The gardeners dictionary : containing the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit and flower garden, as also, the physick garden, wilderness, conservatory and vineyard, according to the practice of the most experienc'd gardeners of the present age : interspers'd with the history of plants, the characters of each genus, and the names of all the particular species, in Latin and English, and an explanation of all the terms used in botany and gardening : together with accounts of the nature and use of barometers, thermometers, and hygromaters, proper for gardeners, and of the origin, causes, and nature of meteors, and the particular influences of air, earth, fire and water upon vegetation, according to the best natural philosophers : adorned with copper plates

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Label: The gardeners dictionary : containing the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit and flower garden, as also, the physick garden, wilderness, conservatory and vineyard, according to the practice of the most experienc'd gardeners of the present age : interspers'd with the history of plants, the characters of each genus, and the names of all the particular species, in Latin and English, and an explanation of all the terms used in botany and gardening : together with accounts of the nature and use of barometers, thermometers, and hygromaters, proper for gardeners, and of the origin, causes, and nature of meteors, and the particular influences of air, earth, fire and water upon vegetation, according to the best natural philosophers : adorned with copper plates

Title remainder: containing the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit and flower garden, as also, the physick garden, wilderness, conservatory and vineyard, according to the practice of the most experienc'd gardeners of the present age : interspers'd with the history of plants, the characters of each genus, and the names of all the particular species, in Latin and English, and an explanation of all the terms used in botany and gardening : together with accounts of the nature and use of barometers, thermometers, and hygromaters, proper for gardeners, and of the origin, causes, and nature of meteors, and the particular influences of air, earth, fire and water upon vegetation, according to the best natural philosophers : adorned with copper plates

Statement of responsibility: by Philip Miller, gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden at Chelsea, and F.R.S

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Miller, Philip, 1691-1771

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Miller, Philip, 1691-1771

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Language: eng

Cataloging source: CLU

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N018273 (vol. 1)
T059416 (vol. 2)
T059410 (appendix)
1103, 1106
6237

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English short title catalogue
English short title catalogue
English short title catalogue
Henrey, B. British botanical lit.
Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus lit. botanicae

Illustrations: illustrations

Index: index present

Literary form: non fiction

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bibliography
dictionaries

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