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.

Introductionpage[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.
ChapterI.Of Copp’cespage1
II.Of Pruning8
III.Of the Age, Stature, and Felling of Trees24
IV.Of Timber, the Seasoning and Uses, and of Fuel80
V.Aphorisms, or certain General Precepts of use to the foregoing Chapters130
VI.Of the Laws and Statutes for the Preservation and Improvement of Woods and Forests138
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 ornament157
BOOK IV.
An historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves, &c.205
Renati Rapini269


INTRODUCTION.