The firft Booke of 



t^otreinc Writers. 



AUxander Polyhiftor, Hefwdu^.ThesphraJlm, Bemocritm, Homer, Timam the Mathematician. 



y THE SEVENTEENTH BOOKE CONTAI^ 

 neth the nature of trees planted, fet, and well 

 keptinHortyards^ 



chap, 



1 . Trees of wonderful! pricCi 



2, Of the nature of heaven and the skie refpe- 

 dive unto trees ;and what part of the skie 

 they ought to regard. 



^. The focietic and accord of the climate and 

 the foilerequifit for trees. 



4. The qualities of the ground in divers regi- 

 ons. 



5. Sundriekinds of ground and earth. 



6. Of a kind of earth or marie that they in Bri- 

 taine and Fraunee fet much ftore by. 



7. What the Grcckes have taught, and what 

 rules they have given as touching this point. 



8. Of more kinds of earth. 



The ufc of allies, and of dung: what plants 

 will enrich the ground and make it more 

 battell : contrariwile, which they bee that 

 burne out the heart thereof. 



10. The planting or letting of trees : how to 

 make a fion or flip to take and grow againe 

 that is plucked from the root of the ftocke. 



11. Of tranfplaniingoutof feminariesj yong 

 trees that came ofpcpins and feeds. 



12. The fpacesbetweene anddiitancetobee 

 regarded in planting trees : thelliadow and 

 droppingSjCitherfrom houlc eaves or other 

 trees. 



ij.What trees grow apace, and which thrive 

 but flowly : alfo of the Savine. 



14. Therettingandgraffing imps and fions of 

 trees in the ftocke or cliffc. 



1 5. Ofthe manner how to graffe a vine. 



I a. Of inoculation or gtaffing in the Icafe or 

 Icutcheon with a plaftre. 



chap. 



17. An example or experiment of this kind of 

 graffing. 



18. The order of planting and husbanding 

 olives: and which is the proper time for 

 graffing. 



ip. What trees love the companie and focie- 

 tic of others: the skill of baring the roots 

 about trees J cutting off their lijperfluous 

 fpurns, and raifing hills about the roots. 



20. Of willow banks and rows of ofiers: of pla- 

 ces where reeds and canes are nouriflied -.of 

 other plants ufed to be cut^ for poles, pear- 

 ches, Itakesjand forkes. 



2i»The manner of plantingvines :the skill of 

 trimming them, 



22. The furrow about vines : and the pruning 

 of them. 



2 3. The manner of planting trees to ferve for 

 vines to run upon. 



24. How to keepeandprcfcrve grapes : the d 

 eafes incident to trees. 



25. Of fundrie prodigious and monftrous 

 fights fliewed in trees: alio of an olive yard 

 which in old time removed , and was tranf- 

 planted from one fide of a great high way 

 to the other. 



26. Remedies againft the difeafcs and imperfe- 

 dions or faults in trees. 



27. Of Icarification and paring of trees: and 

 the manner of dunging them. 



28. Divers medicines againft venemous beafts 

 andpifmiresj and other creatures noiibme 

 and hurtfull to trees. 



In fummc, here bee contained notable matters^ ftorics^andobfervations^ to the number of 

 five hundred eightie and one. 



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 FabianuSy Sura Manliu^^ Vorfmtu Mftndtfs^ Cairn Epidicus^andL, PiJo, 



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