352 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND 



1729. Peter Collinson. Article in the " Phil. Trans." 1729. 



1730. A Society of Gardeners. Catalogus Plantarum. A Catalogue of 



trees, shrubs . . in the gardens near London. Part I. (rest never 



published). London, 1730. Folio. 



Thomas Fairchild's name appears first on the list of the twenty gardeners who signed the 

 Preface, so this work is sometimes catalogued under his name, or tinder that of Philip Miller, 

 whose name is also on the list. 



Benjamin Whitmil (joint author of the Catalogus Plantarum) Kalen- 

 darium Universale or the Gardener's Universal Calendar. 6th 

 edition adopted to the new style. London, 1757. i2mo. (I 

 have not discovered the date of the first edition). 



1731. Mark Catesby. Natural History of California, Florida, &c, &c. 



London, 1731. Imp. folio. 



Hortus Europae Americanus, or a Collection of 85 Curious Trees 



and Shrubs, &o. London, 1767. 4to. 



1732. Hortus Elthamensis sen plantarum rariorum. In the garden of Jacob 



Sherard. London, 1732. 2 vols, folio. Plates drawn by W. 

 Frater, descriptions by J. J. Dillenius. 



An Essay concerning the best methods of pruning Fruit Trees, &c. 

 London, 1732. 8vo. Anonymous. * 



The nature and method of planting, manuring, and dieting a Vineyard. 

 London, 1732. 8vo. Anonymous. * 



The great Improvement of Commons that are enclosed for the ad- 

 vantage of Lords of the Manor, the Poor, and the Public, with 

 methods of enriching all soils, and raising timber. To ripen fruit 

 at all times of the year ; an improvement in raising Mushrooms, 

 Cucumbers, &c. 1732. Anonymous. * 



These three anonymous works are mentioned by Johnson. 



William Harper. A Sermon of Gardening, preached at Malpas, Co. 

 of Chester, at a Meeting of Gardeners and Florists, April 18th, 

 1732. London, 1732. 4to. 



The Flower Garden Displayed. London, 1732. 4to. 



A Second Edition, to which is added " A Flower Garden for 



Gentlemen and Ladies, being the Art of raising Flowers . . . 

 also salleting, cucumbers, &c. as it is now practised by Sir Thomas 

 More. Above 400 curious representations of the most beautiful 

 flowers, &c. from the designs of Mr. Furber and others, coloured 

 to the Life. London, 1734. 4to. 



William Ellis. Complete Modern Husbandry, containing the Prac- 

 tice of Farming, etc. Second Edition. London, 1732. 8vo. 



The Practical Farmer or Hertfordshire Husbandman. London, 



1732. 



The Timber Tree improved, or the best practical methods of im- 

 proving different lands with proper timber. London, 1738. 



Ellis was the author of several other Agricultural Treatises. 



1736. PurcHfe-HuMPHRYS. Nature Displayed, translated from the French 



of N. A. Pluche, by George Humphrys. London, 1736. 8vo. 



1737. Elizabeth Blackwell. ? A curious Herbal containing 500 cuts of the 



most useful plants which are now used in the practice of Physick, 

 London. Vol. I. 1737. Vol. II, 1739. 



