Book i. 



BRITISH WORKS ON AGRICULTURE. 



1207 



and Trappes to take Polecats, Biirards, Rats, Mice, and all 

 other kindes of Vermin and Beasts whatsoever ; moste pro- 

 fitable for all Warriners, and suche as delight in this kinde 

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

 1601. Anon. 



God speede the Plough. Lond. 4to. 

 1601. Plat, Hugh. 



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

 the necessarie Tooles ; and other Circunastances belonging to 

 the same. Lond. 4to. 



1610. f'aughan, Rowland. 



Most approved and long experienced Water Works : con- 

 taining the Manner of hummer and Winter drowning of 

 Meadow and Pasture bv the Advantage of the least Kiver, 

 Brooke, Fount, or ^Vat,"f Trill adjacent. Lond. 4to. 



1613. Markham, Gej-vase, Jarvise, or Gervas. An 

 author who wrote on a great variety of subjects 

 during the reigns of James 1. and Charles I., and 

 died about 168.5. 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. 1C13. 4to. 



5i. Farewell to Husbandry. I^nd. 165!0. 4to. 



3. Cheap and Good Husbandry, for the well ordering of all 

 Beasts and Fowls, &c. Lond. 1616, 1631. 4to. 



4. Enrichment of the Weald of Kent, &c. Lond. 1620, 

 1631. 4to. 



1616. Stevens and JJebault. 



JIaison Rustique, or the Countrv- Farm ; translated into 

 English by Richard Surflet, Practitioner in Physicke, newly 

 reviewed, &c. ; and the Husbandrie of France, Italy, and 

 Spaine reconciled and made to agree with any here in 

 England. By Gervase Markham. Lond. fol. 



1635. Calthorpe, Charles. 



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

 liolder, his Tenant. Lond. 4to. 



1639. Plattes, 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 tlie World's 

 beginning, in the Way of Husbandry. 4to. 



5J. Discoverie of Subterraneal Treasure, viz. all manner of 

 Mines and Minerals, from the Gold to the Coal, &c., with di- 

 rections for the finding them. Lond. 1653. 4to. 



3. Observations and Improvements in Husbandry, wi;h 

 Twenty Experiments. Lend. 1653. -ito. 



1642. Vermuyden, Sir C, a native of Holland, and 

 a colonel in Cromwell's army. 



Discourse touching the Drevning the great Fenns lying within 

 the several Counties of Lincolne, Northampton, Huntingdon, 

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



1645. Weston, Sir Richard. 



Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant and Flanders, shew- 

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



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

 army, 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 Survey of Husbandry, 

 discovering to the kingdom that some I^nd, l,oth Arable and 

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

 and Ten fold. Lond. 4to. 



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

 bandry surveyed. Lond. 1652. 4io. 3d Edit. 



1651. 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 Petty 

 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 Census LUeraria to be written by Robert Child. With an 

 Appendi.x. 1651. 4to. Lond. 



2. Appendix to the Legacy, relating more particularly to 

 the Husbandry and Natural History of Ireland. Lond. 1G52. 4to. 



3. Essay on the Advancement of Hu.sbandry and Learning, 

 with propositions for erecting a College of Husbandry. Lond. 

 1651. 4to. 



4. The Reformed Hu.sbandmcin ; c", a brief Treatise of 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 yet faithful Offer or Undertaking 

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

 Work. Lond. 1651. 4to. 



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

 dered by some well-wishers to the Public. Lond. 1652. 4to. 



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

 and Ireland. Lond. 1653. 4to. 



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

 bandry, both Foreign and Domestic And a particular Dis- 

 course oS the Natural History of Husbandry in Ireland. Lond 



1659. 4to, 

 1659. Speed, Adam, 

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



Experiments, toudiing tlie Advancement of Agriculture 

 Lond. 12mo. 



2. Husbandman, Fanner, and Grazier's Complete Instructor. 

 Lond. 1697. 12mo. 



1662. Duedale, William. 



History of tlie embanking and drayning of divers Fens and 

 Marshes, both in forrain parts and in this kingdom. Lond. 

 fol. 2d edit. pt. 1772. Revised by C. N. Cole, E.sq. 



