THE 



HISTORY 



OF THE 



Propagation & Improvement 



VEGETABLES 



l>y the concurrence of 



<iArt and future: 



Shewing the fevcral ways for the Propaga- 

 tion of Plants ufually cultivated in England^ they 

 are incrcafed by Seed, Off fets, Suckers. Truncheons, Cur 

 tings, Slips, Laying, Circumpofirion, the feveral ways of 

 Graftings and Inoculation^as iikewife the methods for Im 

 provement and heft Culture of Field, Orchard, and Garden 

 Plants, the means ufed for remedy of Annoyances incident 

 to rhem *, with the tflfcCT of Nacure, and her manner of 

 working upon the feverai Endeavors and Operations of the 

 ARTIST. 



Written according to Observations 

 made from Lxperience and Practice : 



By Robert SharrocJ^y Fellow of New Colledge. 



Oxford: Printed by A, Lichfield^ Printer to the 

 A. Univernty, for Tim Rohinfom 1660, 



