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Cowell, John

The curious and profitable gardener: ... Containing I.
The most useful experiments for improving land by grain
and seeds. II. Curious directions for cultivating the
choicest fruits of the East and West Indies at a small expence. 
III. Extraordinary remarks concerning the raising
of flowers from seed. IV. Particular observations and rules
for the management of dwarf fruit-trees, wall-trees, espaliers, 
and standards ... To which is added, An exact description 
of the great American aloe ... with an account of the
most beautiful kinds of torch-thistles, and their flowers, &c.
Also the history of the Glastenbury-thorn. London, Bickerton 
[etc.] 1730. 126,67 p. (Dept. Agr.; Arn. Arb.; Mass. Hort.
Soc.; N. Y. Bot. Gard.; N. Y. Pub. Lib.; Brit. Mus.)

See Brotherston, R. P. "The curious gardener".
Gard. Chron. (3) 46:353-354 (Nov.27,1909) Also
notes by the same, Gard. Chron. (3) 52:42 (1912),
and (3) 58:389 (1915), in regard to the 2d and 3d
editions of the book under changed titles.

-----  The curious fruit and flower gardener. The 2d ed.
London, 1732. (Brit. Mus.)

Brit. Mus. Cat. says: "A duplicate of the preceding 
with a new title-page". Seguier, p.354,
gives this under title of 1st ed., adding "The 2d
ed. To which are added the names of all the known
soils in England, and their improvement by grain,
seeds and plants. London, for Richard Chandler,
1732".

----- The compleat fruit and flower gardener. 3d ed.
To which are added the best method of pruning fruit trees,
shewing the great disadvantage of the knife. II. A discourse 
concerning the improvement of the potatoe, & the
various ways of preparing it and dressing it for the table,
by Rich. Bradley. London, For Richard Chandler [1733]
126,67,64 p. (Arn. Arb.)

Seguier, p.354, enters under the title of the
1st ed., 1730, but Brotherston, Gard. Chron. (3)
58:389, says the 3d ed., 1733, has title: "The
compleat fruit and flower gardener". (MFW)

See also A true account of the Aloe americana or africana, 
which is now in blossom in Mr. Cowell's garden at
Hoxton. London, 1729.
        