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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



1811. Wa/fe, Walter, M.D., Professor of Botany 

 to the I>ublin Institution. 



1. Malices, or an Essay towEirds a General History of Sal- 

 lows, Willows, and Osiers. Dublin. 8vo. 



2. Prospectus of the Arrangement in the Dublin Society's 

 Botanical and Agricultural Garden at Glzisnerin. Dublin, 

 1818. 12mo. 



1812. Gushing, , a native of Ireland, late fore- 

 man of the hot-house department to Messrs. Lee 

 and Kennedy, at the Hammersmith nursery. 



The Exotic Gardener, &c. London. 8to. 



1812. Hogg, Thomas, master cf an academy at 

 Paddington, Middlesex, and a very successful grower 

 of the carnation. 



1. A concise and practical Treatise on the Growth and 

 Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ra- 

 nunculus, Tulip, &c. Lond. I'irao. 1 plate. 



2. On the Cultivation of Pinks. (Hort. Trans, iv.) 



1812. Todd, George, surveyor and hot-house 

 builder, employed by W. T. Alton, Esq., the late Sir 

 Joseph Banks, and other eminent horticulturists. 



Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Hot-houses and Green- 

 houses, an Aquarium, Conservatories, &c. recently built in 

 different parts of England for various Noblemen and Gen- 

 tlemen, &c. Lond. fol. 



1813. Lyon, Peter, an apothecary and physic gar- 

 dener at Comely-garden, Edinburgh. 



1. Observations on the Barrenness of Fruit Trees; the Means 

 of Prevention and Cure. Edin. 1813. Svo. 



2. A Treatise on the Physiology and Pathology of Trees ; 

 ■with Observations on the Barrenness and Canker of Fruit 

 Trees; the means of Prevention and Cure. 1816. 8vo. Edin. 



1813. Sinclair, Sir John, Bart, of Ulbster, in Caith. 

 ness, a distinguished patriot and voluminous agri- 

 cultural writer ; founder of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Account of some Experiments to promote the Improvement 

 of Fruit Trees, by peeUng the Bark. Lond. 1815. Svo. These 

 experiments were made by P. Lyon, of Edinburgh- (See Lyon, 

 1813.) 



1814. Phillips, Leonard, jun., an extensive grower 

 of hardy fruit-trees for sale, at Lambeth. 



1. Catalogue of Fruit Trees for Sale. Lond. fol. 



2. Transactions in the Fruit-tree Nursery at Vauxhall. 

 Lond. 1815. Svo. 



1814. Weeks, Mr. Edward, late gardener to Vis- 

 count Kirkwall, in Wales, patentee of a forcing- 

 frame (1535.) ; andnow hot-house builderat the Hor- 

 ticultural Repository, King's Road, London. 



The Forcer's Assistant; a Treatise with useful Hints on 

 Forcing, by a new device for the application of Frames to the 

 Culture ot Melons, Pines, and other choice Fruit from Dwarf 

 Plants ; and of the Early Esculents usually in demand for the 

 first tables ; including a few plain Directions for Forcing the 

 Grape, Cherry, and Peach in Houses ; with an Appendix de- 

 scribing the Patent Forcing Frame, and exhibiting some of its 

 advantages ; to which is prefixed an introduction, connecting 

 the principal parts of the theory of Vegetation, with the prac- 

 tice of Horticulture . Chipping Norton. Svo. 84 pages. 



1815. The London Horticultural Society, com- 

 menced by a few individuals in 1804, and established 

 by charter in 1809. It is perhaps one of the most 

 flourishing and best conducted societies of the kind 

 in existence. 



Transactions of the London Horticultural Society. Lond. 

 4 vols. 4to. many plates, 1815 to 1824. 



The papers of the first writers are dated 1805. 



1616. Emmerton, Isaac, formerly a nurseryman 

 and florist at Barnet, and an enthusiastic cultivator 

 of the auricula. 



A Plain and Practical Treatise on the Culture and Manage- 

 ment of the Auricula, &c. Lond. 12mo. 



1816. Salter, J , nurseryman, seedsman, and 



florist, Wells Road Nursery, Bath. 



A Treatise upon Bulbous Roots, Green-house Plants, Flower 

 Gardens, Fruit Trees, the Culture of the Sea Kale, Destruction 

 of Insects, &c. 12mo. Bath, 1816. 



The author, in an advertisement, " humbly requests that 

 those who purchase his book will not give the rules therein 

 laid down to others, as it will materially injure the sale 

 thereof." 



1817. Brookshau), George, a teacher of flower- 

 painting. 



1. Pomona Britannica, or a Collection of the most established 

 Fruits at present cultivated in Great Britain ; selected from 

 the royal gardens at Hampton Court, and from the most cele- 

 brated gcirdens rotmd London, accurately drawn, and colored 

 from nature. 



2. The Horticultural Repository, containing Delineations of 

 the best Varieties of the different Species of English Fruits; to 

 which are added the blossoms and leaves, in those instances in 

 which they are considered necessary, accompanied with full de- 

 scriptions of their various properties, time of ripening, and di- 

 rections for planting them, so as to insure a longer succession of 

 fruit ; such being pointed out as are particularly calculated for 

 forcing. Part I. Svo. 1821. 



1818. Baldwin, Thomas, gardener to the Marquis 

 of Hertford, at Ragley, in Warwickshire. 



Short Practical Directions for the Culture of the Ananas, or 

 Pine Apple. Svo. Warsvick. 



1818. Blaikie, Francis, steward to T. W. Coke, 

 Esq., of Holkham, in Norfolk, author of some tracts 

 on agricultural subjects, and of various papers in 

 the Farmer's Journal. 



A Treatise on Hedges and Hedgerow Timber. 12mo. 



