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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



16.13. Plattcs, Gabriel, a poor man, but a useful 

 tviitcr. Harte 3a3S, lie had a bold adrenturous 

 cast of mind, and preferred the faulty sublime to 

 faulty mediocrity. As great a genius as he was, he 

 Was allovved to drop down dead in London streets 

 with hunger ; nor had he a shirt upon his back when 

 lie died. He bequeathed his papers to Hartlib, who 

 seems to hav? published but few of them. 



1. Treatise of Husbandry, l.ond. 1633. 4to. 



, '2. Discourse ofintinite Treasure, hidden since the World's be- 

 C'lnnin^', in the way ot'Husbandrv. Lond. 1639. 1655. 1056. 4to. 

 Ifi-L-i). AdOn. 



1 The Countryman's Ptecreation ; or, the art of Planliiis;, 

 Gratfing, and C4a"rdenin.tj, in three bookes. Lond. 1640. 4to. 

 A\'ith a verfect Hlalforme of a Hop-Garden. 



2. The expert Gardener, collected out of Dutch and French 

 Authors. 1610. An etlition with cuts in 16 jl. 



164j. IVcston, Sir Richard, of Sutton, in Surrey. 

 He was ambassador from England to Frederick V. 

 Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, in 1619. He 

 was present at the famous battle of Prague, and his 

 curious relation of it in a letter is still preserved in 

 Ms. It is remarked in the Philosophical Tr ansae 

 Hons, that England has profited in agriculture to 

 the amount of many millions in consequence of the 

 Flanders husbandry liaving been made known by 

 Sir R. Weston's book. 



A Discours of Hushandrie used In Brabant and Flanders ; 

 shewing the wonderful improvement of land there ; and 

 serring as a pattern for our practice in this Commonwealth. 

 Lond. 1645. 4 to. 2i liases. 



164.'). nail, Joseph'. This author lived at Shedley, 

 in Yorksliire ; an extract from his work may be 

 seen in the ^^tlseu»/ liusticum. 



An Essay on Timber Trees. 



1649. Biiih or Blijthe, Walter, an officer in Crom- 

 well's army, who, with other English gentlemen, 

 holding commissions at tliat time, was eminently 

 useful in introducing improvements into Ireland 

 and Scotland. 



The English Improver Improved ; or, the Survey of Hus- 

 bandry Surveyed, discovering the Improveableness of all 

 Lands ; by W'a. Blith, a lover of InLronuity. I>ond. 4to. 



This is an original and incomparable v.ork for the time. 



1631. Harllih, Sayniicl, an ingenious writer on 

 agriculture, and author of several theological 

 tracts, was the son of a Polish merchant, and came 

 to England about 1640. He was a great promoter of 

 Imsbandry during the times of tlie commonwealth, 

 and was much esteemed by all ingenious men in 

 those days. ^lilton addre^se^to him his treatise 

 on education, and Sir William Petty inscribed two 

 letters to him on the same subject. Cromwell al- 

 lowed him a pension of a hundred pounds a-year. 



A Designe for Plentie, by an universall Plantin;; of Fruit- 

 trees ; tendered by some U'el-wishers to the Public. Lon- 

 don, without date, but probably lG5,i. 4to. Published by 

 Hartlib, who had the MS. from the Hon. Colonel John 

 Bark,stead, lieutenant of the Tower. The author was an 

 aged minister of the Gospel, at Loving-land near Yarmouth. 



16;)3. Austen, Ralph, author of several works on 

 theology, all printed at Oxford, where he seems to 

 have lived, and died probably about 1680. 



1. A Treatise of Fruit-Trees. ' Showing the manner of 

 Grafting, Setting, Pruning, and Ordering of them in all res- 

 jiects ; according to divers new and easy Rules of experience; 

 fathered in the si>ace of twenty yeares. Whereby the value of 

 Lands may be much improved, In a short time, by small 

 cost, and little labour. Also discovering lome dangerous Er- 

 rors, both in the Theorv and Practice of the Art of Plant- 

 ing Fruit-trees. 'With the Alimentall and Physicall use of 

 fruits. Togeatber with the Spiriluall use of "an Orchard. 

