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Townsend, Benjamin 
...... The compleat seedsman's monthly calendar, 
shewing the best and most easy method for raising and 
cultivating every sort of seed belonging to a kitchen 
and flower garden. 2d ed. London,^1738. 63 p. W.M , 
(Am. Arb.; Brit. Mus.) 
Both Brit. Isus. and Arn. Arb. enter \inder 
Bradley, Richard; but the work is evidently 
the same as Townsend's "Complete seedsman," 
and is incorrectly attributed to Bradley be¬ 
cause of the seed shop recommended by him, as 
explained above. 
"The compleat seedsman," with no trace of its 
author, is among books advertised for sale by J. 
Hodges, "at the looking-Glass, over against St. 
Magnus Church, on London-Bridge," on end leaves 
of Trowell, Samuel, "The farmer’s instructor ... 
now compleated with a supplement ••• by William 
Ellis ••• London, Printed for J. Hodges, 1747." 
Neither Brit. Mus. nor Arn. Arb, gives the pub¬ 
lisher of the 2d ed., 1738, but J. Hodges used 
the tract as a supplement to his 2d ed. of the 
Trowell-Ellis work, London, 1750. (MfW) 
..... (in Trowell, Samuel. The farmer's instructor, 
2d ed. London, 1750, p,181-254) (Dept, Agr.; Mass, 
Hort. Soc.) 
Has half.title only, which gives no indica¬ 
tion of authorship, save that it is "By a gar¬ 
dener." The text contains allusions to Brad¬ 
ley and contemporary nurserymen and seedsmen, 
but no mention of Townsend, There is a list of 
"Seeds, plants, Ac. mentioned in this tract," 
p,249-254, On p.2l4 is a note about "Mr. Trow¬ 
ell 's tulips," and another on a lot of tulips 
which the author had "last year, 1724." This 
date suggests that this work did not appear in 
1720, as given by various bibliographers, but 
was actually first published in 1726. (MFW) 
