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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



Directions to Voyagers for bringing over them and other veeet- 

 able productions. Plates. Lond. 1775. 4to. 



1770. Hunter, Alexander, M.D. F.R.S. was born 

 at Edinburgh 1733; settled as a physician at Gains, 

 borough, at Beverly, and finally at York ; author of 

 various agricultural and medical works, and of a 

 cookery-book : died at York 1809. 



New Edition of Evelyn's Sylva and Terra. 



1770. Ockenden, , Esq. 



Letters describing the Lake of Killarney and Rueness Gar- 

 dens. Dublin. 8vo. 



1770. Weston, Richard, Esq. an amateur gardener, 

 who derived his information chiefly from inspecting 

 the commercial gardens near London. 



1 Tracts on Practical Agriculture and Gardening, in which 

 the advantage of imitating the Garden Culture in the Field is 

 fully proved by a seven years' Course of Experiments. To 

 which is added, a Complete Chronological Catalogue of 

 English Authors on Agriculture, Gardening, &c. Lond. 1769. 

 8vo. 



2. The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman, containing De- 

 scriptions of the Species and Varieties of all the Trees, Shrubs, 

 Herbs, Flowers, and Fruits, Natives and Exotics, at present 

 cultivated in the European Nurseries, Greenhouses, and Stoves, 

 as described by modern Botanists ; arranged according to the 

 Linnrean System, and their Names in English. To which are 

 added, A copious Botanical Glossary, several useful Catalogues 

 and Indexes. Plates. Lond. 1770 1774. 4 vols. 8vo. 



3. The Gardener and Planter's Calendar; containing the 

 Method of raising Timber Trees, Fruit Trees, and Quicks for 

 Hedges ; with Directions for forming and managing a Garden 

 every Month in the Year ; also, many new improvements in 

 the Art of Gardening. Lond. 1773. 8vo. 



1770. Wheatley or Whateley, Thomas, Esq. of Non- 

 such Park, Surrey, secretary to the Earl of Suffolk. 

 He had a brother who fought a duel with John 

 Temple, Esq. in 1773 {Gilchrist's Trials by Ordeal, 

 p. 107.), and another, a clergyman. He died about 

 1780 ; and some remarks on Shakspeare were pub- 

 lished after his death, in a thin 12mo. tract. It is 

 remarkable, that so little is known of a writer, the 

 beauty of whose style and the justness of whose 

 taste arc universally acknowledged. Alter enquiring 

 at his publishers and other sources, we have not 

 been able to ascertain to a certainty the mode of 

 spelling his name. 



Observations on Modern Gardening, illustrated by De- 

 scriptions. Lond. 1771. Pp. 207. An edition, in quarto, in 

 1798, with Walpole's History, inserted as notes, and an ap- 

 pendix, consisting of an Essay on the natural Situation of 

 Gardens, originally published by Dodsley. 



1771. Meader, James, gardener to the Duke of 

 Northumberland at Sion House, and afterwards to 

 the Empress Catherine at Peterhoff, near Peters- 

 burgh. He was a very satirical person, and wrote 

 verses both on his friends and enemies. 



1. The Modern Gardener, or Universal Kalendar; contain- 

 ing Monthly Directions for all the Operations of Gardening, 

 to be done either in the Kitchen, Fruit, Flower, and Pleasure 

 Gardens, as likewise in the Green-house and StoVe ; with the 

 Method of performing the different works, according to the 

 best practice of the most eminent Gardeners. Also an Appen- 

 dix, giving full and ample Instructions for forcing Grapes, 

 Vines, Peach, Nectarine Trees, &c. in a new manner : never 

 before published; selected from the Diary Manuscripts of the 

 late Mr. Hitt. Revised, corrected, and improved by J. M. 

 Lond. 1771. 12mo. 



