The florist's directory, or, A treatise on the culture of flowers
Subtitle: to which is added a supplementary dissertation on soils, manures, &c
By: by James Maddock, florist, at Walworth, near London
Contributors: Maddock, James 1764-1825 editor; Couchman, Stephen, active 1779-1824 printer; B. White and Sons; G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Paternoster-Row, London, England); T. & J. Egerton
Published: 1792
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Floriculture; Early works to 1800; Flowers; Agriculture; Soils
Other titles: Florist's directory; Treatise on the culture of flowers
Description: Posthumous publication was overseen by the author's son, also James Maddock (1764-1825). The florist's directory is of the culture of the-then main eight florists' flowers with chapters on "bulbous-rooted flowers" and "dissertation on soils, manures, etc"
Notes: Engraved title page

Engraved plates with hand-coloring; woodcut tail-pieces

Signatures: A-2M⁴

Colophon: Printed by Stephen Couchman

Henrey, B. British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800, 1002

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