1664. Forster, John. 



England's Happiness increased ; or a sure and easie Method 

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

 called Potatoes, &c. Lond. 4to. 



1665. Dodson, Colonel William. 



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

 Fen, called Bedford Level, with Maps, &c. Lond. 4to. 



]fJ69. Worltdge, John, gentleman, author of some 

 works on gardening. 



Systema Agricultura, &r. Lond. fol. 



1670. Smith, John, Gent 



England's Improvement revived ; plainly discovering the se- 

 veral Ways of improving the several Sorts of waste and harren 

 Grounds, and of enriching all Earths ; with the natural Quality 

 of all l.ands, and the several Seeds and Plants which naturally 

 thrive therein, observed ; to^jether with the manner of planting 

 all Sorts of Timber Trees and Underwoods ; experienced in 30 

 Years' Practice ; in 6 Books. Lond. 4to. 1673. 



168 i. Houghton, John, F.K.S. 



A Co'iection of Letters for the Improvement of Husbandry 

 and Trade. Lond. 4to. Again in 172S, 4 vols. 8vo, revised 

 by R. Bradley. 



1683. 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. 



Cf Plants which m.ay be usefullv cultivated for Grass or Hay. 

 1G96. {PhU. Trans. N. Mr. iv. 136.) 



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

 respectable mathematician, and surveyor-general of 

 his majesty's ordnartce, was born in Lancashire, 

 1617 ; died 1679. 



1. History or Narrative of the great Level of the Fens railed 

 Bedford Level ; with a large Map of the said Level, as drained, 

 surveyed, and described. 8yo. 



2. England's Interest; or the Gentleman and tarmer's 

 Friend. Lond. 1695. 8vo. 



1694. Floyd, Edivard. 



1. Account of Locusts in Wales. (PhU. Trans. Alr.iW. 

 p. 617.) 



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

 (16. p. 618.) 



1C97. 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. - ~, r, , 



1697. Meager, Leonard, author of The English 

 Gardener and other works. 



The Mvstery of Husbandry. Lond. 12mo. 



1700. 'Kaurse, Timothy, F.K.S. 



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

 provements of Husbandry. Lond. 8vo. 



1707. Mortimer, John, author of some tracts on 

 religious 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 Jlanagmg and 

 Improving Land. Ix)nd. 8vo. , t l t 



1717. Laurence, Edward, brother to John Lau- 

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

 (See A. D. 1726.) ^ . ^ ^ 



The Duty of a Steward to his Lord ; w^ith an Appendix on 

 Farming. Lond. 1727. 4to. , -n r c 



1721. Bradley, Richard, F.R.S., and Professor of 

 Botany in the University of Cambridge; a most vo- 

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

 1732. {Encyc.ojGard.^i.nm.) , ,, , . 



1. Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardenmg. 



3. Experimemal Husbandman and Gardener. Translated 

 from the German cf G. A. A gricola. Lond. 4to^ 1726. 



4. A Complete Body of Husbandry'. Lond. 1/27. ovo- 



5. The Weekly Miscellany for the Improvement ot Hus- 

 bandry, Arts, and Sciences. 21 Nos. 1727. 8vo. 



6. -Ihe Science of Good Husbandry, or the Economy of Xe- 

 nophon ; translated from U.e Greek. Lond. 1727. 8vo. 



7. The Riches of a Hop Garden explained, with the Observ- 

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

 1729. 8vo. 



1724. Anon. , , . ^ j 



A Treatise concerning the Manner of fallowing Ground. 



rai-sins of Grass Seeds, and training of Lme and Hemp. Edm. 



^^il<i.6^1lawrence, John, M. A., author of The Cler- 

 gyman's Recreation, a gardening work of use in its 

 time ; he died in Durham, 1732. {Encyc. of Gard. 



The New Svstem of Agriculture; being a complete Body of 

 Husbandry and Gardening in all the parts of them. Lond. toU 



1729. Mackintosh, Borland. 



Essay on Ways and Means for Inclosing, Fallowing, Planting. 

 5ec. Scotland, and that in sixteen Years at farthest. Edin. 8vo. 



1730. Richards, John. . i . 

 The Gentleman's Ste\vard and Tenants of JIanors instructed 



Lond. 8vo. 



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