New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical
Subtitle: in three parts ... to which is added that scarce and valuable tract intitled Herefordshire-orchards
By: by Richard Bradley ...
Contributors: Beale, John, 1603-1683?; Jerry and Gene Jones Jefferson Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: The fifth edition, with an appendix, treating of several matters omitted in the former impressions.
Publisher: Printed for W. Mears, and sold by J. Knapton, G. Strahan, R. Gosling, J. Osborn and T. Longman, J. Hooke, J. Batley, C. Rivington, and D. Browne
Published: 1726
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Gardening; Fruit-culture
Notes: Title page transposed; author statement appears after edition statement.

Signatures: A-T⁸ U⁴ X-2R⁸ 2S⁴.

Title page printed in red and black.

Parts II and III, Herefordshire orchards (by I.B.), and An appendix each have special title pages, dated MDCCXXV, MDCCXXVI, MDCCXXVI, and MDCCXXVI respectively.

Includes index.

Bookseller's advertisements: p. [24] at end.

LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection.

Sowerby, E.M.  Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 799

ESTC T9344

LC copy gift of Jerry and Gene Jones, 11 Feb. 2000.
Table of contents: title: (from title page) I. Containing a new system of vegetation. Explaining the motion of the sap and the generation of plants. Of soils and the improvement of forest-trees. With a new invention, whereby more designs of garden-plats may be made in an hour than all the books of gardening yet extant.; title: II. The best manner of improving flower-gardens, or parterres : of raising and propagating all sorts of flowers; and of the adorning of gardens.; title: III. Of improving fruit-trees, kitchen-gardens, and green-house plants. With the gentleman and gardener's kalendar.