HISTORIC BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS CONCERNING 



HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY IN THE COLLECTION 



OF THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY 



Compiled By 



Mortimer L. Naftalin 

 Historical Programs Librarian 

 National Agricultural Library 



HORTICULTURE 



ABERCROMBIE, JOHN, 1726-1806. 



The British f ruit -gardener ; and art of pruning; comprising, the most approved 

 methods of planting and raising every useful fruit-tree and fruit -bearing shrub . . . 

 The true successful practice of pruning, training, grafting, budding &c. so as to 

 render them abundantly fruitful: and full directions concerning soils, situations, and 

 exposures. By John Abercrombie ... First published under the name of Tho. Mawe. 

 London, Printed for L. Davis, 1779. 



1 p. 1., iv, [2], 346 p. 19cm. 



R 93 Ab3B Agr 18-712 



ABERCROMBIE, JOHN, 1726-1806. 



The complete f orcing -gardener ; or, The practice of forcing fruits, flowers and 

 vegetables to early maturity and perfection, by the aid of artificial heat, in the 

 various departments usually constructed for this purpose ... By John Abercrombie . . . 

 London, Printed for L. Davis, 1781. 



4 p. 1., 192 p. 17-l/2cra. 



R 90 Ab3F Agr 16-937 



ABERCROMBIE, JOHN, 1726-1806. 



The complete kitchen gardener, and hot -bed forcer; with the thorough practical 

 management of hot -houses, fire-walls, and forcing-houses, and the improved modern 

 culture of the pinery-stoves, and pine-apples ... By John Abercrombie, London, Printed 

 for J. Stockdale, 1789. 



6 p. 1., 509 p. 18-l/2cm. 



R 90 Ab3C Agr 13-1954 



ABERCROMBIE, JOHN, 1726-1806. 



The complete wall-tree pruner; or, Principles of pruning and training all sorts 

 of wall fruit trees, and espaliers, in the most improved degree of perfection and 

 fruitfulness; systematically explained by a new scientific plan, never before 

 attempted . . . Also, a complete register of all the different species and respective 

 varieties of the best fruits, with their times of ripening, &c. By John Abercrombie 

 ... London, Printed for S. Bladon [1783]. 



v, [3], 244 p. 17cm. 



R 93 Ab3C Agr 23-609 



ABERCROMBIE, JOHN, 1726-1806. 



Every man his own gardener. Being a new, and much more complete gardener's 

 kalendar than any one hitherto published ... By Mr. Mawe ... and other gardeners. 

 London, Printed for W. Griffin [etc.] 1767. 



2 p. 1., 422 p. 17cm. 



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

 which 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. 



R 90 Ab3E 1767 Agr 26-701 



