""New Improvements of Planting and Gardening" by Richard Bradley (1686-1732) published in London in 1726.....Bradley's work appeared in several Maryland inventories in the 1730's. Bradley had studied Gardening in France and Holland and in 1724 had been appointed the first professor of botany at Cambridge." >From book "Gardens and Gardening in the Chesapeake 1700-1805" by Barbara Saudy published1998 by The John Hopkins University Press. Richard is not my line, as far as I know, I am seaching for the parents of Cornelius Bradley born 1755 (Unknown place -Maryland, Virginia ,Ireland or England???) married Mary Hogan b. 1756 served in Revolutionary War in 6th Maryland Regiment and had children Robert, Ewing, Dunn, Alexander,who were killed by Indians, possibly in Kentucky around 1780 then had John, David and Hiram. Cornelius and Mary moved with a son to Posey Co. Indiana about1806 ~Paula~VA.