THE EXPERT GARDENER 
The Exper'fc gardener; or, A treatise containing ceirtaine 
necessary, secret, and ordinary knowledges in grafting and 
gardeniiig; with divers proper new plots for the garden. Also 
sundry expert directions to know the time and season when to 
sow and replant all manner of seeds. With di’® rs remedies to 
destrc^ vermins. Faithfully collected out of sundry Dutch 
and French authors. London, Printed "by Richard Heme, 1640« 
54 p. (With The Country-mans recreation. London, Printed 
by B. Allsop end T. Fawcet for M. Young, 1640) (Dept. Agr.; 
Lind ley; Roth^imsted) 
Lady Cecil, in her Hist. Card. Eng., 2d ed., p. 
342, enters this work under Charles de Sercy, say¬ 
ing it is given by Johnson and Watt, but not found 
elsewhere. The idea that it was translated from a 
French work by de Sercy is hardly probable, since 
it is doubtful whether he had published anything 
as early as 1640. 
Moreover, the title is entered as anonymous in 
other bibliographies. It is given by Seguier, Bib. 
Bot., p.404; and by Martyn in Miller’s Diet. (1807) 
p.xxii. It has also been advertised by numerous 
booksellers. 
In a note on the library of the late Dr. James 
Hardy, in Card. Chron. Ill, 28:72 (July 28, 1900), 
it is stated that this work, forming part of ”The 
Coimtryman’s recreation”, which was practically a 
reprint of Leonard Mascall, was itself a compila¬ 
tion from earlier sources, including Hill’s "Arte 
of gardening.” 
It was reprinted in 1654, and possibly also in 
1653, and aprjarently exists both in "The Country- 
iM.ns recreation” and as a separate tract. 
—— London, Printed by William Hunt, 1654 . 54 p* 
(Am. Arb.j Harvard; 
Quaritch, Cat. 400, p.81, says of this edition; 
"This is the third part*of The Countryman’s recre¬ 
ation ... editions of which appeared in 1640 and 
1654. It is paged separately and has a separate 
title." 
M.F.Waraer-Mar.10,1938 
