ABERCROMBIE, JOHN, 1726-1806. 



Every man his own gardener. The complete gardener, or. Gardener's calendar of 

 work to be done in the kitchen, fruit, flower, forcing garden, &c. for every month in 

 the year; containing directions for the propagation and culture of the various sorts 

 of plants, flowers, shrujps and trees; and the soils and situations adapted to the 

 various sorts, with classical lists of trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers, proper for 

 cultivation in British gardens and plantations; explaining the nature of growth, 

 properties, and mode of culture of each variety. By Thomas Mawe and John Abercrombie. 

 Rev. and improved with an appendix on forcing, by William Gowans, C.'M.H.S. London, 

 W. Tegg and co., 1850. 



2 p. 1., 698 p. front. 19-l/2cm. 



"The first publications of this book appeared under the name of Thomas Mawe &c. 

 v/hich is still retained in the title-page and in . . . later editions is joined by that 

 of the real author ... John Abercrombie." cf. Pref. of 14th ed. 



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ABERCROMBIE,, JOHN, 1726-1806. 



The garden vade mecum, or Compendium of general gardening; and descriptive dis- 

 play of the plants, flowers, shrubs, trees, and fruits, and general culture: compris- 

 ing a systematic display and description of the several districts of gardening and 

 plantations under separate heads . . . consisting of the flower garden, pleasure 

 ground, shrubbery and plantations, fruit garden and kitchen-garden, green-house and 

 hot -house, by John Abercrombie ... London, Printed for J. Stockdale, 1789. 



vi, [5], 585 p. front. 15cm. 



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ABERCROMBIE, JOHN, 1726-1806. 



The garden vade-mecum, or Compendium of general gardening; and descriptive dis- 

 play of the plants, flowers, shrubs, trees, and fruits, and general culture: compris- 

 ing a systematic display and description of the several districts of gardening and 

 plantations, under separate heads; giving intimations of the utility, general or 

 particular plans, dimensions, soils and situation, &c. and of the various respective 

 plants, flowers, shrubs, trees and fruits, proper for, and arranged in each district; 

 with general descriptions of their nature of growth, temperature, principal and 

 particular uses, methods of propagation and general culture, in their respective 

 garden departments: consisting of the flower garden, pleasure ground, shrubbery and 

 plantations, fruit -garden and kitchen garden, green-house and hot -house. By John 

 Abercrombie . . . Dublin, Printed by J. Jones, 1790. 

 vi, [6], 429 p. 17-l/2cm. 



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The gardener's pocket dictionary; or, A systematic arrangement of trees, shrubs, 

 herbs, flowers and fruits; agreeable to the Linnaean method ... Alphabetically 

 divided under the following heads, viz. hardy trees and shrubs, hardy herbaceous 

 plants, green-house plants, hot-house plants ... By John Abercrombie ... London, 

 Printed for L. Davis, 1786, 



3 V. 18cm. 



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The hot -house gardener on the general culture of the pine-apple, and methods of 

 forcing early grapes, peaches, nectarines, and other choice fruits, in hot -houses, 

 vineries, fruit -houses, hot -walls &c., with directions for raising melons and early 

 strawberries. By John Abercrombie ... Illustrated with five copper plates ... 

 London, Printed for J. Stockdale, 1789. 



xvi, 238 p. 5 col. pi. (incl. front) 24cm. 



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