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A new orchard and garden; with, The country housewife's garden (1618)
Lawson, William (fl. 1618); Lawson, William (fl. 1618); Thick, Malcolm
2003
Facsim. of A new orchard and garden. Originally published: London: R. Aesop for R. Jackson, 1617 - Facsim. of The country housewife's garden (1618). Originally published: London: R. Aesop for R. Jacks...
A nevv orchard and garden, or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good for a rich orchard: particularly in the north and generally for the whole kingdome of England, as in nature, reason, situation and all probabilitie, may and doth appeare. With the country housewifes garden for hearbes of common vse, their vertues, seasons, profits, ornaments, varietie of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walkes. As also the husbandry of bees, with their seuerall vses and annoyances, being the experience of 48 yeares labour and now the second time corrected and much enlarged, by William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added the art of propagating plants, with the tree ordering manner of fruits in their gathering, carring home & preseruation
Lawson, William (fl. 1618); Harward, Simon (fl. 1572-1614); Markham, Gervase (1568?-1637)
1631
The last two pages are blank. 'The country house-wifes garden' has special title page; it is sometimes erroneously attributed to Gervase Markham. Includes 'A most profitable newe treatise from app...