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Abercrombie, John (cont.)

The garden mushroom: its nature and cultivation.  London, L.
Davis, 1779. 54 p. (Brit. Mus.; Mass. Hort. Soc.; Bib Nat. Paris) Kat. Landb. Bib
Køben haun (1921), p. 849.

The garden vade mecum, or Compendium of general gardening and
descriptive display of the plants, flowers, shrubs, trees and
fruits, and general culture. London, J. Stockdale, 1789.
585 p.  (Dept. Agr.; Brit Mus.)

-----  Dublin, Printed by J. Jones, 1790. 429 p. (Dept.
Agr. )

The gardener’s companion; or Horticultural calendar, divested
of technical directions, being a monthly index or remembrancer.
Edited by J. Mean. London, 1818. (Pritzel, 1st ed.)

----- London, 1822. (Brit. Mus.)

-----  See also his The practical gardener’s companion.

The gardener’s daily assistant in the modern practice of English
gardening for every month in the year. London, C. Stalker, 1786. 359 p.
(Brit. Mus.) 
Jour. Hort. 55:470, gives title "Daily assistant".

----- London,  1787 . (Burchardt, Teutsche Obstgärtner, 15:
243; Repert. Allg. Lit. Ztg.)

----- "Daily assistant". London, 1789. (Cecil, p. 363 ;
Johnson, p.223)

The gardener’s pocket dictionary; or, A systematic arrangement
of trees, shrubs, herbs, flowers and fruits; agreeable to the Linnaean
method. London, L. Davis, 1786. 3 v. (Dept. Agr.; N.Y.
Soc. Lib.; Crerar, v. 3 ; Bib Nat Paris)
Dulau in 1921 advertised "The gardener’s pocket companion.
With Latin and English names, their uses, propagation 
and culture", 1786, 3 v., probably garbled but
possibly varying title for the preceding.

The gardener's pocket journal and annual register, in a concise
monthly display of all practical works of general gardening
throughout the year. London, C. Stalker. 1789. 251 p. (Brit. Mus. 1:173; Jour.
Hort. 55:471) 
"The 35th ed. is dated 1857", cf.  Jour. Hort. l.c.
Jacob, in Gard. Chron. (3) 72:21 (1922) says this was
first brought out in 1791, probably because the issue
of 1791 is the earliest given in Johnson and Cecil.
        