BRADLEY, Richard. New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, both philosophical and practical. In three parts. I. Containing, A New System of Vegetation. Explaining the Motion of the Sap, and Generation of Plants. Of Soils, and the Improvement of Forest-Trees. With a new Invention, whereby more Designs of Garden-Plats may be made in an Hour, than can be found in all the Books of Gardening yet extant. II. The best Manner of Improving Flower-Gardens, or Parterres; of raising and propagating all Sorts of Flowers, and of the Adorning of Gardens. III. Of Improving Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens, and Green-House-Plants. With the gentleman and gardener's kalendar. Illustrated with copper plates. The fourth edition. To which is added, that scarce and valuable tract intitled, Herefordshire-Orchards. [16], 63, [8], 66-183, [8], 186-352, 373-435, [1], [2], 104, [2], 36, [16]pp index and adverts., 11 engraved plates (8 folding). Three folding plates have some wear to their leading edge, and some light browning in places to the paper. One folding plate also rather creased and dusty at one fold. Contemporary calf, rebacked, not recently, raised bands and red morocco label. Small label for the John Phillimore Collection at the foot of the inner front board, earlier name on end-paper, and a collation note from Bernard Quaritch on the inner rear board. 8vo. printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar. 1724. ~ ESTC T112715. ‘Herefordshire Orchards' by John Beale is a reissue of the 1724 separately published edition.