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ARBORICULTURE — MANUALS — BRITISH ISLANDS 



1683, — K(l. 2 rev. & cnl. [SH 2M-I fvl-i 21 pp. .'^. pl. D. 

 Ki.linlnii(;li. 1721. — Tlic Sculs );:ir<lciicr for tlio clinmlc of 

 ScotliVinl, in tlin'o parts, totrctlicr with the (innlcnor'.s l<:ilpn- 

 dar . . . ainl tho Isarl of Haiiiliiijitdn's Treatise on forest 

 trees. Written orit;inally liy Jolin Ueiil . . . and now care- 

 fully corrected with alterations and additions hv an eminent 

 liand. S 120S+ 18+40+1:58 pp. S. Edinlnirgh, 17()(>. 



LaQuintinie. [.Iean]de. The compleat gard'ncr . . . 1693. — 

 Sec his Instruction pour le jardin fruitier . . . 1690, under 

 FuAXeK, p. 111. 



Meager. Leonanl. The niysterj- of husliandry; or, Aralile, 

 pasture and wood-laml improved; containing the whole art 

 and mystery of agriculture or husbandry . . . wood-land 

 to improve, in setting, lopping and managing to a vast in- 

 crease; tlie great advantage of inclosures . . . [10]+ IGl pp. 

 1 pl. S. London, 1697. 

 See pp. lOS-140. 



The new art of gardening, ■with the gardener's almanack, 



containing the true art of gardening in all its particulars 

 . . . [2]+164+[4] pp. S. London, 1697. — [Another ed.] 

 D. London, [1710?].t — Ed. 2 rev. D. London, 1732.t 



Nourse, Tim[othy]. Campania fcelix; or, A discourse of the 

 benelits and improvements of husbandry; containing direc- 

 tions for all manner of tillage, pasturage and plantation . . . 

 To wliich are added two essays: I. Of a country-house. .II. Of 

 the fuel of London. [4]+ 354 pp. 1 pl. O. London, 1700. 



Gentil, Frani;'ois. Le jardinier solitaire ; the solitary or Car- 

 thusian gard'ner . . . 1706. — See his Le jardinier solitaire 

 . . . 1704, tmder Fr.\nce, p. 111. 



Liger, Louis. The compleat florist . . . 1706. — See Ids Le 

 jardinier fleuriste . . . 1704, under France, p. 112. 



M[ortiiner]. J[chn]. The whole art of husbandry ; or. The way 

 of managing and improving of land; being a full collection of 

 what hath been writ, either by ancient or modern authors 

 ... as also, an account of the particular sorts of husbandry 

 used in several counties; with proposals for its farther im- 

 provement. To which is added the countryman's kalendar 

 . . . O. London, 1707.t — Ed. 2 rev. [14]+ 632+ [S] pp. 

 il. O. London, 1708. — Ed. 3. 2 vol. O. London, 1712. — 

 Ed. 5. 2 vol. O. London, 1721.t — Ed. 6 rev. by T. Mor- 

 timer. 2 vol. O. London, 1761.t 



[Le Blond, ^Vlexandre.] The theory and practice of gardening 

 . . . 1712. — See his Le thiSorie et le pratique du jardinage 

 . . . 1709, under Fr.\nce, p. 112. 



Laurence, John. The clergy-man's recreation, shewing the 

 pleasure and profit of the art of gardening. O. London, 

 1714.t — Ed. 2 rev. [8]+52pp. 1 il. D. London, 1714. — 

 Ed. 3. [S]+52pp. 1 il. 1 pl. D. London, 1715. — Ed. 4. 

 [8]+ 84 pp. Ipl. Ipor. O. London, 1716.t — Ed. 5. [8]+ 

 84 pp. 1 il. 1 pl. O. London, 1717. 

 For pt. II. see his The gentleman's recreation. 1716. — For pt. III. see 

 Evelyn, Charles. The lady's recreation. 1717. 



Switzer, Stephen. The nobleman, gentleman and gardener's 

 recreation; or. An introduction to gardening, planting, agri- 

 culture and the other business and pleasures of a country 

 Ufe. [6]+ 34+ 266+ [16] pp. Ipl. O. London, 1715. — Ich- 

 nographia rustica; or, the nobleman, gentleman, and gar- 

 dener's recreation . . . and a general system of agriculture 

 ... 3 vol. 37 pl. D. London, 1718. — Ed. 2 enl. 3 vol. 

 51 pl. O. London, 1742. — Apx. 96 pp. 3 pl. O. Lon- 

 don, 1742. 

 Directions for the raising forest trees (ed. 1715, pp. 144-199). — Woods 

 and coppices (ed. 1715, pp. 200-218). 



[Worlidge, John.] A compleat system of husbandry and gar- 

 dening; or. The gentleman's companion, in the business and 

 pleasures of a country life ; shewing, the several new and most 

 advantagious ways of tilling, planting, so\ving, manuring, 

 ordering and improving of all sorts of gardens . . . The hus- 

 bandman's monthly directions . . . The interpretation of 

 rustick terms . . . 26+ [13]+ 504 pp. Ipl. D. London, 

 1716. 



Laurence, John. The gentleman's recreation; or. The second 

 part of the art of gardening improved; containing several new 

 experiments and curious observations relating to fruit-trees 

 . . . [16]+ U5 pp. U. 4 pl. D. London, 1716. — Ed. 2. 

 [16]+ 115 pp. il. 4ph O. London, 1717. 

 For pt. I. see his The clergyman's recreation . . . 1714. — For pt. III. see 

 Evelyn. Charles. The lady's recreation . . . 1717. 



