The curious and profitable gardener: by John Cowell, ... Containing I. The most useful experiments for improving land by grain and seeds. II. Curious directions for cultivating the choicest fruits ... III. Extraordinary remarks concerning the raising of flowers from seed. IV. Particular observations ... To which is added, An exact description of the great American aloe, ...
Cowell, John,nurseryman.
London : printed for Weaver Bickerton; and Richard Montagu,
1730.
A different issue of the same year omits Weaver Bickerton from the imprint.
In two parts.
Page numbers 81-88 are repeated.
Reissued in 1732 under the title: 'The curious fruit and flower gardener'.
The four preliminary pages consist of a list of "Contents of both parts" and are not found in all copies (Henrey).
The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall.
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Henrey,