The practical gardener, and modern horticulturist : containing the latest and most approved methods for the management of the kitchen, fruit, and flower-garden, the green-house, hot-house, &c., &c., for every month in the year : each department being distinctly and separately arranged : illustrated by numerous designs of the most eligible plans for the formation of kitchen and pleasure-gardens, the erection of hot-houses, hot-beds, green-houses, conservatories, walls, fences, &c., &c. including the new method of heating forcing-houses with hot water only : forming a complete system of modern practice, in the various branches of horticultural science : embellished with highly-finished engravings of some of the most choice and valuable fruits and flowers now cultivated in this country / by Charles McIntosh, C.M.C.H.S. ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Thomas Kelly, No. 17, Paternoster Row, 1828.London : Printed by J. Rider, Little Britain
Physical Description:
2 volumes (viii, 1122 pages, [28] leaves of plates) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsSB91 .M35 1828Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Edmund Turrell; after J. Douglas, Frederick W. Smith, J.T. Hart, and E.D. SmithPaged continuously.Printer's statement from title page verso.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary green half calf and marbled boards. Engraved title page bound as title page to volume 2. Armorial bookplate: J.J. Jackson-Barstow.