 Held forth in divers Similitudes betv.eene Xaturall and Spi- 

 ritual Fruit-trees ; according to Scripture and Experience. 

 Bv Ra. Austen. Practiser iii the Art of Planting. Oxford, 

 1655. 4to. 



1656. Tradescanf, John, a Dutchman, but tlie pe- 

 riod of liis coming to England is unknown. He is 

 said to have been some time in the service of Lord 

 Treasurer Salisbury, and Lord Wooton. He tra- 

 velled as far eastward as Russia ; was in the fleet 

 that was sent against the Algerines in 1620, on 

 which occasion he collected plants in Barbary and 

 the isles of tlie IMeditcrranean. About 1629 he ob- 

 tained the title of gardener to Charles I. When he 

 founded his garden at Lambeth is not exactly 

 known ; but there he collected the first considerable 

 collection of natural history ever formed in this 

 country. His museum was called Tradescant's Ark, 

 and was rnucli frequented by the groat. He had a 

 son of the same name, who took a voyage to "\"irginia, 

 and brought home many new plants. Tradescant's 

 sniderwort and aster aVe among the ninnber of 

 l)lants introduced by them. In what year the elder 

 Tradescant died is uncertain, but he was an old man 

 when his book was published. The son inherited the 

 museum, and bequeathed it by a deed of gift to Elias 

 Ashmole, Esq., who lodged in Trade-scant's house. 

 It afterwards became part of the Ashmolean mu- 

 scum, and ih? liauic of Tradescant was unjustly sunk 



in that of Ashmole. John, the son, died in 1662 : 

 his widow contested the will, and upon losing her 

 cause, it is said she drowned herself A curious ac- 

 count of the remains of the Lambeth garden, drawn 

 up in the year 1749 by Sir W. Watson, is printed in 

 the 46th vol. of the Philosophical Transactions ; and 

 of the family monument erected by Mrs< Ashmole, in 

 the 63d vol. of that work. 

 Catalogue of the plants in his garden. 



1657. Beale, John, a Herefordshire gentleman. 



1. -A Treatise on Fruit Trees, shewing their Ulanner of 

 Grafting, Pruning, and Ordering : Of Cider and Perry : Of 

 Vineyards in England, 6:c. Oxf. 1653, 1657, 4to. 16G5, l^mo, 



'I. 'The Hereford Orchards ; a pattern for the whole of Eng- 

 land. Lond. 1657, l2mo. Svo. 



3. Observations on some parts of Bacon's Xatural History, as 

 it concerns Fruit Trees, Fruits, and Flowers. Oxf. 165S. 4to. 

 Printed along with the work entitled, A Treatise on Fruit 

 Trees, 1665. 12mo. 



4. Geneial Advertisement concerning Cider. — Letters about 

 Improvement of Nurseries, Orchards, &c. Lond. 1677. 4to. 



1658. Browne, Sir Thomas, M.D., an eminent phy- 

 sician and antiquary, was born in London, 1605, 

 died 1682. 



1. Hydriotaphia ; or, a Discourse of Sepulchral Urns lately 

 found in Norfolk ; together with the Garden of Cyrus, or the 

 Quincuncial Lozenage, or Net-work Plantation of the An- 

 cients, artihciallv, naturally, and mystically considered. Lond. 

 1658. Svo. 



'I. Certain Miscellany Tracts in Scripture, of Gardens. 

 Lond. 16S4. Svo. 



1658. Evelyn, John, F. R. S., an eminent natural 

 philosopher and patriot, was born at Wotton, in 

 Surrey, the seat of his father, Richard Evelyn, Esq. j 

 the 31st of October, 1620 : after he had finished his 

 education at Oxford, liis philosophic turn of mind 

 induced him to tjuit his native country, rather than 

 engage in the civil war then breaking out, and in 

 1644, he set out to make the tour of Europe. He 

 wrote on a variety of subjects, philosophical, politi- 

 cal, and literary, and died on the 27th of February 

 1705-6, in the 86th j-ear of his age, and was interred 

 at Wotton. 



