[1791] The botanist's and nurseryman's companion. [...]
Information
Title
[1791] The botanist's and nurseryman's companion. Containing most of the varieties of trees, shrubs, flowers, fruits, herbs, native and exotic, presently cultivated in Britain. Also, garden and flower seeds, with their generic, specific, and English names, arranged alphabetically. According to Linnaeus. [Second edition, improved]. Compiled by Joseph Archibald, Seedsman and Nurseryman, No. 88, Chapel-Street
Record type
Nursery Catalogues
Original Reference
NC/ARCJO/1
Date
1791
Scope & content
Includes handwritten numbers 775 through to 873, in ink, over printed page numbers on verso of all leaves.
Includes both Latin and vernacular plant names
Level
Item
Firm name
Joseph Archibald, Seedsman and Nurseryman
Physical description
21 cm x 13.5 cm. Quarter-bound in beige cloth with grey paper over boards, the spine with black longitudinal title: BOTANIST'S & NURSERYMAN'S COMPANION - ARCHIBALD - ED.2 / 1791. Note, in pencil, on rear pastedown: T.W. Coleman, Binder, 1959