INTRODUCTION. 
In issuing this edition of an exceedingly scarce and interesting work, a short 
account of the book itself, and of the Editor’s additions, will be expected. 
My aim has been to give an exact copy of the first edition of Gerard’s 
Catalogue of his Garden, line for line, and letter for letter, carefully retaining the 
printer’s errors, but not attempting an absolute facsimile. The various borders, 
head and tailpieces, and the type, are imitated as nearly as could be done with 
modern appliances, but I have not copied turned letters, letters from a wrong 
fount, nor certain curious braces, which, no doubt intended to bracket together 
nearly allied species, were strangely misapplied. The original printing is very bad, 
in some places very black, in others as faint; Italic, and small capitals are fre- 
quently used in place of Roman; as the printer, Robinson, was living at that time 
in ‘‘ Fewter lane,” not very far from Gerard’s abode, that was probably the reason 
for the work being given to him. Lord Burleigh’s coat of arms, on verso of 
title, which I have omitted, was worked from the same block which was employed 
_ for the Herball in the following year. 
Next in order will be found a reprint of the second edition of the same work, 
having in the original two vertical columns, the first in Italic type, containing the 
Latin names, the second, the English equivalent; I have followed this plan, so far 
as the style of type is concerned, but on a smaller scale; and for the sake of 
economising space, I have not repeated the leading name of each plant, when it 
_ occurs more than once, but merely give the initial, according to modern usage. 
Following the Gerardian names, will be found references to the Herball (1597), so 
far as I have been able to correlate the plants of the Catalogue with those of the 
