Book I. 



BRITISH WORKS ON AGRICULTURE. 



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and Tranpes to take Polecats, Buzanls, Rats, Slice, and all 

 other kindes of Vermin and Beasts whatsoever ; nioste pro- 

 fitable tor all W'arriners, and suche as delight in tlris kiltde 

 of sporte and pastime. Loud. 1590. 4to. 

 1601. Anon. 

 G.*l spe. de the Plough. Lond. 4to. 



1601. Plat, Hugh. 



The new and admirable Arte of setting of Corne, with all 

 the necessarie Tooles ; and other Circumstances belonging to 

 the same. Lond. 4to. 



1610. Vang/urn, Rowland. 



Most approved and long experienced Water Works : con- 

 taining the Manner of Summer and Winter drowning of 

 Meadow and Pasture by the Advantage of the least River, 

 Brook-, Fount, or \V it r Trill adjacent. Lond. 4to. 



1013. Markham, Geroase, Jarvise, or Germs. An 

 author who wrote on a great variety of subjects 

 during the reigns of James I. ami Charles I., and 

 died about 1685. He appears, says Harte {Es- 

 says, ii. 32.) to be the first Englishman who deserves 

 to be called a hackney writer. 



1. The English Husbandman ; 2 Parts. Lond. 1613. 4to. 



2. Farewell to Husbandry. Lond. 1620. 4to. 



5- Cheap and Good Husbandry, for the wel ordering of all 

 Beasts and Fowls, &c. J.ond. 1G1G, 1631. 4to. 



4. Enrichment of the Weald of Kent, &c. Lond. 1C20, 

 1631. 4to. 



161ft Stev '".« and J.iebault. 



M isnn Hum que, or the Country Farm; translated into 

 English bv Richard Surflet, Practitioner in Physlcke, newly 

 reviewed, &c; and the Hu-.l.andrie of France, Italy, and 

 Spalne reconciled and made to agree with -ny here in 

 England. By Gervase Markhara. Lond. fol. 

 i 5. Calthorpe, Charles. 



The Relation between a Lord of a Manor and the Copy- 

 holder, his Tenant. Lond. 4to. 



16.39. Platies, Gabriel, author of some tracts on 

 Gardening ; a poor man but a useful writer. Harte 

 says, he had a bold adventurous cast of mind, and 

 preferred the faulty sublime to faulty mediocrity. 

 As great a genius as he was, he was allowed to drop 

 down dead in London streets with hunger; nor had 

 he a shirt upon his back when he died. He be- 

 queathed his papers to Hartlib, who seems to have 

 published but few of them. 



1. Discovery of infinite Treasure, hidden since the World's 

 beginning, in "the Wav of Husbandry. 4to. 



: Z. Discoverie of Subterraneal Treasure, viz. all manner ot 

 Mines ar.d Minerals, from the Gold to the Coal, &C., with di- 

 re^- lions for the rinding them. Lond. 1633. 4to. 



3. Observations and Improvements in Husbandry, with 

 Twenty Experiments. Lord. 1653. -ito. 



1642. I'crmuyden, Sir ft, a native of Holland, and 

 a colonel in Cromwell's army. 



Discourse touching the Dre.ningthe great Fenn> lying within 

 til several (unties of Lincolne, Northampton, Huntingdon, 

 Norfolke, SuBblke, Cambridge, and the Isle of Ely. 4to. 



1645. Weston, Sir Richard. 



D.scourse of Husbandrv used in Brabant and Flanders, shew- 

 ing the wonderful Improvements of Land Here. Lond. 4to. 



1649. Rlith, Walter, an officer in Cromwell's 

 arm., who, with other English gentlemen holding 

 commissions at that time, was eminently useful in 

 introducing improvements into Ireland and Scot- 

 land. 



1. The English Improver, or a new Purvey of Husbandry, 

 discovering to the kingdom that some Land, both Arable and 

 Pasture, may be advanced Double ar.d Treble, and other, Five 

 and Ten fold. Lond. 4to. 



