
          Abercrombie, John (cont.)

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, W. Griffin [etc.]
1767. 422 p. (Dept. Agr.; Brit. Mus.)

Preface of 12th ed., 1788 , says this work was altogether
by Abercrombie, Mawe's name being used, for
particular reasons, in the earlier eds. The title of
"The British fruit gardener" (1779) reads: "By John
Abercrombie ... author of Every man his own gardener,
first published under the name of Tho. Mawe." In his
preface to Miller's Gard. Dict., v.l, 1807, Martyn
mentions "Abercrombie's Kalendar, under the name of
Mawe." It was apparently issued under the name of
Mawe alone through the first 6 eds. See also Gard.
Chron. ( 3 ) 40:437. 1907. for data on this book.

----- 2d ed. London, Printed for W .Griffin, 1767. 489 p.
(Bib. Nat. Paris - under Mawe)

----- 4th ed. London, 1769 . 490 p. (Arn. Arb.; Mass.
Hort. Soc.)

----- 5th ed. 1771.  (Grant, J., Edinburgh, Cat. Oct.
1926 , item 1060 )

-----  6 th ed. London. 1773. (Brit. Mus.; under Mawe)

-----  London, 1774.  (Johnson, p.222)
Earliest ed. listed by Johnson; apparently under
name of Mawe alone; perhaps mere reprint of 6 th ed.

-----  7th ed. London, S. Crowder, g. Robinson and W. Goldsmith,1776. 486 p.
(Dept. Agr., Bib Nat. Paris)

7th ed. seems to be the first one with Abercrombie's 
name included in the title.

-----  8th ed. London, 1779.  (Kew)
Identical with 7th ed., according to Hirschfeld,
Garten-Kal. 1782, p.l4.

----- 9th ed. London, J. F. & C. Rivington, 1782. 574 p.
(Dept. Agr., Bib Nat. Paris)

-----  10th ed. London. J. F. & C. Rivington. 1784.  (Bib
Nat. Paris)
        