Complete English Gardener

The Complete English Gardener is a gardening book first published in 1670 by English author Leonard Meager.[1][2] The book went through many editions, including the tenth in 1704.[3] It contains advice on, for instance, growing grapes.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Great gardens of Britain. Mayflower Books. 1979. p. 166.
  2. ↑ The English gardener, or, A sure guide to young planters and gardeners: in three parts : the first, shewing the way and order of planting and raising all sorts of stocks, fruit-trees, and shrubs ... the second, how to order the kitchin-garden ... the third, the ordering of the garden of pleasure ...; by Leonard Meager. London: P. Parker, 1670
  3. ↑ Wyman, Donald (19886). Wyman's Gardening encyclopedia. Simon and Schuster. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-02-632070-2. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Castle, Steven (5 November 1887). "Jottings on old garden literature". The Horticultural Times: 300.

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