The flower-garden display'd, in above four hundred curious representations of the most beautiful flowers; Regularly dispos'd in the respective months of their blossom, curiously engrav'd on copper-plates from the designs of Mr. Furber, and others, and coloured to the life. With the description and history of each plant, and the method of their culture; whether in stoves, green-houses, hot beds, glass-cases, open borders, or against Walls. Very useful, not only for the curious in gardening, but the prints likewise for painters, carvers, japaners, &c. also for the ladies, as patterns for working, and painting in water-colours, or furniture for the closet. The second edition. To which is added, a flower-garden for gentlemen and ladies; being the art of raising flowers without any trouble, to blow in full perfection in the depth of Winter, in a bed-chamber, closet, or dinning-room. Also, the method of raising salleting, cucumbers, melons, &c. at any time in the year. As it is now practised by Sir Thomas More, Bart

Genre
Verk före 1800
Språk
Engelska
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1734 Storbritannien, London: printed for R. Montagu, at the corner of Great Queen-Street, near Drury-Lane; J. Brindley, at the King's Arms, New-Bond-Street; and C. Corbett, at Addison's Head, without Temple-Bar. MDCCXXXIV 1 grav. tit.-bl., [6], 140 sidor., [12] pl.-bl. ill. 4:o