Gardening improv'd: containing 1. The clergyman's recreation; Shewing The Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening. Wherein is treated, 1. Of preparing the Ground for Planting and Sowing. 2. Of the Method of planting Fruit-Trees in Gardens. 3. Of the most agreeable Disposition for a Garden. 4. Of Nurseries. 5. Of Pruning. 6. Of Grafting and Inoculating. 7. Of the proper Disposition of Trees against a Wall, the best kinds of each, their Order and Time of ripening, &c. II. The gentleman's recreation: Or, The Second Part of the Art of Gardening improved. Containing several New Experiments and Curious Observations relating to Fruit-Trees; particularly a new Method of Building Walls with Horizontal Shelters. Illustrated with Copper Plates. Both written by John Lawrence, M.A. Rector of Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire. III. The lady's recreation: Or, The Art of Gardening farther improved. Containing the best Ways of propagating all Sorts of Flowers, Flower-Trees, and Shrubs, &c. The most co

People / Organizations

• John Laurence (Author)

Imprint

London: printed, and sold by W. Taylor, at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXVIII. [1718]

Publication year

1718-1718

ESTC No.

T40428

Grub Street ID

269503

Description

[14],84,[20],115,[1],[4],iv,[8],200p.,plates : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

Each of the three works has a titlepage dated 1717 and a separate frontispiece, and was probably available separately.

'The clergy-man's recreation' is of the fifth edition, and 'The gentleman's recreation' is of the second.

Uncontrolled note

frontis. = ill. in each case