THE GARDENER'S NEW COMPANION, directing the culture of the Kitchen-Garden, Melonry, and Early Cucumbers, in an Alphabetical Series.

Dublin, printed by J. Exshaw, 1767.. Title continued: With a LIST of SEEDS, ROOTS, directing the MANNER and SEASON of Sowing them. To which is added AN APPENDIX CONTAINING The Manner of keeping BEES in HIVES, as well as in BOXES, with PLATES shewing the section of the BEE-HOUSE and BOXES, laid down on proper PRINCIPLES for constructing them, and communicated from actual PRACTICE. By a LOVER of IMPROVEMENT. ALSO A COLLECTION of LETTERS on AGRICULTURE, Laid before the SOCIETY for the Encouragement of ARTS in LONDON; AND Communicated by them to the DUBLIN SOCIETY. Now first Published by their ORDER. 3 works have separate title pages: Practical Observations on the Culture of Lucerne etc., communicated by Letters to Dr. Templeman; An Account of the Culture of Carrots, And their great use in Feeding and Fattening Cattle, by Robert Billing; Appendix Containing the Advantages of the Drilling and Horse-hoeing Tillage above the Broad-cast tillage. FIRST EDITION 1767. Small 8vo, approximately 175 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, 1 folding plate of A Chinese PALACE for BEES, and 1 small woodcut, pages: [10], 1-139, [7]; [2], 1-112, bound in modern quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, new endpapers. Pale browning to title page, old ink name to top of same, shallow diagonal crease to top corner, small repair to outer margin of folding plate on blank side, not affecting image, pale browning and staining throughout, mostly affecting margins, a good copy. The Bee section is by The Rev. Mr Thorley: DIRECTION FOR KEEPING BEES, 28 pages, with an explanation of the folding plate, pages mostly affected by pale browning, otherwise a good copy. ESTC N17953 lists 3 copies, 1 copy in Ireland and 2 in USA. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.