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The Scots gard'ner : in two parts ... : appendix shewing how to use the fruits of the garden : whereunto is annexed The gard'ners kalendar

Reid, John, gardener · 1683 · Edinburgh : Printed by David Lindsay, and his partners, at the foot of Heriot's-Bridge · 5 pictures

A 1683 Edinburgh gardening manual by John Reid, a Scottish gardener, printed by David Lindsay at Heriot's Bridge for practical growers, with a calendar of garden tasks appended. Its pictures are small letterpress woodcut ornaments: a decorative border strip, a historiated initial, a basket of flowers, and a bookplate with a coat of arms and motto, offering designers period botanical and heraldic motifs.

Gardening · Gardening -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800 · Gardening -- Calendars -- Early works to 1800

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