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A treatise on the manner of raising forest trees, &c. In a letter from the Right Honourable, the Earl of - to his grandson. To which are added, two memoirs; the one on Preserving and Repairing Forests; The other on the Culture of Forests. - Both translated from the French of M. de Buffon of the Royal Academy at Paris.
Haddington, Thomas Hamilton, Earl of, 1680-1735.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]- Books
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L. Junius Moderatus Columella of husbandry. In twelve books: and his book concerning trees. Translated into English, with several illustrations from Pliny, Cato, Varro, Palladius, and other antient and modern authors.
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus.Date: M.DCC.XLV. [1745]- Books
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Advertisement. The Silva of Mr. Evelyn, one of the best books upon planting ever published, being nearly out of print, and the few remaining copies of the fifth edition sold at the high price of three guineas, it is proposed to give a new edition of that most valuable work, with notes and plates. At first it was proposed to print the book upon a demi paper; but that size being objected to by several gentlemen of distinction, the editor, in deference to their opinion, now designs to publish it upon royal paper, and to ornament it with a greater number of plates than were originally intended.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.Date: 1785?]- Books
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The second part of the timber-tree improved: Containing, I. The nature and uses of foreign and British timber-trees. II. Of oak; a profitable account of it from tradesmen, with several cases relating to this timber. To know if trees are found or unfound, as they stand, or after felling. Why posts, that are burnt at one end to last long, last the less time for it. How to make timber more durable, than in the common way with twenty other improvements relating on the oak. III. Of ash: how to make an impregnable live-fence with this sort of tree, for parks and fields, to immense profit. IV. Of beech; how to make it last near as long as heart of oak. How beech was so managed, as to be sold to a London chair-maker for walnut tree. A remarkable example of many great beeches being rotted as they stood, by the ignorance of their owner; with fifteen other particulars relating to this tree. V. Ten sorts of improvements of the elm. VI. Eight improvements of the walnut-tree. VIII. Of the maple, bay-tree, sycamore, birch, laurel, lignum-vitae tree, whip-beam, holly, witch-elm, horn-beech, yew, and box-tree, pine of fir, cypress-tree, black cherry, cedar, sweet and horse chesnut, juniper, hasel and fill-beard, pear-tree, apple and crab, barberry-tree. almond-tree, plum-tree, quince, mulberry, white and red elder-tree, black and white-thorn, asp, poplar, alder, willow, white-wood, sallow, withy and osier, medalar and service-tree, ivy, furz and whins, &c. By William Ellis, of Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertfordshire.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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Silva: or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in his Majesty's dominions: as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th day of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the honourable the principal officers and commissioners of the Navy. Together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves. By John Evelyn, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society. With notes by A. Hunter, M.D. F.R.S.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The planter's guide: or, pleasure gardener's companion. Giving plain directions, with observations, for the proper disposition and management of the various trees and shrubs for a pleasure garden plantation. To which is added, a list of hardy trees and shrubs for ornamenting such gardens: Concisely Exhibiting at One View The Genera, Class, Order, and Species of each Kind; the Countries they are Natives of; the Height each usually grows to; their Foliages, Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds; the Soil they thrive best in; and their Propagation. The whole Alphabetically Digested. With a Catalogue of the Principal Varieties of Each Kind. Embellished with copper-plates proper to the Subject. by James Meader, late Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland.
Meader, James.Date: 1779- Books
Vṛkṣāyurveda in ancient India : with original texts and translation / Lallanji Gopal.
Gopal, Lallanji.Date: 2000- Books
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A general system of trees and shrubs. For all Useful and Ornamental plantations, in gardens, pleasure-grounds, shrubberies, parks, paddocks, woods, groves, walks, avenues, clumps, thickets, hedges, hedge-rows, arbours, orchards, fruit-tree plantations, and all other plantation districts, eligible for the improvement and embellishment of gardens, estates, &c. Forming A compleat general system of trees and shrubs, agreeable to the Linnaean system; Being arranged in their respective Genera or Families, under the Generical or Botanic Family Names, Latin and English. By John Abercrombie, (author of Every man his own Gardener.)
Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806.Date: [1788?]- Books
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Trees for sale. A sale for transplanted and seedling forrest trees, fruit trees, &c. &c. is now opened by George Cottingham, at his nursery garden, opposite the six mile stone, on the Grand Canal, at the following prices-viz. ...
Date: 1785?]