The complete seedsman
Subtitle: shewing, the best and easiest method for raising and cultivating every sort of seed belonging to a kitchen and flower-garden : with necessary instructions for sowing of berries, mast, and seeds of ever-greens, forest-trees, and such as are proper for improving of land : written at the command of a person of honour
By: by Benj. Townsend, formerly gardener to the Lord Middleton ; to which is added a catalogue of the seeds, plants, &c. mention'd in this tract, and to be found in a seedsman's shop ...
Contributors: King's College (New York, N.Y.). Library; Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)
Publisher: Printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar and sold by Mrs. Arabella Fuller, at the Three-Crowns and Naked-Boy, over-against the New-Church, in the Strand, ...
Published: 1726
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: Gardening; Early works to 1800; Seeds
Notes: "Recommended by R. Bradley, F.R.S."

"[Price 1 s.]"

Authorship sometimes attributed to R. Bradley, cf. Henrey.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-L⁴ M².

Title page in red and black.

University Archives copy: This book was in the library of King's College (as Columbia University was then named) before 1776.

University Archives copy: Modern binding; with the bookplate of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.

University Archives copy: Bound with: Cotton, Charles, The planter's manual, 1715; Laurence, John, The fruit-garden kalendar, 1718; Collins, Samuel, Paradise retriev'd, 1717; Fairchild, Thomas, The city gardener, 1722.

Henrey, B.  British botanical lit., 1434

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T192478