2. The English Improver improved ; or the Survey ot Hus- 

 bandry surveyed. Lond. 1632. 4ro. 3d Edit. 



16ol. Hartlib, Samuel, an ingenious writer on 

 agriculture, and author of several theological tracts. 

 He was the son of a Polish merchant, and came to 

 England, according to Weston, about 1640; but the 

 time when he died is unknown. He was a great 

 promoter of husbandry during the times of the com- 

 monwealth, and was much esteemed by all inge- 

 nious men in those days. Milton addressed to him 

 his treatise on education, and Sir William i etty 

 inscribed two letters to him on the same subject. 

 Cromwell allowed him a pension of 100/. a year. 



1. Legacy; or, an Enlargement on the Discourse of Hus- 

 bandry used in Brabant and Flanders. This work is said in 

 the Crosuj Ltieraria to be written by Robert Child. \\ ith an 

 Appendix. 1631. 4to. Lond. . 



2. Appendix to the Legacy, relating more particularly to 

 the Husbandry and Natural History oflreland. Lond. 1G52. 4to. 



3. Essay on' the Advancement of Husbandry and Learning, 

 with propositions for erecting a College of Husbandry. Lond. 

 1651. !to. . . m _ . . . 



4. The Reformed Husbandman ; or, a brief Treatise ot the 

 Errors, Defects, and Inconvenience of our English Husbandry, 

 in ploughing and sowing for Com ; with the Reasons and ge- 

 neral Remedies, and a large vet faithful Offer or Undertaking 

 for the Benefit of them that will jovn in this good and public 

 Work. Lond. 1651. 4to. __ 



5. Design for Plenty, by a Universal Planting of Trees; ten- 

 dered hy some well-wishers to the Public. Lond. 1G52. 4to. 



6. Discovery for Division or Setting out of Laud in England 

 and Ireland. " Iajnd. 1633. 4to. 



7. The Complete Husbandman; or, a Discourse of Hus- 

 bandry, both Foreign and Domestic. And a particular Dis- 

 course of the Natural History of Husbandry in Ireland. Lond 

 1G">9. 4to. 



1659. Speed, Adam. 



1. Adam out of Eden; or, an Abstract of divers excellent 



4 



{Phil. Trans. Ahr. iii. 



Experiments, touching the Advancement of Agriculture. 

 Lond. 12mo. 



2. Husbandman, Farmer, and Grazier's Complete Instt actor. 

 Lond. 1G97. 12mo. 



1662. Dugdale, William. 



History of the embanking and drayning of divers Fen. and 

 Marshes, both in forrain p<ns and in this I ingdom. Lond. 

 fol. 2d edit. pt. 177'.!. Revised by C. N. Cole, Esq. 



1664. Forster, John. 



England's Happii-.ess increased; or a sure and easie Method 

 against all succeeding dear Years, by a Plantation of the Roots 

 cal ed Potatoes, N:c. Lond. ito. 



1665. Doris<»i, Colonel William. 



The Design for the perfect Draining of the great Level of the 

 Fen, called Bedford Level, with Maps, &c. Lond. -Ito. 



1669. Il'orlidge, John, gentleman, author of some 

 works on gardening. 



Svstema AgTiculrura, &c. Lond. fol. 



1670. Smith, Julia, Gent. 



England's Improvement revived ; plainly discovering the se- 

 veral Ways of improving the several Sorts of waste and barren 

 Grounds, and of enriching all Earths; with tl e natural Quality 

 of all Lands, and the several Seeds and PI nits which naturally 

 thrive therein, obser\ed; togelherwith the manner of planting 

 all Sorts of Timlrer Trees and Untl. xp iiencedin50 



Years' Practice ; in fi Books. Lond. 4to. 1G73. 



16S1. Houghton, John, F.R.& 



A Collection of Letters for the Improvement of Husbandry 

 and Trade. Lond. 4to. Again in 17 2S, 1 vols. Svo, revised 

 by R. Bradley. 



