CONTENTS. 



I. PRELIMINARIES i 



II. LITERARY ANTIQUITIES THE VOCABU- 

 LARIES THE FIRST ENGLISH WORK 

 ON GARDENING 1 1 



III. ELIZABETHAN GARDENING THE EAR- 



LIEST GARDENER'S CALENDAR 

 BACON AND EVELYN ... 22 



IV. THE FRENCH AND DUTCH SCHOOLS 



EVELYN AND THE "FRENCH GAR- 

 DENER " His " SYLVA " JOHN 

 WORLIDGE GARDENING IN SCOT- 

 LAND 34 



V. HERBALS, PHYSIC-GARDENS, AND BEES 46 

 VI. THE KITCHEN-GARDEN ALEXANDER 

 NECKAM AND JOHANNES DE GAR- 

 LANDIA THE GARDENS AT SHEEN, 

 GREENWICH, AND SOMERSET HOUSE 

 SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE'S GARDEN 

 AT SHEEN KEW GARDENS GAR- 

 DENS IN AND ABOUT LONDON IN 1691 



