture of Vines and 

 Olives, the Production of Silk and the Preservation of Fruits. 

 Written at the request of the Earl of Shaftesbury, to whom it is 

 inscribed : now first printed from the original manuscript, in 

 the possession of the present Earl of Shaftesbury. Lond. 8vo. 



17b/. Anon. 



The Rise and Progress of the present Taste in planting 

 Parks, Pleasure Grounds, Gardens, &c. from Henry the 

 Eighth to King George the Third. In a poetic Epistle to the 

 Right Honourable Charles Lord Viscount Irvin, 4to. 



Very scarce, only observed by us in Mr. Forsyth's library. 



1767. Giles, John, gardener to Lady Boyd at Lew- 

 isham in Kent, and from 1777 foreman in the nursery 

 of Messrs. Russell there. He died in 1797, in his 

 seventy-second year. 



Ananas ; or a Treatise on the Pine Apple, in which the 

 whole Culture, Management, and perfecting this most excel- 

 lent Fruit is laid down in a clear and explicit Manner. To 

 which is added, the True Method of raising the finest Melons 

 with the greatest success, &c. Lond. 8vo. 1 plate. 



1767. Mawe, Thomas, gardener to the Duke of 

 Leeds, the nominal author of the first publication of 

 John Abercrombie, entitled Every Titan his own 

 Gardener. Abercrombie wrote this work in prison, 

 and being desirous of sending it into the world under 

 a great name, applied to Mawe, then unknown 

 to him. Mawe went to see Abercrombie, and 

 feeling for his situation, permitted him to use his 

 name. This Abercrombie told to Watts of Acton, 

 who is our authority for inserting it. 



1767. Butter, James, gardener at Wandsworth, 

 and Daniel Carter, gardener at Battersea ; respect- 

 able market-florists, the latter is the father of Thomas 

 and Daniel Carter, esteemed flower-cultivators at the 

 present day. 



Modern Eden ; or, the Gardener's Universal Guide ; con- 

 taining plain instructions for performing every branch of 

 Gardening, whether relating to ornament or utility ; in which 

 are laid down the best methods for raising all the products of 

 the kitchen and flower-garden, and the training, pruning, and 

 entire management of Fruit-trees, &c. Lond. 1767. 8vo. 



1768. Gibson, John, M. D., a native of Scotland, 

 surgeon in the royal navy, and author of some me- 

 dical works. 



The Fruit-Uardener, containing the method of raising 



Stocks for multiplving Fruit-trees, with direcuons for laying 

 out and managing "Fruit-gardens. 8vo. 



1768. Gilpin, the Rev. William, M. A., an inge- 

 nious divine, born in Carlisle 1724, educated at Ox- 

 ford ; kept for many years a school at Cheam in 

 Surrey, and afterwards became vicar of Boldre, in 

 Hampshire, and prebendary of Salisbury, where he 

 died in 1804. The whole of his tours and other 

 works on the picturesque, well merit the study of 

 the landscape-gardener. 



1. Observations on the River Wye, and several Parts of 

 South Wales, &c. relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made 

 in the Summer of 1770. Lond. 1783. 8vo. 



2. Observations relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made 

 in tbe vear 1772, on several Parts of England,; particularly the 

 Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland. Lond. 

 1787. 2 vols. Svo. 



3. Observations chiefly relative to Picturesque Beauty, made 

 in the year 1776, in several parts of Great Britain ; particu- 

 larly the Highlands of Scotland. Lond. 1788. 2 vols. Svo. 



4." Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland views, 

 relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. Illustrated by Scenes of 

 New Forest, in Hampshire ; in 3 books. Lond. 1791. 2 vols. Svo. 



5. Three Essavs : on Picturesque Beauty ; on Picturesque 

 Travel ; on Sketching Landscape. To which is added ; a Poem 

 on Landscape Painting. Lond. 1792. 8vo. 



6. Observations on the Western Parts of England, relative 

 chiefly to Picturesque Beautv. To which are added, a few re- 

 marks on the Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight ; 18 

 Plates. Lond. 1798. 8vo. 



7. Observations on the coasts of Hampshire, Sussex, and 

 Kent, relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made in the 

 Summer of 1774. Lond. 1804. 8vo. 



