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a bowling alley." Thomas Hill was a volu- 

 minous writer who drew his materials mainly 

 from Latin authors. In 1563 he published 

 A most briefe and pleasaunt treaty se teachynge 

 how to dress ^ soive^ and set a garden^ gathered 

 out of the principallest authors in this art. 

 Hill refers to Pliny and Columella, and deals 

 with aspect, with the choice of site, the qualities 

 of the ground, fencing and enclosures ; and to 

 these are added some notes on the properties of 

 plants and herbs, maxims as to the times and 

 seasons to be observed in planting, and remarks 

 on the signs of the zodiac. The book is a small 

 octavo, printed in black letter, and Hill states 

 that the " lyke, hitherto, hath not been published 

 in the Englishe tungue." The first edition is 

 lost. In 1568 he published a third edition 

 under the title of The proffitable Arte of 

 Gardenings with additions, treatises on bees, 

 and "yeerly conjectures meet for husbandmen 

 to know." Five subsequent editions of this 

 book were published in the years 1574, 1579, 

 1586, 1593, 1608. Two woodcuts of designs 

 for mazes are given — one circular in a. square, 

 the other square ; these were to be formed, 

 " with Issop and Thyme or Lavender Cotton 

 spike masserome " ; in each angle of the square 

 was to be planted a fine fruit-tree, and " in the 

 myddle of it a proper herber decked with Roses 

 or else some fayre tree of Rosemary or other 

 Fruite." The third edition also contains five 



