http://amsacta.unibo.it/3821/1/27_PORTER.pdf
- Odd books with gHits/JSTOR etc.
- How To Be Danish
- The Marcel Marceau Alphabet Book
- The Invention of Curried Sausage
- The Biggest Birthday Cake in the World
- The History of Milk Prices
- Barrie Edgar
- Independent Obit
- Gardeners' World date
- 1955 co-director for an adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Terry Wogan's opinion of him
- Inviting Terry Wogan to Come Dancing
- Didn't entirely approve of Strictly Come Dancing[1]
- Overview
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- 1768 - 8th edition - moved to Linnean system of classification[3]
- Linnaues and Miller corresponded with each other, and Linneaus described him as "the Prince of Gardeners"[3][4]
- Written by Philip Miller, Head Gardener of the Chelsea Physic Garden between 1722 and 1771[3]>The History of Gardens By Christopher Thacker, p. 234.</ref>
- First published in 1724[3]
- Several expanded editions issued during his lifetime (8 editions during lifetime)[5]
- An abridged version of the Dictionary was published, appearing in 6 editions[5]
- Also applicable for farmers, botanists and others working with plants[5]
- Not very influential as a work on gardening, but important in terms of influencing the classification of plants in Britain[3]
- An expanded edition in four volumes was published posthumously, edited by Thomas Martyn, professor of botany at Cambridge University[6]
- 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"[7]
- First published 1731?[4][8][9]
- German, French and Dutch translation[5]
- "first and only comprehensive manual of practical gardening in Europe"[8]
- Listed every known plant species found in Britain, in alphabetical order, with information about propagation and cultivation of each species[8]
- Also included some of the medicinal properties of the species[5]
- Popular in America as well[10]; Miller had cultivated plants from all thirteen colonies[8]
- Thomas Jefferson had a copy[5]
- Frequently consulted by George Washington, who had an interest in agriculture and gardening, keeping a copy on his study table[8]
JSTOR: [11], [12], [13], [14], [ http://www.jstor.org/stable/1586718], [15], [16]
- 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 plates 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.[5]
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- ^ a b c d e f g [1]
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AVdBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT329&dq=%22gardeners+dictionary%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2Z3qUOGGNcGf0QW4xYCQAw&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBTge
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e 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
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/stable/41378128
- ^ [2]