New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, both Philosophical and Practical In Three Parts. I. containing, A New System of Vegetations. Motion of the Sap… Of Salts, and Improvement of Forest-Trees.….Desighs of Garden –Plats… II. The best Manner of Improving Flower –Gardens, or Parterres; of raising and propagating all Sorts of Flowers… III. Of Improving Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens, and Green-House Plants. With the Gentleman and Gardener’s Kalendar; to which is added, that scarce and valuable Tract intitled Herefordshire-Orchards (by I.B.-John Beale).
London: W. Mears, 1724. Contemporary calf. 4th Edition. 8vo (18.2 x 11.6 cm). Contemporary paneled calf with some wear; raised bands on later spine; gilt label; small patches to lower cover repaired; two ink spots on fore edge of text block; edges speckled red. Collation: [xvi], 63, [64], [viii], [65]-435... More