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*Written by [[Philip Miller]], Head Gardener of the [[Chelsea Physic Garden]] between 1722 and 1771<ref name=Thacker/>>The History of Gardens By Christopher Thacker, p. 234.</ref>
*First published in 1724<ref name=Thacker/>
*Several expanded editions issued during his lifetime (8 editions during lifetime)<ref name=
*An abridged version of the Dictionary was published, appearing in 6 editions<ref name=Rougetel/>
*Also applicable for farmers, botanists and others working with plants<ref name=Rougetel/>
*Not very influential as a work on gardening, but important in terms of influencing the classification of plants in Britain<ref name=Thacker/>
*An expanded edition in four volumes was published posthumously, edited by Thomas Martyn, professor of botany at [[Cambridge University]]<ref name=Universal>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AVdBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT329&dq=%22gardeners+dictionary%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2Z3qUOGGNcGf0QW4xYCQAw&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBTge</ref>
*Writing in the journal ''[[BioScience]]'' in 1977, [[F. G. Meyer]]: the "standard British horticultural reference book of the 18th century...The 8th edition is still a basic reference for plant taxonomists"<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jTpVz0YS4y0C&pg=PA130&dq=%22gardeners+dictionary%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2Z3qUOGGNcGf0QW4xYCQAw&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBjge#v=onepage&q=%22gardeners%20dictionary%22&f=false</ref>
*First published 1731?<Ref name=Alexander>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=owHSEk96qxQC&pg=PA142&dq=%22gardeners+dictionary%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jp_qUMaeH7Ck0AXQh4DgAw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwAzgy#v=onepage&q=%22gardeners%20dictionary%22&f=false</ref><ref name=Wulf>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k2JMhpJDYCgC&pg=PA22&dq=%22gardeners+dictionary%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jp_qUMaeH7Ck0AXQh4DgAw&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBTgy#v=onepage&q=%22gardeners%20dictionary%22&f=false</ref><ref>http://www.jstor.org/stable/41378128</ref>
*German, French and Dutch translation<ref name=Rougetel/>
*"first and only comprehensive manual of practical gardening in Europe"<Ref name=Wulf/>
*Listed every known plant species found in Britain, in alphabetical order, with information about propagation and cultivation of each species<ref name=Wulf/>
*Also included some of the medicinal properties of the species<ref name=Rougetel/>
*Popular in America as well<ref name=Mark>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2BxUU8m_gmkC&pg=PA14&dq=%22gardeners+dictionary%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jp_qUMaeH7Ck0AXQh4DgAw&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBjgy#v=onepage&q=%22gardeners%20dictionary%22&f=false]</ref>; Miller had cultivated plants from all thirteen colonies<ref name=Wulf/>
**[[Thomas Jefferson]] had a copy<ref name=Rougetel/>
**Frequently consulted by [[George Washington]], who had an interest in agriculture and gardening, keeping a copy on his study table<ref name=Wulf/>
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*Sometimes erroneously punctuated as "Gardeners' Dictionary" or "Gardener's Dictionary".
*Between 1755 and 1760, Miller published a companion volume entitled ''Figures of the most beautiful, useful and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary'', with 300 [[copper plate]]s by artists such as [[Georg Ehret]]. Some of the illustrations in this book were used by the [[Chelsea Porcelain Factory]] for decorating their wares, an example of which can be seen in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref name=Rougetel/>
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