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EARLY CATALOGUES OF PLANTS 

 THE DUKE OF BEDFORD'S BOTANICAL 



PUBLICATIONS 54 



VII. THE ANCIENT AND MODERN ARBOUR 



GROTTOES GARDEN LIFE . . 72 

 VIII. WINDOW-GARDENINGCOTTAGE GAR- 

 DENS IN 1677 INFLUENCE OF ASTRO- 

 LOGY WARMING APPARATUS 

 VARIEGATION OF FOLIAGE . . 78 



IX. BACON AS A GARDENER ... 90 

 X. HERBS AND VEGETABLES HIGH 

 PRICE OF VEGETABLES IN EARLY 

 TIMES THE SUBURBS OF LONDON 

 CELEBRATED AS A GROWING-GROUND 

 RARITY AND ESTIMATION OF THE 

 POTATO ASPARAGUS SANITARY 

 VALUE OF VEGETABLES . . . 115 



XL FRUIT-TREES HOME-MADE WINE- 

 BEER BACON AND SHAKESPEARE 

 ON THE STRAWBERRY . . . 127 

 XII. FRUIT-TREES (continued} THE PEACH, 

 THE QUINCE, THE MEDLAR, THE 

 PlNE-APPLE, AND THE POMEGRAN- 

 ATE INTRODUCTION OF THE BLACK 

 MULBERRY. RHUBARB LEMONS 

 THE TOOL-HOUSE ESPALIERS AND 

 PRUNING FOREST TREES ANCIENT 

 SURVIVALS HOOKE'S " MICRO- 

 GRAPH1A " AND MOSSES . . .142 



