Book 1. 



FRENCH WORKS 



ON GARDENING. 



1119 



to the text, and a description of Stow, where he is 

 said to have resided some time with Lord Temple. 



L'Art de former les Jardiiis Modernes, ou I'Art des Jardins 

 Anglais, traduit de rAn^lais, he. Paris. 8vo. 



1772. Brousse, M de la. 



Traite de la Culture du Figuier, suivi d'Observations et 

 d'EVfieriences sur la meillure maniert de la cultiver. Vimo. 

 ills. A Society of Am tteurs. 



Kssai sur la taille des arbres fruitiers. Paris. 12mo. fig. 



177.3. Pelletier, de Frepillon, . 



Essai sur la taille 4e» Arbres Fruitiers. 12mo. 



1773. Trother, . 



I'Art de fertiliser le« Terres, et de preserver de la gelee 

 coinmodement et a pen de frais, les Arbres, et Arbrisseau*, 

 les Vignes, &e. Perit. 3 vols, in 8vo. 

 177-1. Velan, 1' Abbe de. 



Trail< de la Culture de Melon. 8vo. 



1774. Watek't, Claude Henri, receiver-general of 

 finances, member of the Academy of Sciences, and 

 other learned bodies, was born at Paris in 1715. He 

 was celebrated for his love of arts and letters, and 

 cnjoved himself at his country-house, called le 

 Moulin joli, near Paris, where he created an English 

 garden, and wrote on the subject. He died in 1785. 



Kssai sur les .Jardins. Paris. Svo. 



1775. Mallet, Robert Xavier,a\ithoi of several works 

 on agriculture. 



1. Culture des Asperges, et des petits Pois. 12mo. 

 ■^t. Beaute da la Nature, Fleurimanie Raisonnfee, &c. 

 12 mo. 



3. Dissertation sur la Mani^re de cultiver des Plantes 

 choisis dans lee Chassis Physiques du Sieur Mallet leur In- 

 venteur, avec la Description de ces Chassis. Paris. 4to. p. 33. 



vi.i. 



1775. Roubo, , joiner and architect, author of 



several works on joinery, died about the end of the 

 18th century. 



L'Art de Treillageur, ou Menuiserie des Jardins. Par. fol. 

 Du Hamel is said to have praised this work, in which the au- 

 thor has exhausted his subject. 



1775. Vallet, A- 1^ , "a lieutenant-general 



under the old regime, and procurator fiscal of the 

 barony of Romainville, near Paris. 



Manuel (Economique pour les Batimens et Jardins, tres- 

 utiles aux Propridtaires et Enterpreneurs, &c. Paris. Svo. 



1777. Durival, Clement, brother of N. L. Durival, 

 an agricultural writer, was born at St. Aubin, in 

 1728 ; he wrote on the finances and rural economy, 

 and his memoir on the vine was crowned with the 

 prize at Metz, in 1777. 



La Vigne, M6moire Couronn^, a 1' Academic de Metz, par 

 M. Durival le Jeune. 8vo. 



1777. Girardin, i.i?.Vicompte d' Ermenonville, a 

 military officer of high rank, who travelled in Eng- 

 land about the time when the new style of laying 

 out grounds was coming into fashion ; and when he 

 returned to France, laid out his seat at Ermenonville 

 in this style. 



La composition des Paysages sur le terrain, ou des moyens 

 d'embellir la Nature autour des habitations, en y joignant 

 I'utile a I'agreable. 8vo. 



This work has been translated into English, with an his- 

 torical introduction by Daniel Malthus, Esq.; and also into 

 German and Italian. 



Another edition, with notes, was published a few years ago, 

 by Rene Girardin, the son of the author, and present pro- 

 prietor of Ermenonville. 



1778. Prudent, P , a capuchin friar. 



■ Reflexion d'un Vigneron de Besanjon, I'.Abb^ Bovarel, en 

 1777, sur les Causes d'une Maladie qui' attaque plusieurs 

 Vignobles de Franchecomt^. Vesaul. Svo. 



1779. Calonne, , advocate. 



Essai d' Agriculture en forme d'entrentien, sur les Pepini^res 

 des arbres, etrangeres, et fruitiers, &c. ParLs, 12mo. 



1780. Lamoignon-Malsherbes, Chretien-Guillaume, 

 born in Paris in 1721, and guillotined there by the 

 revolutionary faction in 1793. He was an excellent 

 man, attached to the arts, and introduced on his 

 estates many exotic trees. 



Observations sur le Pins, les Orchis, le Meldze, &c. 



1780. Marechal, Pierre Sylvnin, born at Paris, in 

 1750, died in 1803 ; author of a great many works, 

 the principal of which is a Dictionary of Atheists. 



Decades du Cultivateur. Pans. 3 vols. Svo. 



1781. Henriquez, Jean, a lawyer, author of different 

 works on forests and the chase. 



1. IMemoire sur les moyens de multiplier les plantations de 

 bois sans nuire a la production des subsistences. Rheims. 

 12mo. 1789. 



2. Observations sur le management des bois. Verdun. Svo. 

 17S1. 



3. Code penal des Eaux et Forets. 2 vols. 12mo. 1782. 

 1781. Partnenticr, Antoine-Augustin, born 1737, 



at Montdidier, in the department of La Somme, 

 one of the most distinguished chemists, and 

 active and careful philosoi)hers which has ai)peared 

 in France. Author of a great number of works, and 

 co-oi)erator in many others, as the Annates de Chi- 

 mic, Nouvcau Cours d' Agriculture, &c. 



1. Recherches sur les V'egetaux nourrissans qui, dans le 

 tems de dissette, peuvent reniplacer les allmens ordinaire ; 

 avec des nouvelles Observations sur la Culture des Pommes de 

 Terre. Paris. Svo. 



