Speechly, Tliilliam (1733?-1819) 
Confusion exists with regard to Speechly’s 
dates* The Rothamsted Cat* says; ”f1*3776- 
1821.” The Ind* & Epit* Die* Nat* Biog* has; 
”fl*]776-1820,” Johnson, p,239, following an 
article signed ”H*A*S*" in the Gardener’s Mag¬ 
azine, 3:383-384 (1828), says that Speechly 
died Oct* 1, 1819, in the 66th year of his age* 
This would put the date of his birth in 1733 or 
1734* Brotherston, in the Gard, Chron* III, 47: 
193, 211-212 (1910), gives 1723 as the date of 
his birth and says that he died Oct*1,1819, leav¬ 
ing a posthmous work which was aftervfards publish¬ 
ed* The last date mentioned in the Appendix to 
Practical hints in domestic rural economy (1820), 
which we assume to be this posthumous work, is in 
a reference on p*175 to the Nottingham Journel 
for Aug* 1819* 
Practical hints in domestic rural economy, relating 
particularly to the utility, formation, and management of 
fruit, kitchen, & cottage gardens, and orchards; and an 
appendix, containing several original agricultural essays* 
London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 
1820* 190 p* (Dept* Agr*; Brit* Mus*; Lindley; Roth¬ 
amsted) 
A treatise on the culture of the pineapple and the man¬ 
agement of the hot-house* Together with a description of 
every species of insect that infest hot-houses, with effec¬ 
tual methods of destroying them* York, Printed by A.Ward, 
1779* 186 p* (Dept* Agr*; Brit* Mus*; Lindley) 
—-— The 2d ed*, with additions. York, Printed at 
Welbeck by G* Peacock, 1796* 211 p, (Dept* Agr*; Bos¬ 
ton Pub* Lib*; Mass* Hort* Soo*; Brit* Mus*) 
—— See also his; Treatise on the culture of the 
vine* 3d ed* London, 1821* 
