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Ihihe Garden of Eden,<>r aK Accomptofthe Culture of Flowers and Fruits 
now gromng in England \ with particular Kulesjhovo to advance their Na- 
ture and Gromh^as rveU in Seeds ^;^^ Herbs, as in ordering of Trees and 
Shrubs : In 2 parts ^ in 80. written by Sir Hugh Piatt Ktvnewly reprinted, 
THis,I thinkjis the firft time, I take notice of afcnall parcel of a lateWri- 
ter,only reprinted5and without additions. And this I do with great re- 
fpeds for the pains he took,to proniote, follicite and connmunicat Experi- 
ments and Inventions j to accommodate all occafions of Human Life,for all 
conditions of men 5 forNecefraries,and in all extremities !> and for Delica- 
cies, Treats and Entertainments, and generally with more than ordinary 
fuccefs. This will appear l)y a few Touches, whichlfhall here give upon 
three of his Books formerly publifh't i. This Garden. 2, Wis Jewel- 
houje, ^,HisClofet, 
i, The fecond part of his Garden came forth pollhume A. 1660 \ in the 
preface of which 'tis faid. That the Firll: part had four Imprellions in left 
than fix years. This Colledion (as himfelf computes them) is of 200 Ex- 
periments in that tirft part.and of 1 18 in the fecond part. Not, that he af- 
iumes them all for his cwn Experiments, nor gives his warrant for them 
all ; But whatever he could obtain from all the famous Gardinersof his 
time about London or elfewhere,by exchanges of his own difcoveries, or by 
purchafe,or by frequent vifits, or by addreffes^he briefly publi{hed,conlknt- 
ly naming or indicating the right Author, Thcfe he calls his hng^c eft ly and 
laborious Colledlions^not written at adventure, or by an imaginary conceit 
in a Scholars private ftudy,but wrung out of the Earth by the painful hand 
of E;)c/)m>f^c^,faith)he. And this fmall Manual may do Gardiners more good, 
than many large and methodical Volumes, which are fitter to furnifli the 
Libraries of Theorifl:s,than to grace our Gardens with the beftdemonftra- 
tions of this pradlical and operative part of Nature. 
W e want more fuch worthy perfons,to report the progrefs of all Tryals 
and Improvements in thefe afFairs,ever ijncc his Majefties reftauration.And 
now more efpecially,fince the Inoculating o{ herbs ^ flowers and Jhrubs^ and 
thcgraffing in Roots^zud the mixing and uniting of Vegetables by the Kiots^ 
and ihctwills of the roots and Jiemsjnclofed under one bark^or rind^zndmdLny 
other operations upon bulbous fiowers^zxt inadvan'ce,upon grounds of well- 
vronhrmed Experiments i and fince the Anatome of Vegetables^ which may 
dired the moll curious operations,is(b accurately handled fas will ihortly 
farther appear, J and withall. fince we begin to difcourfe fo warmly of pro- 
pagating Mulberits and Vines in England : For the later of which our Au- 
thor hath given us good afTuranceand encouragement in his fecond part of 
Gardens,5fd/.4o. 
Mean while we muft acknowkdge,that fome of our Englifij have lately 
done excellently well for Gardens and Orchards. And the hrft and befl Ma- 
lier in France^tot the manner of J^'alling fruit : The Sieur le Gendre, and 
the French Gardiner were elegantly Englifh't about the year i6<^o.Eut yet 
xhis was peculiar in our Author, that he excited the adventures of all the 
expert 