2. MSmoire sur la Culture, et les usaf^ de la Patate (Con- 

 volvulus Batatas). {Mem. de I' Acad, de Toulouse, torn. 3. 

 p. 183 — 196.) 



YlS2.Barruel-Beauvert, captain of dragoons under 

 the old regime. 



1. Plainte du Chou et du Navet contre les Jardins de 

 I'Abbe de Lille. Svo. 



In verse, and considered a " plaisanterie a^reable, piquante 

 et fondee." 



2. Lettres Critiques snr le Poeme des Jardins sni'ries du 

 " Cliou et du Navet." Amsterdam and Paris. Svo, 



1782. Porcelin de la Hoche-TMac, doctor of laws, 

 canon of Montreuil-Bellai, in Anjou ; born in 1746 

 at Dissais. 



Le i)arfait Vigneron, ou I'Art de Travailler les Vignes, de 

 faire le Vin et de le conserver. 12mo. 



1783. Bretonniere, M de la. 



1. Correspondence Hurale, sur la Culture des Terres, et dei 

 Jardins, &c. Paris. 12mo. 



2. Ecole du Jardinier Fruitier. 2 vols. 12mo. 



3. Ecole du Jardinier Polagere. 2 vols. 12mo. 

 1783. Durdos, . 



Memoire touchant les Pepinieres. Svo. 



1783. Filassier, N , director of a nursery near 



Meudon ; member of several academies, born at 

 Warwick in Flanders. 



1. Cultuie de la Grosse Asperge, dite de HoUande, &c. 

 Paris. 12mo. 



2. Dictionnaire du Jardinier Franjais, Paris. 2 vols, Svo. 

 1791. 



1784. Durand, , a physician of Dijon, where 



he died in 1799, author of several works on botany. 



Nouveau moyen de multiplier les Arbres Strangers. Nouv. 

 Mem. de I'Acad. de Dijon. 2 sem. p. 7—6. 



1784. Mustel, . 



Traite Theorique et Pratique de la Vegetation, contenant 

 plusieurs experiences nouvelks et demonstratives sur I'gcono- 

 mie vegetale, et sur la culture des arbres. Paris. 4 vols. Svo. 



1785. Secondat de Montesquieu, son of the cele- 

 brated author of f Esprit des Lois, died in 1796, 

 aged 79 years. He never would assume the name 

 which his father had rendered illustrious ; and had 

 so great a respect for his memory, that he pre- 

 served in the Chateau of Brede the furniture 

 and the library, exactly in the order in which hi* 

 father had left them. He occupied himself chiefly 

 in the study of natural history, and in agriculture. 



Memoires sur I'Histoire Naturelle du Chene, sur la resistance 

 des Bois a etre rompus par les poids dont ils sont charges 

 £ur la culture de la vigne, &c. Paris, fol. 15 plates. 



1786. Cabanis de Salagnac, born at Issoudun in 

 1722; died in 1786; advocate of parliament, mem- 

 ber of the Agricultural Society of Limoges. 



Essai sur les Principes de la Gretl'e. 



A new edition in 1802. Paris, in 12mo. By Chambray. 



1787. Le Rouge, geographical engineer to the 

 king. 



Recueil des plans et des vues des plus beaux Jardins de I'Eu- 

 rope, &c. Paris, oblong folio, 14 parts, 1787 to 1790. 

 An interesting and valuable work, now become scarce. 



1787. Lcxay-dc-Marnesia, , born at Besan- 



fon, and died at Paris in 1800, aged 66 years ; a 

 member of the assembly, &c. 



De la nature Champetre : Poeme. Paris. Svo. 

 A very pleasing poem, which has passed through severaJ 

 editions. 



1788. Bauman, F. G. 



Catalogue des Arbres Fruitiers les plus recherches et les 

 plus estimes qui peuvent se cultiver dans notre Climat. 

 Paris. Svo. 



1788. Bousmard, , a Frenchman, a captain 



in the Prussian service, supposed to have been slain 

 at the siege of Dantzic. 



Memoire sur cette (Question ; quelle seraient les moyens de 

 multiplier les Plantations des Bois, sans trop nuire a la Pro- 

 duction des Subsistances ? Svo. 



1788. Fontaines, Louis de. Grand Master of the 

 University of Paris, and President of the legisla- 

 tive body, &c. 



Le Verger, poeme. Svo. 



1788. Saint Martin, M de. 



Traite de la Culture du Chene. Svo. 



This is esteemed a good work on sowing and planting 

 woods, and disposing of their produce. 



1789. M. L. B., Mr. Le Berriays. 



Traite des .Jardins, ou le nouveau la (^uintinie, contenant 

 la Culture : lo. des arbres fruitiers ; 2o. des plantes potage- 

 res : 3o. des arbres, arbrisseaux, fleurs et plantes d'oriie- 

 ments ; 4to. des arbres, arbrisseaux, et plantes d'orangerie et 

 serre chaude. Paris. 4 vols. Svo. figures. 



1790. C/iassel, , formerly president of the 



parliament of Metz. 



Supplement au Dictionnaire des Jardiniers, qui comprend 

 tous les genres et toules les especes non detaillees dans le Dic- 

 tionnaire de Miller. Metz. 4to. 



1790. Masson-de-Blamont, Charles-Francois Phil- 

 lihert, born at Blamont in Montbelliard in 1762; 

 became major in the Russian army ; exiled from 

 that country in 1797 ; in 1802 became secretary of 

 the prefecture of Coblentz, and associate of the in- 

 stitute. He translated Mason's English Garden, 

 and Wheatley's Observations, into French. 



Les Jardins de Samboursky, poete Russe, traduit du Russe 

 en Fran<i'ais. Svo. 