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

 giving plain Directions, with Observations for the proper Dis- 

 position and Management of the various Trees and Shrubs for 

 a Pleasure Garden Plantation. To which is added, a list of 

 Hardy Trees and Shrubs for ornamenting such Gardens. Em- 

 bellished with Copper-plates. Lond. 1779. oblong 4to. 



1772. Boutcher, William, a nurseryman at Comely 

 Garden, near Edinburgh. 



Treatise on Forest Trees; containing not only the best 

 Methods of their Culture hitherto practised, but a variety of 

 new and useful Discoveries, the result of many repeated Ex- 

 periments. To which are added, Directions for the Disposi- 

 tion, Planting, and Culture of Hedges. Lond. 1772. 4to. 



1772. Mason, -William, a divine and celebrated 

 lyric and descriptive poet; born in Yorkshire 1725; 

 died 1797, precentor, and canon of York. 



The English Garden ; a Poem in four books. Lond. 1772-82. 

 4to. A new edit, corrected. To which are added, a Com- 

 mentary and Notes, by W. Burgh, Esq. Lond. 1 785. Svo. 



1772. Pierre, Louis de St., a native of South Caro- 

 lina, and proprietor of lands there. 



The Art of Planting and Cultivating the Vine, &c. according 

 to the most approved Methods jn France. Lond. 12mo. 



1774. Anon, . 



A n Essay on the different Natural Situations of Gardens. 4to. 

 Is.Gd. 1774. 



1775. Pye, Mrs. Hampden. 



A Peep into the principal Seats and Gardens in and about 

 Twickenham (the residence of the Muses) descriptive of their 

 Beauties, internal and external, with a suitable Companion for 

 those who wish to visit Windsor or Hampton-court. To which 

 is added, a History of a little Kingdom on the Banks of the 

 Thames, and its present Sovereign, &c. 8vo. 



1776. Ellis, Thomas, gardener to the Lord Bishop 

 of Lincoln. 



The Gardener's Pocket Kalendar. Lond. 12mo. 



1777. Anderson, James, LL. D., an agricultural 

 writer of great versatility of genius, was born at 

 Jrlerdmanston, in the county of Edinburgh, 1730, on 

 a farm which his parents had possessed for some 



generations, and which he was destined to inherit 

 and to- cultivate. He lost his parents at an early 

 age, but his education was not neglected ; he studied 

 chemistry under Dr. Cullen, and soon leaving his 

 farm near Edinburgh, took one in Aberdeenshire of 

 loOO acres, which, after improving and cultivating 

 lor twenty years, he let, and enjoyed an annuity 

 from it during his life. He settled after leaving 

 Aberdeenshire in the neighborhood of Edinburgh 

 where he published the Bee, in weekly sixpen! 

 ny numbers, till it extended to eighteen volumes 

 In 1797 he removed to Isleworth, near London 

 where he published Recreations in Agriculture 

 in six volumes, and his Description of a Patent 

 Hot-house. Here he enjoyed his garden, and died 

 or a decline in 1808, aged 69. Besides the works 

 which bear his name, he wrote the reviews of books 

 on rural matters for the Monthly Review for many 

 years. * 



1. Miscellaneous Thoughts on planting and training Tim- 

 ber-trees, by Agriccla. Edin. 1777. Svo h 



2. Recreations in Agriculture, Natural History, Arts, and 

 miscellaneous Literature. Lond. 1799. 1802. 6' vols. 8vo. 



3. A Description of a Patent Hot-house, which operates 

 ohiefly by the heat of the Sun, and other subjects ; without 

 the aid of Flues, or Tan-bark, or Steam, for the purpose of 

 heating it, &c. Lond. 1801. 12mo. v V 



1777, Bastard, William, Esq. of Kitley in Devon- 

 shire. 



,,P, n . the 9, ulture of Tine-Apples. An extract of a letter from 

 William Bastard, Esq. of Kit ley in Devonshire, to Samuel 

 Musgrave, Esq. M.I). F.R.S. dated Kitley, March 15. 1779, 

 communicated to the Society \/y Dr. Musgrave. 