8. Observations on several parts of the Comities of Cambridge, 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex; also several parts of North 

 Wales, relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty ; in two Tours, 

 the former made in the year 1769, and the latter in 1773. 

 Lond. 1809, Svo. 



1768. Mason, George, Esq., a classical scholar and 

 critic; author of an Appendix to Dr. Johnson's 

 Dictionary, and of some other translations and phi- 

 lological works. He lived chiefly in London, and 

 was connected with the Sun Fire Insurance Olfice. 



1. Essav on Design in Gardening. 8vo. 



2. An Essay on Design in Gardening; first published in 

 176S, now greatly augmented. Also a Revisal of several Pub- 

 lications on the same Subject. Lond. 1795. 8vo. Two Ap- 

 pendices. 1798. 8vo. 



1768. Wildman. 



Treatise on the Culture of Pear-trees, to which is added a 

 Treatise on the Management of Bees. l2mo. Dublin. 



1769. Dicks, John, gardener to His Grace the 

 Duke of Kingston at Knightsbridge. 



A New Gardener's Dictionary, or the whole Art of Garden- 

 ing fullv and accurately displayed; containing the most ap- 

 proved Methods of cultivating all kinds of Trees, Plants, and 

 Flowers. In 60 numbers, small folio, completed in 1771. 



1769. Buncombe, John, author of some works on 

 antiquities, but chiefly known as the inventor of the 

 dendrometer. 



A Treatise upon the Dendrometer, a new invented Instru- 

 ment for the more certain and ready Measurement of Standing 

 Timber by Inspection only ; for facilitating the practical oper- 

 ation of Engineering, Land-surveying, &c. Lond. 1769. Svo. 



1769. Garton, James. 



The Practical Gardener, and Gentleman's Directory for 

 every Month in the Year; with proper Directions for raising 

 Mushrooms. To which is prefixed, an Essay upon Vegetation, 

 Soil, Manure, and the nature and form of' Stoves, Hot-beds, 

 &c. With a Copperplate, exhibiting at one view the several 

 Aspects for planting a Fruit-Garden. Lond. 1769. 12moi 



1769. Powel, Anthony, Esq., gardener to George II. 



The Royal Gardener; or, complete Calendar of Gardening 

 for every Month in the Year, digested in regular order, and 

 so contrived as to exhibit, in a clear and comprehensive man- 

 ner, the business to be done in the Flower, Fruit, and Kitchen 

 Garden at all Seasons. Likewise Directions, founded on ex- 

 perience, for Sowing, Planting, Pruning, Transplanting, En- 

 grafting, and every other particular necessary to be known by 

 such as desire to aim at a perfect knowledge of this most 

 ancient, healthy, and agreeable of all sciences. Lond. 12mo. 



1769. Taylor, Adam, gardener to J. Sutton, Esq., 

 at New Park, near Devizes, in Wiltshire. 



Treatise on the Ananas, or Pine-Apple, containing plain 

 and easy Directions for raising this most excellent fruit without 

 fire, and in much higher perfection than from the stove. To 

 which are added, full Directions for raising Melons. Devizes. 

 8vo. One Plate. 



1769. Anon. 



Stowe : a Description of the magnificent House and Gardens, 

 &c. 8vo. Cuts. 



1770. Ellis, John, Esq.,*a distinguished naturalist; 

 a native of Ireland, celebrated for his discovery of 

 the animal origin of corals. He wrote a variety of 

 tracts, and numerous papers in the Transactions 

 of the Royal Society ; and died 1771. 



1. Directions to Voyagers for bringing over Plants, &c. from 

 the East Indies, and other distant Countries, in a state of 

 Vegetation. Lond. 1770. 4to. 



2. Some additional Observations on the Method of preserving 

 Seeds from foreign parts, for the benefit of the American 

 Colonies. Lond. 1773. 4to. 



3. Historical Account of Coffee; with an Engraving, and 

 Botanical Description of the Tree. To which are added, many 

 Papers relative to its culture and use as an article of diet and 

 of convenience. Lond. 1774. 4to. 



4. Description of the Mongostan and the Bread Fruit, the 

 first esteemed the most delicious, and the other the most useful 

 of all the Fruits in the East Indies. To which are added 



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