A New Orchard And Garden / or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North and generally for the whole kingdome of England

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The first edition of A New Orchard and Garden , which included The Country Housewifes Garden appeared in 1618; many further editions appeared over the period to 1695. The Art of Propagating Plants and The Husband Mans Fruitful Orchard appeared in all editions from 1623. This transcript is taken from the 1631 edition. The transcriber used a modern facsimile of the 1657 edition to clarify some doubtful readings.
OR The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North, and generally for the whole kingdome of England , as in nature, reason, situation, and all probabilitie, may and doth appeare .
With the Country Housewifes Garden for hearbes of common vse: their vertues, seasons, profits, ornaments, varietie of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of Grounds and Walkes.
Skill and paines bring fruitfull gaines.
Nemo sibi natus.
LONDON , Printed by Nicholas Okes for Iohn Harison, at the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row. 1631.

Worthy Sir ,
When in many yeeres by long experience I had furnished this my Northerne Orchard and Countrey Garden with needfull plants and vsefull hearbes, I did impart the view thereof to my friends, who resorted to me to conferre in matters of that nature, they did see it, and seeing it desired, and I must not denie now the publishing of it (which then I allotted to my priuate delight) for the publike profit of others. Wherefore, though I could pleade custome the ordinarie excuse of all Writers, to chuse a Patron and Protector of their Workes, and so shroud my selfe from scandall vnder your honourable fauour, yet haue I certaine reasons to excuse this my presumption: First, the many courtesies you haue vouchsafed me. Secondly, your delightfull skill in matters of this nature. Thirdly, the profit which I receiued from your learned discourse of Fruit-trees.
Fourthly, your animating and assisting of others to such endeuours. Last of all, the rare worke of your owne in this kind: all which to publish vnder your protection, I haue aduentured (as you see). Vouchsafe it therefore entertainement, I pray you, and I hope you shall finde it not the vnprofitablest seruant of your retinue: for when your serious employments are ouerpassed, it may interpose some commoditie, and raise your contentment out of varietie.