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The English gardner, or, A sure guide to young planters & gardeners : in three parts. I. Shewing the way and order of planting and raising all sorts of stocks, fruit-trees, and shrubs ... II. How to order the kitchin-garden, for all sorts of herbs, roots, and sallads. III. The ordering of the garden of pleasure ...

Meager, Leonard, 1624?-1704? · 1688 · London : Printed by J. Rawlins, for M. Wotton ... and G. Conyers ... · 30 pictures

The English Gardner, by Leonard Meager, printed in London in 1688 by J. Rawlins, is a gardening manual for young planters and gardeners covering stocks, kitchen gardens, and the garden of pleasure. The plates are square parterre and knot designs with stippled ground, showing how bold figures of circles, scrolls, and corner blocks can be laid out in a geometric pattern.

Gardening -- Great Britain · Gardening -- Early works to 1800 · Gardens -- Design -- Early works to 1800

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