The scots gardiner [electronic resource] : for the climate of Scotland, In Three Parts. Treating of the following Particulars, I. Of Contrivance and Design. II. Of Gardens and Orchards, &c. III. Of levelling, measuring, and dividing Land. IV. Of cultivating and preparing Ground. V. Of Forest and Fruit-Trees. VI. Of gathering and preserving Fruits. Together with the gardiner's kalendar, the florist's vade-mecum, The practical, bee-master, observations on the weather, and the Earl of Haddington's treatise on forest-trees. Written originally by John Reid, Gardiner to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, and no carefully corrected, with alterations and additions, by an eminent hand.
1756
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The scots gardiner [electronic resource] : for the climate of Scotland, In Three Parts. Treating of the following Particulars, I. Of Contrivance and Design. II. Of Gardens and Orchards, &c. III. Of levelling, measuring, and dividing Land. IV. Of cultivating and preparing Ground. V. Of Forest and Fruit-Trees. VI. Of gathering and preserving Fruits. Together with the gardiner's kalendar, the florist's vade-mecum, The practical, bee-master, observations on the weather, and the Earl of Haddington's treatise on forest-trees. Written originally by John Reid, Gardiner to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, and no carefully corrected, with alterations and additions, by an eminent hand.
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Scots gard'ner
Publication Details
Edinburgh : printed for James Reid Bookseller in Leith, M,DCC,LVI. [1756]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Language
English
Description
[8],208;viii,138;viii,40;48p.,plates ; 12⁰.
Note
'The practical bee-master' is by Robert Maxwell and has a separate titlepage dated 1750; it is octavo.
'The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather' is by John Claridge and has a separate titlepage dated 1755.
'A short treatise on forest-trees' by the Earl of Haddington has a separate titlepage dated 1756.
All three also have separate pagination and register.
The verso of the third leaf of the first part is numbered xii.
With an initial advertisement leaf for Reid.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
'The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather' is by John Claridge and has a separate titlepage dated 1755.
'A short treatise on forest-trees' by the Earl of Haddington has a separate titlepage dated 1756.
All three also have separate pagination and register.
The verso of the third leaf of the first part is numbered xii.
With an initial advertisement leaf for Reid.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Henrey, 330
English Short Title Catalog, T119308.
English Short Title Catalog, T119308.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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