Transcriber's note

This etext contains

  1. [A New Orchard and Garden], by William Lawson ([contents])
  2. [The Country Housewifes Garden], by William Lawson ([contents])
  3. [A Most Profitable new treatise, from approved experience of the Art of Propagating Plants], by Simon Harwood ([contents])
  4. [The Husband Mans Fruitful Orchard]

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.

The spelling and hyphenation in the original are erratic. No corrections have been made other than those [listed] at the end of the etext. The formatting of the original tables of contents has been normalised.

A
NEVV 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, 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.

AS ALSO,
The Husbandry of Bees, with their seuerall vses and annoyances
being the experience of 48 yeares labour, and now the second time corrected
and much enlarged, by William Lawson.
Whereunto is newly added the Art of propagating Plants, with the true
ordering of all manner of Fruits, in their gathering, [carrying] home, & preseruation.

Skill and paines bring fruitfull gaines.