Evelyn and the "French Gardener'' 3 7 



JAM, as an ingredient in our culinary economy, 

 does not date much further back than the 

 middle of the seventeenth century, when the 

 French Gardener was adapted by Evelyn to 

 English readers. The third part of this work, 

 in the original, is occupied by directions for 

 preserving, candying, and pickling fruits ; and 

 in the English version this is digested and 

 abridged in four sections, accompanied by an 

 engraving, in which we are admitted to the 

 interior of a chamber, where women are en- 

 gaged in the various processes. 



Evelyn produced in 1664 his tripartite 

 volume, containing the Sylva or Discourse of 

 Forest Trees ; Pomona, or An Appendix con- 

 cerning Fruit-Trees, in relation to Cider ; and 

 the Kalendarium Hortense, or Gardener's 

 Almanac, Directing what he is to do monthly 

 throughout the year. The first division com- 

 prises many plants, such as jessamine, laurel, / 

 and holly, which rather belong to the flower- 

 garden or shrubbery. But it is a piece of 

 work to be taken as it is found, for it was 

 really the earliest effort to draw attention, not 

 merely to the various kinds of trees in our 



