{"product_id":"a-treatise-upon-planting-gardening-and-the-management-of-the-hot-house-paperback-9781108072243","title":"A Treatise upon Planting, Gardening, and the Management of the Hot-House (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108072243","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Treatise upon Planting, Gardening, and the Management of the Hot-House\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1777 second edition of a fascinating treatise on the gardening skills needed on a grand eighteenth-century agricultural estate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Kennedy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108072243, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e580 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis practical guide was first published in 1776: in this reissue of the two-volume 1777 second edition, the two volumes have been bound in one book. John Kennedy (d.1790) was the gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, the owner of Parlington Hall in Yorkshire, and his book is addressed to landowners and their head gardeners. His concern is with 'the planting of poor wastes, moorlands, and apparent mountains', as well as with hothouse plants such as pineapples and vines, and delicacies including asparagus and cultivated mushrooms. At the other end of the scale, he also provides sections on field-cabbages, carrots and turnips as feed for cattle. In each of these areas, he gives detailed descriptions of the preparation of the ground, the tools needed, propagation techniques, and the subsequent management of pests and diseases. This is a fascinating treatise on the gardening skills needed on a grand eighteenth-century agricultural estate.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. The method of raising wood\u003cbr\u003e 2. On sowing tree-seeds with corn\u003cbr\u003e 3. On planting moors and commons\u003cbr\u003e 4. On thick planting\u003cbr\u003e [no. ch. 5]\u003cbr\u003e 6. On the soils proper for the different kinds of forest trees\u003cbr\u003e 7. On American forest-trees\u003cbr\u003e 8. On the management of grown woods\u003cbr\u003e 9. On fences and their management\u003cbr\u003e 10. On vines\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 10. Of the nursery\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of pruning forest-trees\u003cbr\u003e 12. Of pruning fruit-trees in general\u003cbr\u003e 13. The ananas, or pineapple\u003cbr\u003e 14. New method to raise mushrooms\u003cbr\u003e 15. An improved method to raise asparagus\u003cbr\u003e 16. On cabbages\u003cbr\u003e 17. On carrots\u003cbr\u003e 18. On turnips.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Botany%20\u0026amp;%20plant%20sciences%20%5BPST%5D%22\"\u003ePST\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266179977496,"sku":"9781108072243","price":48.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108072243i_63f4b435-a8fb-44ba-89ad-7d4e1747d377.jpg?v=1696748922","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-treatise-upon-planting-gardening-and-the-management-of-the-hot-house-paperback-9781108072243","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}