Thomas
Hogg was in charge of an "Academy" in what is now
part of London. Leaving this profession he became a
florist possessing, stated Johnson ( History of
Gardening, 1829) a collection of carnations and
piccotees which was the finest in the world. He had
more than 700 cultivars which he sold at prices
ranging from "two to sixty shillings."
He was author of the following book, A Concise
and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of
the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanitius,
Ranunculus, Tulip, etc. (1812). This book was an
outstanding one of the period and describes in much
detail the various methods of cultivation of the
so-called "florists' flowers."
