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cular sowing and removing of the moslc Kilchca lier bcs; with 

 the witlie ordering of other daiiitie herbcs, delcctubU; Fiourcs, 

 pleasant Fruitcs, and fine Rootes, as tho like hath not hereto- 

 fore been uttered of any ; beside the Physickc benefits of each 

 Herbe annexed, with (he conimoditie of WatepSsdistilled out of 

 them, right necessary to be knoweii, 1577. 4to. Again, 1573. 

 Again, in 1008, 4to. and in 1652, foUo. 



1676, A Perfitc Plateformo of a Hoppe-Garden, and neccs- 

 sarie Instructions fur the making and mayiitenance 

 thereof, &c. By REYNOLDE SCOT, Loudon, 4to. 

 lilack Letter, with wood cuts. A previous edition 

 bears the date of 1574, and a subsequent one that of 

 1578. Wood in his Atheuuj Oxonicnsis, says, that 

 Mr. Scot, WPS the younger son of Sir John Scot, of 

 Scots' Hall, near Smeeth in Kent. He was educated 

 at Oxford, and was known for his knowledge of the 

 works of obscure author?. He was very fond of Hus- 

 bandry and Gardening, and his work is more original 

 than his contemporaries usually produced. 



1600. A Posic of Gillie Flowers. By Humphry Glfford. 

 London. 4to. Of this work I know nothing but the 

 name. It is probably only a collection of Poetry. 



150G. Gardener's Labyrinthe. By H. Dethycke. 4to. 

 Black Letter. Again in 1594. These arc oidy edi- 

 tions of Didymus Mountain's work above menlioncd. 

 Mountain it appears was just dead, and Dethycke, 

 who was his friend had promised him to edit the work. 

 **Its instructions and rare secrets," we are told in 

 the dedication are partly translated from the Greek 

 and Latin writers of antiquity ; and partly vvero 

 afforded by living practitioners, Tlie cutulu^ue of 

 •• tender herbcs and pleasant flowers," contains Mai- 