Ste'venson, H. The young gard'ner's director, furnishing 

 him with instructions for planting and sowing whatsoever 

 trees or seeds have been thought worthy of care in a garden 

 or orchard, either for profit or pleasure, also containing the 



culture of them all . . .the whole being for the mo.st part 

 experiments, and what are not, are taken from the best au- 

 thors . . . Hy II. S. I'hilokepos, [pseud.]. 6+ 144 pp. 2 pl. 

 S. London, 1716. — The gentk'nian gank'ner in.structed in 

 sowing, planting, pruning and grafting seeds, plants, flowers 

 and trees . . . To which is added tho Oard'ncr's kalendar, 

 shewing the particular work to be done evei-y month in the 

 kitchen-garden, llower-gardcn. and oreliard. I'kl. 3 enl. 

 9+[lJ+312 pp. S. London, 1748. — Ed. 4 enl. 11+[1]+ 

 312 pp. S. London, 1750. — Ed. 8. 293 pp. D. London, 

 1769.t 



In tlic first edition the author's full name appears only in the preface. 



Evelyn, Charles. The lady's recreation; or, The third and last 

 part of the art of gardening improv'd ... To which are 

 added some curious observations concerning variegated 

 greens by Mr. Laurence. 4+ [8]+ 200 pp. Ipl. O. J>on- 

 don, 1717. 



For pt. I. see Laurence. John. The clergyman'.s recreation . . . 1714. — 

 For pt. II. see Laurence. .lohn. The gentleman's recreation . . . 1710. 



Bradley, Richard. New improvements of planting and gar- 

 dening both philosophical and practical, explaining the mo- 

 tion of the sap and the generation of plants ... 3 pts. pl. 

 O. London, 1717-18. — Ed. 2 rev. 3 pts. pl. D. London, 

 1718. — Ed. 3 rev. 3 pts.^ pl. O. London, 1719-20. — 

 New improvements . . . To which is added Herefordshire- 

 orchards [hy John Beale]. Ed. 4. [14]+435 pp. 11 pl. O. 

 London, 1724. — Ed. 5 with an appcn lix. [14]+ 608+ [23] pp. 

 14 pl. O. London, 1726. — Ed. 6 with an appendix. [14]+ 

 608+[21]pp. 14 pl. O. London, 1730-31. — Ed. 7 with 

 an appendix. [14]+ 608+ [23] pp. il. 14 pl. O. London, 



1739. — Appendix. 72 pp. 2 pl. D. London, 1726. 



Nouvelles observations phisyques [sic] et pratiques sur le jar- 

 dinage et I'art de planter avec le calendrier des jardiniers; 

 ouvrage traduit de I'anglois. 3 vol. 11 pl. S. Paris, 1756. 

 Ed. 1756 contains also chapters on silviculture (I. 71-121). 



A general treatise of husbandry and gardening, contain- 

 ing such observations and experiments as are new and useful 

 for the improvement of land . . . 3 vol. pl. O. London, 

 1724. — A general treatise . . . containing a new system of 

 vegetation; illustrated with many observations and experi- 

 ments ... 2 vol. 16 pl. O. London, 1726. — A general 

 treatise of agriculture, both philosophical and practical, dis- 

 playing the arts of husbandry and gardening . . . 8+503+ 

 [15] pp. 20 pi. O. London, 1757. 



A survey of the ancient husbandry and gardening, col- 

 lected from Cato, Varro, Columella, Virgil, and others, the 

 most eminent writers among the Greeks and Romans; 

 wherein many of the most difficult passages in those authors 

 are explain'd . . . With a preface, shewing the use of hus- 

 bandry, and the necessity of erecting publick gardens. [14]+ 

 373+ [10] pp. 4[2]pl. O. London, 1725. 



The country gentleman and farmer's monthly director, 



containing necessarj' instructions for the management and 

 improvement of a farm in every month of the year . . . The 

 times of planting and cutting of coppice or springs of wood 

 and felling of timber . . . 20+ 132 pp. 1 pl. O. London, 

 1726. 



Laurence, John. A new system of agriculture, being a com- 

 plete body of husbandry and gardening in all the parts of 

 them, viz. : Husbandry in the field, and its several improve- 

 ments. Of forest and timber trees, great and small, with ever- 

 greens and flow'ring shrubs, &c. Of the fruit-garden, of the 

 kitchen-garden, of the flower-garden. In five books . . . 

 [221+456 pp. ik pL F. London, 1726. — [Another ed.] 

 [16]+ 312 pp. il. pi. F. Dublin, 1727. 



Houghton, John. Husbandry and trade improv'd; being a 

 collection of many valuable materials relating to com, cattle, 

 coals . . . with a compleat catalogue of the several sorts of 

 earths, and their proper product, the best sorts of manure 

 for each . . . Now revised, corrected and published with a 

 preface and useful indexes by Richard Bradley. 3 vol. O. 

 London, 1727. 



Vol. III. pp. 4-254 deals with products of trees and shrubs and their 

 cultivation. 



Langley, Batty. New principles of gardening; or. The lajang 

 out and planting parterres, groves, ■wildernesses, labyrinths, 

 avenues, parks, &c. . . . with experimental directions for 

 raising the several kinds of fruit-trees, forest-trees, ever- 

 greens and flowering-shrubs ... To wliich is added the 

 various names, descriptions, temperatures, medicinal ■vir- 

 tues, uses and cultivations of several roots, pulse, herbs, &c. 

 of the kitchen and physick gardens ... 2 pts. (16+ [8]+ 

 207+ 191 pp.) 28 pl. sq. Q. London, 1728. 