1818 Haywardy Mr. Joseph, gent., an amateur 



gardener, formerly a Yorkshire clothier, now resid- 

 ing at Plumstead in Kent. 



The Science of Horticulture. Loiid. 1818. Svo. 



1818. Macwilliam, Robert, a native of Aberdeen, 

 and surveyor in London. 



■. An Essay on the Origin and Operation of the Dry Rot ; to 

 which are annexed. Suggestions tor the Cultivation of Forest- 

 trees, and an Abstract of the Forest Laws. ISIS. 4to. 



1818. Page, Mr. William Bridgewater, C.M.H.S., 

 nurseryman, at Southampton, and son-in-law of 

 Kennedy, late of the Hammersmith nursery, who 

 is the reputed author of Page's Catalogue. 



Page's Prodromus ; as a general nomenclature of all the 

 plants, indigenous and exotic, cultivated in the Southampton 

 botanic gardens ; arranged alphabetically, as they are con- 

 sidered hardy or tender to the climate of Britain, under their 

 different characters of trees and shrubs, herbaceous, &c. The 

 generic and specific names after the Linneean system ; with the 

 i^nglish names, propagation, soil, height, time of flowering, na- 

 tive country, &c ; also occasional hints for their cultivation. 

 An Appendix, containing selected lists of annuals ; all the 

 choicest kinds of fruits now in circulation, with their characters, 

 &c., and a short tract on the sexual system, from the Philoso- 

 phicaBotanica of Linnaius. London. 8vo. 



This, w hen the errors with which it abounds in every page, 

 are corrected in a new edition, will be the best Gardener's Ca- 

 talogue that has hitherto been pubUshed ; that of Sweet is 

 much more correct and extensive as a botanical work, but this 

 is more instructive in what relates to culture. No gardener 

 ought to be without both works. 



1818. Sweet, Robert, F.L.S., an excellent practical 

 botanist, and experienced cultivator. 



1. Hortus suburbanus Londinensis ; or, a Catalogue of Plants 

 cultivated in the neighbourhood of London, arranged accord- 

 ing to the Linntean system ; with the addition of the natural 

 orders to which they belong, reference to books where they 

 are described, their native places of growth, when introduced, 

 time of flowering, and reference to figures. London. Svo. 



2. Geraniae ; or. Natural Order of Geraniums. Svo. London, 

 1820. in numbers. 



3. The Botanical Cultivator. Lond. Svo. 1820. 



1819. Monteith, Mr. , timber valuer at 



Stirling, inventor of a composition, which he sells 

 for destroying all manner of insects. 



The Forester's Guide, &c. Stirling. 12mo. plates. 



1819. Winch, i^athankl John, F.L.S., an able prac> 

 tical botanist. 



Essay on the Geographical Distribution of Plants through the 

 Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Durham. 

 Newcastle. Svo. 



1820. Field, Henry, member of the Society of 

 Apothecaries. 



Memoirs Historical and Illustrative, of the Botanic Garden 

 at Chelsea; belonging to the Society of Apothecaries of Lon- 

 don. Lond. Svo. 



1820. Hofland, Mrs., formerly Mrs. Hoole, now 

 the wife of an eminent landscape-painter, author of 

 various novels and some poetry. 



An Historical Description of A\'hite Ivnights, a seat of the 

 Duke of Marlborough, near Reading. Lond. Imp. fol. 



The literary part is by Mrs. H., and the engravings by her 

 husband. 



1820. Hope, Thomas, Esq., of Deepder, near God- 

 stone, in Surrey, a gentleman of highly cultivated 

 taste, author of a splendid work on household fur- 

 niture, and of Anastasius, a novel displaying much 

 genius. 



An Essav on Gardening, published in the Description of 

 White Knights, by Mrs. Hofland. 



1820. Phillips, Mr. Henry, formerly master of an 

 academy at Bayswater. 



1. Pomarium Britannicum, an Historical and BotanicalAc- 

 count of Fruits known in Great Britain. Svo. 



2. The History of cultivated Vegetables. Lond. 1822. 2 vols. 

 Svo. 



3. Sylva Florifera ; or, the Shrubberv. London. 2 vols. Svo. 

 1823. 



4. Flora Domestica. 1 vol. Svo. 



1820. Pigott, Richard, florist, Dutch ViUa, Sher- 

 dington, near Cheltenham. 



A short, plain Treatise on Carnations and Pinks. Svo. 



1821. Cobbett, William, a well known political 

 writer, son of a farmer, bom at or near Farnham, 

 in Surrey, 1776 ; in 1783 he went to London, and was 

 employed in an attorney's office ; in 1784, he en- 

 tered into a regiment sent to America, went to 

 France in 1792, returned the same year to America, 

 and was engaged in literary pursuits till his return 

 to England in 1801, went to America again in 1816 

 (?), and returned in 1820, and now resides in Ken- 

 sington, where he has a large garden. 



The American Gardener ; or, a Treatise on the Situation, 

 Soil, Fencing, and Laying out of Gardens, on the Malting and 

 Managing of Hot-beds and Green-houses, and on the Propaga- 

 tion and "Cultivation of the several Sorts of Vegetables, Herbs, 

 Fruits, and Flowers. London. 12mo. 



Though the author shows great ignorance of botanv and phy- 

 siology, he has contrived by his style, by many shrewd remarks, 

 and by curious and bold assertions, sometimes at variance with 

 facts, to make an interesting book, from which it may be 

 gathered, that horticulture in America is but in its infancy, 

 and from the climate must ever have great obstacles to contend 

 with. 



1821. Neill, Patrick, Esq. A.M. F.LS. secretary to 

 the Natural History Society of Edinburgh, and to 

 the Caledonian Horticultural Society, author of a 



