The curious and profitable gardener

Publication Date1730
Remainderby John Cowell, Of Hoxton. Containing I. The most useful experiments for improving land by grain and seeds. II. Curious directions for cultivating the choicest fruits of the East and West-Indies at a small Expence. III. Extraordinary remarks concerning the raising of flowers from seed IV. Particular observations and Rules for the Management of Dwarf Fruit-Trees, Wall-Trees, Espaliers, and Standards; with a new Method of rendering them more Ornamental and Profitable than is commonly practis'd. To which is added, An exact description of the great American aloe, its Manner of Blossoming, and Uses; together with the Culture of that, and many other rare Exotic Plants; with an Account of the most beautiful Kinds of Torch-Thistles, and their Flowers, &c. Also the History of the Glastenbury-Thorn, and the peculiar Qualifications of that wonderful Plant. Adorn'd with Curious Figures
Extentiv,[4],126[i.e.134];[2],67,[1]p.,plate
LocationLondon
Publisherprinted for Weaver Bickerton, in Devereux-Court, near the Middle-Temple; and Richard Montagu, at the Post-Office, the Corner of Great Queen-Street, near Drury Lane

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