A REPRINT OF THE FOURTH
EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME ONE
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY LIMITED
AT 8 YORK BUILDINGS ADELPHI
CONTENTS.
VOLUME I.
| Introduction | page | [ix] | ||
| Title Page of 4th Edition | „ | [lxxiii] | ||
| To the King | „ | [lxxv] | ||
| To the Reader | „ | [lxxvii] | ||
| Advertisement | „ | [xcix] | ||
| Books published by the Author | „ | [ci] | ||
| Amico carissimo | „ | [cii] | ||
| Nobilissimo Viro | „ | [ciii] | ||
| ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΙΑΝ | „ | [cvi] | ||
| The Garden.—To J. Evelyn, Esq. | „ | [cvii] | ||
| BOOK I. | ||||
| Chapter | [I.] | Of the Earth, Soil, Seed, Air, and Water | „ | [1] |
| „ | [II.] | Of the Seminary and of Transplanting | „ | [12] |
| „ | [III.] | Of the Oak | „ | [30] |
| „ | [IV.] | Of the Elm | „ | [62] |
| „ | [V.] | Of the Beech | „ | [75] |
| „ | [VI.] | Of the Horn-beam | „ | [81] |
| „ | [VII.] | Of the Ash | „ | [86] |
| „ | [VIII.] | Of the Chesnut | „ | [94] |
| „ | [IX.] | Of the Wallnut | „ | [101] |
| „ | [X.] | Of the Service, and black cherry-tree | „ | [111] |
| „ | [XI.] | Of the Maple | „ | [115] |
| „ | [XII.] | Of the Sycomor | „ | [121] |
| „ | [XIII.] | Of the Lime-Tree | „ | [122] |
| „ | [XIV.] | Of the Poplar, Aspen, and Abele | „ | [128] |
| „ | [XV.] | Of the Quick-Beam | „ | [134] |
| „ | [XVI.] | Of the Hasel | „ | [136] |
| „ | [XVII.] | Of the Birch | „ | [140] |
| „ | [XVIII.] | Of the Alder | „ | [155] |
| „ | [XIX.] | Of the Withy, Sallow, Ozier, and Willow | „ | [159] |
| „ | [XX.] | Of Fences, Quick-sets, &c. | „ | [175] |
| BOOK II. | ||||
| Chapter | [I.] | Of the Mulberry | „ | [203] |
| „ | [II.] | Of the Platanus, Lotus, Cornus, Acacia, &c. | „ | [214] |
| „ | [III.] | Of the Fir, Pine, Pinaster, Pitch-tree, Larsh, and Subterranean trees | „ | [220] |
| „ | [IV.] | Of the Cedar, Juniper, Cypress, Savine, Thuya, &c. | „ | [253] |
| „ | [V.] | Of the Cork, Ilex, Alaternus, Celastrus, Ligustrum, Philyrea, Myrtil, Lentiscus, Olive, Granade, Syring, Jasmine and other Exoticks | „ | [282] |
| „ | [VI.] | Of the Arbutus, Box, Yew, Holly, Pyracanth, Laurel, Bay, &c. | „ | [293] |
| „ | [VII.] | Of the infirmities of trees, &c. | „ | [314] |
VOLUME II.
| BOOK III. | ||||
| Chapter | I. | Of Copp’ces | page | 1 |
| „ | II. | Of Pruning | „ | 8 |
| „ | III. | Of the Age, Stature, and Felling of Trees | „ | 24 |
| „ | IV. | Of Timber, the Seasoning and Uses, and of Fuel | „ | 80 |
| „ | V. | Aphorisms, or certain General Precepts of use to the foregoing Chapters | „ | 130 |
| „ | VI. | Of the Laws and Statutes for the Preservation and Improvement of Woods and Forests | „ | 138 |
| „ | VII. | The paraenesis and conclusion, containing some encouragements and proposals for the planting and improvement of his Majesty’s forests, and other amunities for shade, and ornament | „ | 157 |
| BOOK IV. | ||||
| An historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves, &c. | „ | 205 | ||
| Renati Rapini | „ | 269 | ||