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by his friend, the poet Barnaby Googe, 

 in 1578. It is entitled, Foure Bookes of 

 Husbandrie, containing the whole art 

 and trade of Husbandrie, Gardening, 

 Graffeing, and Planting, with the an- 

 tiquitie and commendation thereof. 

 Another edition appeared, with additions 

 by Gervase Markham, in 1614. The work 

 is expressed in dialogue form, and to this 

 -we are probably indebted for Isaac Wal- 

 ton's charming, descriptive volume, The 

 Compleat Angler or The Contemplative 

 Marts Recreation. In the first book, 

 Heresbach speaks of husbandry. In the 

 second, after a discussion upon the an- 

 tiquity of horticulture, he treats of gar- 

 dens, orchards, and woods, giving a 

 complete list of the herbs, vegetables, 

 and small fruits as then known, the 

 pruning and care of trees, as also the 

 cultivation of timber. He next dis- 

 courses upon such flowers as are grown 

 for pleasure, among which he mentions 

 the lavender, cotton, gilliflowers, roses, 

 lilies, and violets, giving also directions 



