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• A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (second edition, 4 volumes; London: Printed for W. Owen, 1763-1764)
  • Volume I (A-C): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (D-K): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (L-Q): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (R-Z): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (R-Z): multiple formats at Google

• A History of the English Agricultural Labourer (ca.1908), by Wilhelm Hasbach, trans. by Ruth Kenyon, contrib. by Sidney Webb (PDF at McMaster)
• An Agricultural Faggot: A Collection of Papers on Agricultural Subjects (Westminster: P. S. King and Son, 1913), by R. H. Rew (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Country Housewife's Family Companion (originally published 1750), by William Ellis (HTML and PDF with commenary at soilandhealth.org)

• The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, or, An Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation: Wherein is Shewn a Method of Introducing a Sort of Vineyard-culture into the Corn-Fields, in Order to Increase Their Product, and Diminish the Common Expence, by the Use of Instruments Described in Cuts (Dublin: Printed by A. Rhames, 1733), by Jethro Tull (page images at Cornell)

• Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris (reprint of the 1629 edition; London: Methuen and Co., 1904), by John Parkinson (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, or, An Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation: Wherein is Shewn a Method of Introducing a Sort of Vineyard-culture into the Corn-Fields, in Order to Increase Their Product, and Diminish the Common Expence, by the Use of Instruments Described in Cuts (Dublin: Printed by A. Rhames, 1733), by Jethro Tull (page images at Cornell)

• The Foundations of Society and the Land, by J. W. Jeudwine (PDF at McMaster)

• The Enclosures in England: An Economic Reconstruction, by Harriett Bradley (PDF in the UK)

• A History of Gardening in England (third edition; London: J. Murray, 1910), by Mrs. Evelyn Cecil (page images at HathiTrust)
• A History of Gardening in England (third edition; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1910), by Mrs. Evelyn Cecil
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" and European Gardening, ed. by Therese O'Malley and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)

• The Other Economy: Pastoral Husbandry on a Medieval Estate (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), by Kathleen Biddick (HTML at UC Press)

• Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (partial serial archives)

• Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants (London: Orr and Smith, 1834-1849), ed. by Joseph Paxton (full serial archives)

• Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants (London: Orr and Smith, 1834-1849), ed. by Joseph Paxton (full serial archives)
• Gardeners' Chronicle (partial serial archives)

• The New Forest (London et al.: Blackie and Son, 1912), by Elizabeth Godfrey, illust. by E. W. Haslehust (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Children of the New Forest, by Frederick Marryat (Gutenberg text)

• Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times (Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors, v386; Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1843), by G. P. R. James (Gutenberg text)
• Maid Marian, by Thomas Love Peacock
  • HTML at thomaslovepeacock.net
  • Gutenberg text

• The Amateur Gardener's Calendar: Being a Monthly Guide as to What Should be Avoided, as Well as What Should be Done, in a Garden in Each Month (London: F. Warne and Co., 1870), by Mrs. Loudon, ed. by W. Robinson
  • page images at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Plain Instructions in Gardening, With a Calendar of Operations and Directions for Every Month in the Year (11th edition; London: J. Murray, 1874), by Mrs. Loudon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden: Being an Alphabetical Arrangement of All the Ornamental Plants Usually Grown in Gardens and Shrubberies; With Full Directions For Their Culture (8th edition; London: Bradbury and Evans, 1865), by Mrs. Loudon and Charles Edmonds (page images at Google)
• The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, c1845), by Mrs. Loudon (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence; the Laying Out, Planting, and Culture of the Garden and Grounds; and the Management of the Villa Farm, Including the Dairy and Poultry-Yard (London: W. S. Orr and co., 1850), by J. C. Loudon, ed. by Mrs. Loudon (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Flora Domestica: or, The Portable Flower-Garden; With Directions For the Treatment of Plants in Pots. and Illustrations From the Works of the Poets (second edition, with additions; London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1825), by Elizabeth Kent (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Flora Domestica: or, The Portable Flower-Garden; With Directions For the Treatment of Plants in Pots. and Illustrations From the Works of the Poets (new edition; London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1831), by Elizabeth Kent (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Fruit Manual: A Guide to the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain (fifth edition; London: Journal of Horticulture Office, 1884), by Robert Hogg (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Fruit Manual: Containing the Descriptions and Synonymes of the Fruits and Fruit Trees Commonly Met With in the Gardens and Orchards of Great Britain (London: Cottage Gardener Office, 1860), by Robert Hogg (multiple formats at Google)

• A New Orchard and Garden (with The Country Housewifes Garden; The Art of Propagating Plants; and The Husband Mans Fruitful Orchard; transcribed from the combined edition of 1631), by William Lawson and Simon Harward (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• A New Orchard and Garden (this edition does not include additional items in original 1626 publication; Philadelphia: Reprinted by R. P. Smith, 1858), by William Lawson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Scott's Orchardist: or, Catalogue of Fruits, Cultivated at Merriott, Somerset (portions apparently copied from Hogg's Fruit Manual; second edition; London: H.M. Pollett, ca. 1873), by John Scott, contrib. by Robert Hogg (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Book of English Gardens (London: Methuen and Co., c1906), by M. R. Gloag, illust. by Katharine Montagu Wyatt
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Gardens of England (London: A. and C. Black, 1908), by E. T. Cook, illust. by Beatrice Parsons (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Gardens of England (London: A. and C. Black, 1911), by E. T. Cook, illust. by Beatrice Parsons (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Shakespeare Gardens: Design, Plants, and Flower Lore (Philadelphia, Dorrance and Co., c1937), by Annie Burnham Carter (page images at HathiTrust)

• Views of Some of the Most Celebrated By-Gone Pleasure Gardens of London: With Some Contemporary Descriptions Thereof (Chiefly Poetical) Collected From Various Sources (London: H. A. Rogers, 1896) (illustrated HTML at victorianlondon.org)

• The Little White Bird, by J. M. Barrie
  • HTML at FireBlade
  • Gutenberg text
• Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (some illustrations missing; London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906), by J. M. Barrie, illust. by Arthur Rackham (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1910), by J. M. Barrie, illust. by Arthur Rackham (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, an Aquarium, Conservatories, &c., Recently Built in Different Parts of England, for Various Noblemen and Gentlemen, Including a Hot-House and Green-House in Her Majesty's Gardens at Frogmore (London: J. Taylor, 1823), by George Tod (page images at Wisconsin)

• A Garden Diary: September 1899-September 1900 (London: Methuen and Co., 1901), by Emily Lawless (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Gardening for the Ignorant (London: MacMillan, 1912), by Mrs. C. W. Earle and Ethel Case (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pot-Pourri From a Surrey Garden (10th edition; New York: E.P. Dutton, 1898), by Mrs. C. W. Earle, contrib. by Constance Lytton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gardens of England (London: A. and C. Black, 1908), by E. T. Cook, illust. by Beatrice Parsons (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Gardens of England (London: A. and C. Black, 1911), by E. T. Cook, illust. by Beatrice Parsons (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Cattle, Sheep and Pigs of Great Britain: Being a Series of Articles on the Various Breeds of the United Kingdom, Their History, Management, &c. (London: H. Cox, "The Field" Office, 1887), ed. by John Coleman, illust. by Harrison Weir (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (new edition, revised; Columbus, OH: J. H. Riley and Co., 1859), by Frederick Law Olmsted
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at MOA
• The Small Holdings of England: A Survey of Various Existing Systems (London: J. Murray, 1907), by Louisa Jebb Wilkins (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Essentials of Health and Safety at Work (fourth edition, 2006), by Great Britain Health and Safety Executive (PDF with commentary in the UK)

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