This was John Adams' gardening book. He owned it, touched it, read it (I assume).
I wonder if he was amused by the two goofy putti. Funny little bug wings.
Philip Miller's The gardeners kalendar : directing what works are necessary to be performed every month in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure-gardens, as also in the conservatory and nursery: Shewing I. The particular seasons for propagating all sorts of esculent plants and fruits, with the time when each sort is proper for the table. II. The proper seasons for transplanting all sorts of trees, shrubs, and plants, with the time of their flowering /
Edition: The fourteenth edition, with a list of the medicinal plants, which may be gathered for use each month. To which is prefixed a short introduction to the science of botany, illustrated with copper plate
Publication info: London: Printed for the author, and sold by John Rivington ..., H. Woodfall ...,1765.
Holding Institution: John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library (archive.org)
I wonder if he was amused by the two goofy putti. Funny little bug wings.
And then there are two grown bug-winged guys!! I had to look that one up. As far as I can tell putto did not grow up...so what are these dudes? It is a charming and fun engraving.
Philip Miller's The gardeners kalendar : directing what works are necessary to be performed every month in the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure-gardens, as also in the conservatory and nursery: Shewing I. The particular seasons for propagating all sorts of esculent plants and fruits, with the time when each sort is proper for the table. II. The proper seasons for transplanting all sorts of trees, shrubs, and plants, with the time of their flowering /
Edition: The fourteenth edition, with a list of the medicinal plants, which may be gathered for use each month. To which is prefixed a short introduction to the science of botany, illustrated with copper plate
Publication info: London: Printed for the author, and sold by John Rivington ..., H. Woodfall ...,1765.
Holding Institution: John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library (archive.org)
