THE AMERICAN GARDENER'S CALENDAR; ADAPTED TO THE CLIMATES AND SEASONS OF THE UNITED STATES. CONTAINING A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE WORK NECESSARY TO BE DONE IN THE KITCHEN- GARDEN, FRUIT-GARDEN, ORCHARD, VINEYARD, NURSERY, PLEASURE-GROUND, FLOWER GA

by M'Mahon, Bernard:

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Book description: Philadelphia. 1806.. v,[1],648pp. plus folding table and [18]pp. index. Large, thick octavo. Half antique calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Unobtrusive library blindstamp on titlepage and final index leaf. Folding table lacking 4 x 3-inch piece from lower left corner. Occasional minor foxing. Else very good. An exhaustive work, covering the establishment and cultivation of all types of plants addressed, and including eighteen alphabetical catalogues of different kinds of plants, with their true Linnæan names, and an extensive index. This is the first of many editions. "Bernard M'Mahon (1775-1818), an Irishman, came to America in 1796, and went at once to Philadelphia, where he founded a successful seed and nursery business. He served horticulture best by publishing in 1806, in Philadelphia, his excellent THE AMERICAN GARDENER'S CALENDAR. For 50 years the book was the standard authority in America..." - Hedrick. RINK 1647. SABIN 43560. HEDRICK, p.197.

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