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The wife to, must husband as well as the man. 

 Or farewell thy husbandry do what thou can." 



Editions of this appeared in 15G1, 15G2 and another "newly 

 corrected and amplitii d" 1570 — 1571 (WattsJ To these suc- 

 ceeded an enlarged edition bearing; the following title, " Five 

 hundreth pointes of good husbandry united to as many of good 

 huswifiTv, tiist devised and now lately augmented, with diverse 

 approved lessons, concerning hopps and gardening and other 

 needful matters, together with an abstract before every moneth 

 &c." 1573. Jleprints appeared successively in 1577, 1580 

 Ohe lirst complete edition,) 1585, 1586, 1590, 1593, 1597, 



1599, IGOO, fWattsj 1G04, IGIO, 1614. 1620, 1630, (^ Watts,) 

 1638, 1672, 1692, all in 4to, and black letter, except that of 



1600, which is stated to be in folio, Martyn mentions another 

 edition in 1651. One, entitled " Tusser redivivus" was edited 

 by a Mr. Hilman in 1710, 8vo, and with further notes in 1744. 

 An edition was edited by l>r. W. iMavor in 1812, 4to. and8vo. 

 with many notes and additions. To this 1 am indebted for 

 nearly the whole of the preceding imformation concerning the 

 editions of Tusser. 



The above work is written in Stanzas of four versos each, 

 and is a series of a kind of proverbs relating to Agricultural 

 afiairs. Weston says, the following work is often joined to it. 

 ** The Bouke of Regarde ; ct)ntaiiiing the castle of delight, the 

 garden of unthriftiuesse, the arbuur of virtue, and the orchard 

 of repentance". 



2. Tractatus de Agrirultura, versibus Anglicis. London. 

 1638 and 1672. This work is ascribed by lialler to the pcu 

 of Tusser.* These works are extremely rare. 



These are the chief of the authors from whom we are enabled 

 to learn the actual state of Horticulture at tiiis period. In con- 

 temj)orarv Historians and Chroniclers, of course there are 

 nian>- incidental notices. Among these is Dr. Bulleyn, who 

 deserves the veneration of every lover of Gardening, for his 

 strenuous advocating its cause, at a time when it had become 

 a fc>shion to depreciate the products of our Euglisii Gardens. 



WILLIAM BULLEYN, Avas born in the Isle of Ely, early 

 in the reign of Henry Vlil.f He studied tirst at Candjridue, 

 and subsequently at Oxlbrd. He travelled in Germany, Scot- 



♦ WattA Bibliotheca Biitann'c:'. + WaKs in his Bibliotlieca liritaiinicr, 

 i-ays lit; was born in ISOl!. 





