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John Abercrombie (1726–1806) was a Scottish horticulturist important to renovating garden techniques. He is noted for the book ''Every Man His Own Gardener'' (1767), which he co-wrote with Thomas Mawe.〔(Every Man His Own Gardener By John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe )〕 He also taught botany at the University of Cambridge. As a young man Abercrombie was employed at the Royal Gardens at Kew, and at Leicester House; and later set up a successful market gardening business in Hackney and later at Tottenham. He rote a number of other works on gardening.〔''The Dictionary of National Biography: the Concise Dictionary''. London: Oxford University Press, 1939; p. 3〕 ==Selected writings== * ''The Universal Gardener and Botanist; or, a General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany'' (1778) * ''The Garden Mushroom'' (1779) * ''(The British Fruit Gardener; and Art of Pruning )'' (1779) * ''A General System of Trees and Shrubs'' (ca. 1780) * ''(Every Man His Own Gardener )'', 9th edition (1782) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Abercrombie (horticulturalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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