Complete English Gardener

The Complete English Gardener is a gardening book first published in 1670 by English author Leonard Meager.[1][2] The book went through many editions, including the 10th in 1704.[3] It contains advice on, for instance, growing grapes.[4]

References

  1. ^ Great gardens of Britain. Mayflower Books. 1979. p. 166. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvI4AQAAIAAJ&q=%22complete+english+gardener%22+meager&dq=%22complete+english+gardener%22+meager&hl=en&ei=m3e8TaWtNJG3tweup6nXBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBA. 
  2. ^ The English gardener, or, A sure guide to young planters and gardeners: in three parts : the first, shewing the way and order of planting and raising all sorts of stocks, fruit-trees, and shrubs ... the second, how to order the kitchin-garden ... the third, the ordering of the garden of pleasure ...; by Leonard Meager. London: P. Parker, 1670
  3. ^ Wyman, Donald (19886). Wyman's Gardening encyclopedia. Simon and Schuster. p. 523. ISBN 9780026320702. 
  4. ^ Castle, Steven (5 November 1887). "Jottings on old garden literature". The Horticultural Times: 300. http://books.google.com/books?id=Nt5IAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA300.