In 1S19, Memoii-5 of .T. Evelyn, Esq., including liis Diarv, 

 were published by AVilliam Bray (in 2 vols. 4to.), a very interest- 

 ing book, as affording a faithful picture of the limes in which 

 he lifed, and a good idea of the gardens on the continent at the 

 time he travelled, and those of England at the end of the 17th 



1. The French Gardener, instructing how to cultivate all 

 sorts of Fruit-Trees and Kerbs for the (jarden ; togather with 

 directions to dry and conserve them in their natural state. 

 Loud. 1658, Svo. ; 



2. Fumifugium ; or, the Inconvenience of the -\ir and Smoke 

 of London dissipated ; together with some Remedies humbly 



J>ropased. Lond. 1661. IJmo. This work was addressed to 

 lis Majesty King Charles II., and published by his express 

 command. The author proposes the removal of such trades as 

 require great Hres, live or six miles out of London, towards 

 Greenwich ; also of slaughter-houses and chandlers ; and to 

 plant fragrant nurseries and gardens in the low grounds near 

 the city. The lime-trees in St. James's Park were planted in 

 consequence of tliis suggestion. 



3. Sylva ; or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propaga- 

 tion of Timber in His ;\Iajesty's Dominions. To which is an- 

 nexed, Pomona ; or, an .-Vppendix conceniing Fruit Trees in 

 relation to Cider, the making and several ways of ordering it. 

 Lond. 16G4. fol. Dr. Hunter, of New York, published an ele- 

 gant edition, with cojiious Notes and Engravings, in 1776, 

 2 vols. 4to. 



4. Kalendarium Hortense ; or, the Gardener's Almanac, di- 

 recting what he is to do monthly throughout the year, and 

 what Fruits and Flowers are in their prime. Lond. 1664. Svo. 



5. Terra ; a Philosophical Discourse of Earth, relating to the 

 Culture and Improvement of it for vegetation and the propa- 

 gation of Plants, as it was presented to the Koval Society, 

 April 23. 1675. Lond. 1675. fol. 



6. Pomona; a Discourse conceriiing Cider. Lond. 1679. fol. 



7. Monsieur de la Quintinye's Treatise of Orange-Trees, with 

 the raising of Melons, omitted in the French editions, made 

 English bv J. E. Lond. 1698. 



S. Acet'aria; or, a Discourse of SalleU- Lond. 1699. Sto. 



1660. Shan-ock, Robert, LL. D., prebendary of 

 "Winchester, born in Buckinghamshire in the i7th 

 century, author of various judicial and theological 

 works ; died 1634. 



1. The History of the Propagation and Improvement ofA'e- 

 getables by the concurrence of Art and Nature. Written ac 

 cording to Observations made from Experience and Practice. 

 Oxford, 1660. Svo. 



2. Improvements to the Art of Gardening; or, an exact 

 Treatise of Plants. Lond. 1694. fol. 



1662. Cowley, Abraham, an eminent English poet, 

 was born in London 1618 ; began to write poems at 

 the age of fifteen ; lived in terms of intimacy with 

 Evelyn and other eminent men of his time ; went to 

 court ; but at last, Spence informs us, he grew sick 

 of going there, " took a house first at Batterspa and 

 then at Chertsey, always farther and farther from 

 town, where he'died in" 1667. His death. Pope ob- 

 serves, was owing to a mere accident. He went 

 with Dean Sprat, who afterwards published his life 

 and writings, to dine at a neiglibor's house, who ac- 

 cording to the fashion of the timps, made them too 

 welcome. They did not set out for their walk home 

 till it was late, an.d had drank so dccj) that they lay 



