An Essay on the Soils and Composts

A very scarce and informative gardening work, detailing soils and composts for trees, shrubs, and flowers, written by Thomas Haynes. First and only edition, very scarce.An informative work on the soils and composts that are needed to successfully cultivate and propagate a variety of trees, shrubs, and flowers.Contents include 'Peat or Bog Earth', 'Heath Soil', 'Compounded Earth', 'Rich Loam', 'Seedling Compost', and 'White Sand'.Written by Thomas Haynes, the 'propagator of trees, shrubs, and plants' in Oundle, Northamptonshire.Final page states that it is page 59 instead of the correct number, 95.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Bumping to the extremities and the spine, with more noticeable wear to the spine. Loss to head and tail of spine has resulted in the binding becoming exposed. Hinges are starting. Pencil inscriptions to front paste down and endpaper. Internally, firmly bound, with binding loosening a bit more towards the middle of text. Pages are bright and clean. Good.…