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Gentil, François (cont.)

----- [English] Le jardinier solitaire, The solitary
or Carthusian gard'ner, being dialogues between a gentleman 
and a gard'ner ... Written in French by Francis Gentil 
... Also The compleat florist: or, The universal culture 
of flowers, trees and shrubs ... By the Sieur Louis
Liger d'Auxerre ... Newly done into English. [Tr. by G.
London and H. Wise] London, Printed for Benj, Tooke,
1706. (Lib. Congr.; Harvard; Arn. Arb.; N. Y. Pub.
Lib.; Kew; Lindley)

----- The retir'd gard'ner. In two volumes.
Vol. I. Being a translation of Le jardinier solitaire,
or Dialogues between a gentleman and a gardener ... from
the 2d ed. printed at Paris. Vol. II. Containing the
manner of planting and cultivating all sorts of flowers,
plants, shrubs and under-shrubs, necessary for the adorning 
of gardens ... Being a translation from the Sieur
Louis Liger. To this volume is added a description and
plan of Count Tallard’s garden at Nottingham. The whole
revis'd, with several alterations and additions, which
render it proper for our English culture. By George
London and Henry Wise. London, Printed for J. Tonson,
1706. 2 v. (Mass. Hort. Soc.; Brit. Mus.; Roy. Agr.
Soc.)
The translation appears to have been made
either by or under the immediate direction of
Tonson the publisher, the work being merely
edited by London and Wise.

----- ----- In six parts. The two first being dialogues 
between a gentleman and a gardener. Tr. from the
2d ed. printed at Paris. The four last parts treat of
the manner of planting and cultivating most kinds of
flowers, plants, shrubs, and under-shrubs ... Tr. from
the French of the Sieur Louis Liger. Heretofore pub., in
two volumes, with several alterations and additions proper
for our English culture, by George London and Henry Wise.
The 2d ed. rev.: now pub. in one volume by Joseph Carpenter. 
London, Printed for J. Tonson, 1717. 432 p. (Dept.
Agr.; Arn. Arb.; Bib. Nat. Paris; Brit. Mus.; Lindley;
Mass. Hort. Soc.)
        