Old English Herbals. 2 1 1 



Mr. and Mrs. Hofiand. Folio, privately printed, 

 N.D. [about 1820.] 



[This volume contains an introductory ac- 

 count of gardening by Mrs. Hofland.] 

 57. Gleanings on Gardens, chiefly respecting those of 

 the Ancient Style in England. By S. Felton. 

 8vo. London. 1829. Pp. 72 + viii. 



This list brings down the literature of 

 gardening to the commencement of the 

 new school of horticulture. 



But I shall add the particulars of the 

 principal writers or books on HERBS and 

 BEE-CULTURE on a similar principle : 



OLD ENGLISH HERBALS. 



1. The Great Herbal. Folio. 1516, 1526, 1529, 



J 539> J 56i. From the French. 



2. The Little Herbal. 4to. 1525, 1526. From 



the Latin. 



3. A Book of the Properties of Herbs, which is called 



an Herbal. By Walter Gary. 8vo. R. Redman 

 (about 1540). 



[All the editions are undated.] 



4. Macer's Herbal, practised by Dr. Linacre. I2mo. 



[about 1540]. Two editions. 



5. A Little Herbal of the Properties of Herbes. By 



Anthony Ascham. 8vo. 1550. 



6. Turner's Herbal. Folio. 1551. Part II., folio, 



1562. Part III., folio, 1568. With cuts. 



