Gardens, Orchards, Meadows, Pastures, Cornlands, Woods, and Cop- 

 pices; as also of fruits. Corn, Grain, Pulse, New Hays, Cattle, Fowl, 

 Beasts, Bees, Silk Worms, etc. With an account of the several In- 

 struments and Engines used in this Profession; To which is added 

 Kalendarium Eusticum; or, The Husbandmaus Monthly Directions. 

 Also the Prognosticks of Dearth, Scarcity, Plenty, Sickness, Heat, 

 Cold, Frost, Snow, Winds, Eain, Hail, Thunder, etc. And Diction- 

 arium Eusticum: or, the Interpretation of Eustick Terms. The 

 whole Work being of great Use and Advantage to all that delight 

 in that most Noble Practice. The Second Edition carefully Cor- 

 rected and Amended, with many large and useful Additions through- 

 out the whole Work: By the Author. Published for the Common 

 Good: By J. W. Gent. 



London, 167.5. Printed by J. C. for Thomas Dring. 324 p., illus., front. 

 30 cm., folio calf. 



Several quaint engravings. 



The Prooemium or Preface in praise of Agriculture refers to 



the high esteem in which the ancients held the occupation and 



cites illustrious examples such as Cyrus, Lysander, Pliny, Cato, 



Plato, Attilus, Cicero, and many others. 



"An esteemed work." — Lowndes. 



FRUITS 



"Close by the Gates a spacious Garden lies. 



From Storms defended, and inclement Skies; 



Four Acres was th' allotted Space of Ground, 



Fenc'd with a Green Enclosure all around. 



Tall-thriving Trees confess'd the thriving Mold; 



The Eed'ning Apple ripens here to Gold. 



Here the Blue Figs with luscious Juice o'erflows; 



With deeper Eed the full Pomegranate grows: 



The branch here bends beneath the weighty Pear, 



And verdant Olives flourish all the Year." 



Homer-Odyssey, Bk. 7. 

 This description of The Garden of Alcinous as translated by 

 Euston, is taken from Switzer's Husbandry (Ichnographia Rus- 

 tica) on pages 8, 9. 



American horticultural society 



Transactions, vol. 1-5, 1883-188S. 



Indianapolis, 1883-1886, 1888. Carlton & Hollenbeck. Vols. 1-5 in 



10 illus. 24 cm. cl. 



Vol. 1-2, 1883-1884 under title Mississippi Valley horticultural society. 



Transactions. 



Vol. 5 contains report of the 8th annual meeting, held in San Jose, 



California, and Eiverside, California 



American pomological society 



Proceedings: 



1873-75 1899-1901 



1881-83 1903- 05 



1885-87 1907- 09 



1889-91 1911- 13 



189^-97 



Published by the society, 1873-91. (31 cm.) 



Published by the society, 1895-1913. (24 cm.) illus. % lea. 



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