The Abridgement of the Gardener's Dictionary: Containing the Best and Newest Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit, Flower Garden, a

by Philip Miller

Trained by his father, a market gardener, Philip Miller (1691-1771) rose to become Britain's most eminent horticulturalist in the eighteenth century. Following a period as a nurseryman in Southwark, he was appointed the head gardener of the Chelsea Physic Garden by the Society of Apothecaries in 1722, upon the recommendation of Sir Hans Sloane. Under Miller's supervision, the diversity of plants at Chelsea outstripped that of all other European botanic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108068510
• ISBN13: 9781108068512
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 952 Pages
• Weight: 4.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 8.3" x 11.7"