Austen, Balph 



A Treatise of Fruit-trees, shewing the manner of Planting, Graft- 

 ing, Pruning, and ordering of them in all respects;. . .whereunto is 

 annexed Observations upon Sr. Fran. Bacon's Natural History, as 

 it concerns Fruit-trees, Fruits, and Flowers; also, Directions for 

 Planting of Wood for Building, Fuel, and other uses; whereby the 

 Value of Lands may be much Improved in a short time, with small 

 Cost and little Labour. The Third Impression, Eevised, with Ad- 

 ditions, by Ea. Austen, Practiser in the Art of Planting. 

 Deut. 20.10: Thou shalt not destroy the Trees, being trees for 

 meat; for the Tree of the Field is mans life. 



Amos 4.4: They shall Plant Gardens, and eat the fruits of them. 

 Oxford, 1665. Printed by William Hall, for Amos Curteyne, 260&82 

 p. 1514 cm., old calf (probably rebound.) 



The Analysis and Table of Contents are very entertaining', but 

 hardly- the thing- for ready reference. The information is use- 

 ful and simply expressed, and the wholly unrelated subjects 

 treated in succeeding paragraphs are an index to the leisurely 

 and philosophical attitude of the seventeenth century. Copious 

 Biblical and classical quotations are incorporated in the text, 

 and tlie very evident sincerity and infatuation for his subject 

 on the author's part put one in instant sympathy with him. 

 In revising Sir Francis Bacon's Natural History Austen pleads 

 Bacon's own desire (in his "Advancement of Learning"). "That 

 the Writings of speculative men upon active matter seems to 

 men of experience to be but as dreams and dotage: And that 

 it were to be wished, (as that which would make Learning 

 indeed solid and useful) that active men would or could become 

 writers." 



The author agitates the enactment of laws to encourage hus- 

 bandry and forestry, and the appointment of officers to enforce 

 them and advise the less learned agriculturists. Rather interest- 

 ing in these days of Forestry Service and Farm Advisers. 

 The first edition of the Treatise of Fruit-trees appeared in 1653. 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. 



Barry, Patrick 



The fruit garden; a treatise intended to explain and illustrate the 

 physiology of fruit trees, the theory and practice of all operations 

 connected with the propagation, transplanting, pruning and train- 

 ing of orchard and garden trees, as standards, dwarfs, pyramids, 

 espaliers, etc.; the laying out and arranging different kinds orchards 

 and garden, the selection of suitable varieties for different pur- 

 poses and localities, gathering and preserving fruits, treatment of 

 diseases, destruction of insects, descriptions and uses of imple- 

 ments, etc. 

 New York, 1860. Saxton & Barker, xii&389 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. 



Buell, 



Cider makers manual, Buffalo,, 1869. 



Do-WTung, Andrew Jackson 



Fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and 

 management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with 

 descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, 

 cultivated in this country. . .illustrated with many engravings. 

 New York, 1845. Wiley and Putnam, xiv&590 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. 

 (rebound) 



The library has also the editions and reprints of 18.46, 1849, 

 1858, and 1880, the latter two corrected by Charles Downing. 

 One of the best-known American horticulturists, and the Amer- 

 ican pioneer in horticulture and landscape gardening. 



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