A Table of all the principall matters contayned in this Booke. - The English Husbandman (The Second Booke) / - 2 - Gervase Markham

---The Table of the second part of the second Booke. Contayning the Ordering of all sorts of VVoods, and the breeding of Cattell.

A Table of all the principall matters contayned in this Booke.

Chap. I.

How the Husbandman shall iudge and fore-know all kinde of weather, and other seasons of the yeere.

[Of Raine.]
[Signes from clouds.]
[Signes from the Moone.]
[Signes from the Sun.]
[Signes from Lightning.]
[Signes from Fowle.]
[Signes from Beasts.]
[Signes from things without Motion.]
[Signes of much Raine.]
[Signes of Snow or Hayle.]
[Signes of Winde.]
[Signes of Tempests.]
[Signes of faire weather.]
[Signes of Winter.]
[Signes of the Spring.]
[Signes of a hot summer.]
[Signes of a long winter.]
[Signes of a forward or backward yeere.]
[Signes of a good or bad yeere.]
[Signes from Christmas day.]
[Signes from the sunne rising.]
[Signes from the twelue dayes in Christmas.]
[Signes from S. Paules day.]
[Signes from Maudlin and S. Switthens day, if Corne shall be cheap or deere.]
[Signes from Thunder.]
[Signes of sickenesse or health.]
[The preseruation of health.]

Chap. II.

The choyse of Grounds for the Kitchin-Garden, and the ordering thereof.

The Contents.

[The choyce of Ground.]
[The bettering of Grounds.]
[The trenching of Grounds.]
[Of breaking the Garden-mould.]
[Ordering of Garden-beds.]
[Of the fruitfull soyle.]
[The necessariest ornament in a Garden.]

Chap. III.

Of the Sowing and Ordering of all manner Pot Hearbes.

The Contents.

[Of all sorts of Pot-hearbs.]
[Of Endiue and Succory.]
[Of Beets.]
[Of Land-Cresses.]
[Of Parcely.]
[Of Sauory.]
[Of Time.]
[Of French Mallowes, and Cheruil.]
[Of Dill.]
[Of Issop.]
[Of Mints.]
[Of Violets.]
[Of Basill.]
[Of Sweet Marioram and Marigolds.]
[Of Strawburyes.]
[Of Borrage and Buglosse.]
[Of Rosemary.]
[Of Pennyroyall.]
[Of Leekes.]
[Of Onyons.]
[Of gathering Onyon-seeds, or the Onyon.]

Chap. IIII.

Of sowing of certaine Hearbes which are to be eaten, but especially are medicinall, yet euer in the Husbandmans Garden.

The Contents.

[Of Arage.]
[Of Lumbardy Louage.]
[Of Fennell.]
[Of Anyse.]
[Of Comyn.]
[Of Colyander.]
[Of Rue.]
[Of Organy.]
[Of white Poppye.]
[Of Germander.]
[Of Cardus Benedictus.]
[Of Angelica.]
[Of Valerian.]
[Of Elecampana.]
[Of Pepper-wort.]
[Of Phylipendula.]

Chap. V.

Of diuer sorts of Sallet-Hearbes, their manner of Sowing and Ordering.

The Contents.

[Of Lettuce.]
[Of Spinage.]
[Of Sparagus.]
[Of Colworts.]
[Of Sage.]
[Of Purslaine.]
[Of Artichocks.]
[Of Garlicke.]
[Of Raddish.]
[Of Nauewe.]
[Of Parsenips and Carrets.]
[Of Pompions or Mellons.]
[Of Cowcumbers.]
[Of the Beanes of Ægipt.]
[Of Skerrets.]
[A most necessary obseruation.]

Chap. VI.

Of Flowers of all sorts, both forraine and home-bred, their sowing, planting, and preseruing.

The Contents.

[Of Roses.]
[Of the Damaske Rose.]
[Of the redde Rose.]
[Of the white Rose.]
[Of the Cynamon Rose.]
[To make the Cynamon Rose grow double.]
[Of the Prouence Rose.]
[To make Roses smell well.]
[Generall notes touching Roses.]
[Of Lauender.]
[Of the white Lilly.]
[To make Lillies of any colour.]
[To make Lillies flourish all the yere.]
[Of the wood Lilly.]
[Of the Flowre de Lice.]
[Of Pyonye.]
[Of Petiluis.]
[Of veluet Flowers.]
[Of Gilly-Flowers.]
[Of grafting of Gilly-Flowers.]
[Of the smels of Gilly-Flowers.]
[Of the wall Gilly-Flower.]
[Of the Hellytropian.]
[Of the Crowne Emperiall.]
[Of the Dulippo.]
[Of the Hyacinth.]
[Of the Narcissus.]
[Of the Daffadill, Columbine, and Chesbole.]
[An excellent Caution.]
[A new manner of planting Flowers and Fruits.]

Chap. VII.

How to preserue all manner of Seeds, Hearbs, Flowers, and Fruits, from all manner of noysome and pestilent things, which deuoure and hurt them.

The Contents.

[Of Thunder and Lightning.]
[Of Caterpillers.]
[Of Toads and Frogs.]
[Of the field Mice.]
[Of Flies.]
[Of the greene Flie.]
[Of Gnats.]
[Of Pissemires.]
[Of Moales.]
[Of Snayles.]
[Of Moathes.]
[Of Canckers.]
[Of Garden wormes.]
[An excellent experiment.]
[The Conclusion of the Kitchin-Garden.]