Lawson, William (cont.) 
A new orchard smd garden, or the best way for planting, 
grafting, and to make aiy ground good, for a rich orchard; 
particularly in the north parts of England; generally for 
the whole kingdom. London, B. Alsop for R. Jackson, 1618. 
(Brit. Mus.) 
The date 1597 has been assigned for the first 
ed. of "A new orchard and garden” by certain au¬ 
thorities, including Hogg, ”The Apple” (1859), 
p.xiii; Johnson, "History of English gardening”, 
p.77; and Weston, ”Tract3 on practical agricul¬ 
ture and gardening” (1773), appended ”Catalogue 
of English authors”, p.l7; as well as some notes 
in Gard. Chron. (3) 31:317, 345, 359 (May 1902). 
The weight of evidence, however, seems to favor 
the date 1618. The earliest ed. in the British 
I^seum is 1618, with 2d pt., ”The country house- 
wifes garden”, dated 1617. The 1927 reprint of 
the 3d ed. (1626), edited by Eleanour Sinclair 
Rohde, probably the best authority on this sub¬ 
ject at the present day, gives in the preface 
a list of known editions, the first being 1618. 
Because Lawson says the work is the result 
of the ”experience of 48. yeeres labour”, it is 
thought by sane to have been first known in ri/ES. 
Lawson’s dedication tends to confirm this theo¬ 
ry — ”When in many years by long Experienjce I 
had furnished this my Northern Orchard and Coun¬ 
try-Garden with needful Plants and useful Herbs, 
I did impart the view thereof to my Friends, who 
resorted to me in matters of that nature; they 
did see it, and seeing it, desired it; and I 
must not deny now the publishing of it, (which 
then I allotted to my private delight) for the 
publick profit of others”. 
For further information and discussion con¬ 
cerning this work see Brotherston, R. P. ”V/il- 
liam Lawson and his works”, Gard. Chron. (3) 
24:413, 434-435 (Dec.1898) , and Bunyard, E. A. 
”The New Orchard and Garden of William Lawson”, 
Jour. Pomol. 1:125-134 (1920) 
For full title of the 1st ed., 1618, see Se- 
guier. Bib. Bot., p.375; also Cecil, Hist. Gard. 
Eng., 2d ed., p.340. 