16S3. Lister, Martin, M.D , an eminent physician 

 and natural philosopher ; was born in Buckingham- 

 shire about 1638; practised in London; died 1711-12. 

 He wrote various works. 



Of Plants which may be usefully cultivated for Grass or Hav. 

 1696. {Phil. Trans. N. Mr. iv. 136.) 



1685. Moore, Sir Jonas, Knight, F.R.S., a very 

 respectable mathematician, and surveyor-general of 

 his majesty's ordnance, was born in Lancashire, 

 1617 ; died 1679. 



1. History or Narrative of tie great Level of the Fens called 

 Bedford Level ; with a large M.:;> of the said Level, as drained, 

 surveyed, and described. -Svo. 



2. "England's Int- rest ; or the Gentleman and Farmer's 

 Friend. Lond. 16115. Svo. 



1694. Floyd, Edward. 



1. Account of Locusts in Wales. 



2. On the spontaneous Combustion of several Hay -stacks, &c. 

 {lb. p. 61S.) 



1697. Donaldson, James, a native of Scotland, 

 and one of the earliest and most useful writers on 

 the agriculture of his country. 



Husbandry Anatomised ; or an Enquiry into the present 

 manner of Tilling and Manuring the Ground in Scotland. 

 Edin. 12mo. 



1697. Meager, Leonard, author of The English 

 Gardener and other works. 

 The Msterv of Husbandry. Lond. 12mo. 



17U<>. A'i urse, 'timothy, F.R.S. 



Campania Felix ; or a Discourse of the Benefits and Im- 

 provements of Husbandry. Lond. Svo. 



1707. Mortimer, John, author of some tracts on 

 reiigious education. His works on husbandry were 

 translated into Swedish, and published in Stock- 

 holm, in 1727. 



The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and 

 Improving Land. I.or.d. Svo. 



1717. Laurence, Edirard, brother to John Lau- 

 rence, a clergvman, author of a work on gardening. 

 See A. 1). 175 ,_ 



The Duty of a Steward to his Lord ; with an Appendix on 

 Farming. "Lond. 1727. 4to. 



17 1 Bradlei/, Richard, F.R.S., and Professor of 

 Botanv in the "University of Cambridge; a most vo- 

 luminous writer on gardening, botany, &c. ; died 

 1732. [Encyc. o/Gard. p. 1102.] . 



1. Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening. 



2. The Countr Gentleman, and Farmer's Monthly Director. 



^^Experimental Husbandman and Gardener. Translated 

 om the German of G. A. Agrico'a. Lond. 4 to. 1, 26. 

 4. A Complete Bod-.- of Husbandry. Lond. 1.2,. .s*o. 



5 The Weekly Miscellanv for the Improvement ot Hus- 

 bandrv, Arts, and Sciences. 21 Nos. 1727. 



6 tie Science of Good Husbandry, or the Economy ot Ne- 

 nophon ; translated from the Greek. I.ond. 172l. Svo. 



7 The Riches of a Hop Garden explained, with the i >lerv- 



ations ot the most celebrated Hop Planters in Britain. Lond. 

 1729. Bvo. 



l' r i>eaMsl conoeming the Manner of fallowing Ground, 

 raising of (Jrlss Seeds, aid training of Line and Hemp. hdin. 



mtiawrence, John, M.A., author of The C/er 

 s ,,,nan>s Recreation, a gardening work o use .n .te 

 time : he died in Durham, 1732. {Encyc. oj Uaid. 



P TheNew«v=t^m of Agriculture; being a complete Body of 



HusWrv ami' lar,U, ; o^inal..hepartsof them. Lond. fol. 



1700 if fl , ft, Bo) land- 



Me^felnrtosmR.Fallowtafenantgfo 



- , .."nil, and that in sivlecii \ c.,r> a: far.he.t. tdin. 8vo. 



^man^tewa.dand Tenants of Manors instructed 

 I ond. *>o. 



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