The writer states that he truits his pines in pots set in pans 

 of water, on a shelf close under the roof against the back wall; 

 prefers a cistern over the flue in that situation ; found a plant 

 without roots grow well, and produce a fruit which weighed 

 two pounds. 



1777. Heelcy, Joseph, Esq. 



1. Letters on the Beauties of Hagley, Envil, and the Lea- 

 sowes; with Critical Remarks and Observations on the Mo- 

 dern Taste in Gardening. Lond. 1777. 2 vols. 12mo. 



2. Description of Hagley Park. 1777. 8vo. 



1777. Loddiges, Conrad, and Sons, eminent botani- 

 cal nurserymen at Hackney, where their grounds 

 are remarkable for orderly arrangement, and for 

 the magnitude and extent of the hot-houses. 



1. A Catalogue of Plants and Seeds, in English and German. 

 Svo. 



2. The Botanical Cabinet, containing figures of new or rare 

 Plants, with Directions for their Culture. 1817. 4to. In 

 monthly parts. 



3. A Catalogue of Plants for Sale. 12mo. 1820. 



1777. Maurice, the Rev. Thomas, M. A., chaplain 

 to the 97th regiment, author of various poems and 

 tracts on Indian history and antiquities. 



1. Hagley; a Poem. 



2. Grove Hill, the seat of Dr. Lettsom, a descriptive Poem ; 

 with an Ode to Mithra, and many plates. Lond. ] 799. 4to. 



1777. Wilson, William, a native of Scotland ; 

 worked some time under Miller, and was sent by 

 him to Sir James Cockburn, Bart, at Petersham ; 

 afterwards gardener to the Earl of Glasgow, near 

 Paisley. 



A Treatise on the Forcing of Early Fruits, and the Man- 

 agement of Hot-walls. Lond. 12mo. 



This is a useful little treatise ; he uses the heat of ferment- 

 ing dung in his peach and vine houses, as well as the heat of 

 flues ; and directs not to prune peach-trees to be early forced 

 till the fires have been made for a fortnight, because " the sap, 

 when it begins to ascend, will spring more regular after the 

 knife than after a dry wound." (p. 13.) 



1778. Anon. 



The Practical Gardener, directing, in the most plain and 

 vhat is necessary to be done in the Kitchen, 



1778. Swinden, N- 



-, an ingenious gardener 

 and seedsman at Brentford- End, Middlesex. 



The Beauties of Flora displayed, or Gentleman and Lady's 

 Pocket Companion to the Flower and Kitchen Garden. Lond. 

 8vo. 1778. 



1779. Neale, Adam, gardener to John Black- 

 bourne, Esq. near Warrington, Lancashire. 



A Catalogue of the Plants in the Garden of John Black- 

 burne, Esq." alphabetically arranged according to the Linnaean 

 System. Lond. Svo. 



1779. Speedily, William, gardener for many years 

 to the Duke of Portland, at Welbeck in Notting- 

 hamshire; afterwards a farmer; died at an ad- 

 vanced age in 1820. 



1. A Treatise on th Culture of the Pine-Apple, and the 

 Management of the Hot-iiouse ; together with a Description 

 of every species of Insect that infests Hot-houses, with effec- 

 tual Methods of destroying them. York, 1779. 8vo. 



2. A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, exhibiting new 

 and advantageous methods of propagating, cultivating, and 

 training that Plant, so as to render it abundantly fruitful. 

 With new Hints on the Formation of Vineyards in England. 

 York. 4to. 



3. Practical Hints on Domestic and Rural Economy, re- 

 lating partly to the utility, formation, and management of 

 Fruit, Kitchen, and Cottage Gardens, and Orchards, &c. 

 Lond Svo. 1820. 



1780. Walpole, Horace, afterwards Earl of Orford, 

 youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole born in 1718 ; 



