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A05195	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 nor[th] 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 ... / by William Lawson ; whereunto is newly added the art of propagating plants, with the tree ordering manner of fruits in their gathering, carring home & preseruation.	Lawson, William, fl. 1618.; Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614. Most profitable newe treatise from approued experience of the art of propagating plants.; Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1631 (1631)	STC 15331.3; ESTC S4739	72,610	138

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 Nor●● 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 o●dering 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 enla●ged by William Lawson Whereunto is newly added the Art of propagating Plants with the tr●● ordering of all manner of Fruits in their gathering carring home preseruation Skill and paines bring fruitfull gaines Nemo sibi 〈◊〉 LONDON Printed by Nicholas Okes for IOHN HARISON at the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row 1631. TO THE RIGHT VVORSHIPFVLL SIR HENRY BELOSSES Knight and Baronet 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 shal● finde it not ●he vnp●ofitablest seruant of your retinue for when your serious employments are ouerpassed it may interpose some commoditie and raise your contentment out of varietie Your Worships most bounden WILLIAM LAVVSON THE PREFACE to all well minded ARt hath her first originall out of experience which therefore is called the Schoole-mistresse of fooles because she teacheth infallibly and plainely● as drawing her knowledge out of the course of Nature which neuer failes in the generall by the senses feelingly apprehending and comparing with the helpe of the minde the workes of nature and as in all other things naturall so especially in Trees for what is Art more then a prouident and skilfull Collectrix of the faults of Nature in particular workes apprehended by the senses As when good ground naturally brings forth th●stles trees stand too thicke or too thin or a ●●●derly or without dressing put forth vnprofitable suckers and such like All which and a thousand more Art reformeth being taught by experien●e and therefore must we count that Art the surest that stands vpon experimentall rules gathered by the rule of reason not conceit of all other rules the surest Whereupon haue I of my meere and sole experience without respect to any former written Treat●se gathered these rules and set them downe in writing not daring to hide the least talent giuen me of my Lord and Master in Heauen neither is this in●urious to any though it differ from the common opinion in diuers points to make it knowne to others what good I haue found out in this facultie by long triall and experience I confesse freely my want of curious skill in the Art of planting And I admire and praise Plinie Aristotle Virgil Cicero and many others for wit and iudgement in this kind and leaue them to their times manner and seuerall Countries I am not determined neither can I worthily to set forth the praises of this Art how some and not a few euen of the best haue accounted it a chiefe part of earthly happinesse to haue faire and pleasant Orchards as in Hesperia and Thessaly how all with one consent agree that it is a chiefe part of Husbandry as Tully de senectute and Husbandry maintaines the world how ancient how profitable how pleasant it is how many secrets of nature it doth containe how loued how much practised in the best places and of the best This hath already beene done by many I only aime at the common good I delight not in curious conceits as planting and graffing with the root vpwards inoculating Roses on Thornes and such like although I haue heard of diuers prooued some and read of moe The Stationer hath as being most desirous with me to further the common good bestowed much cost and care in hauing the Knots and Models by the best Artizan cut in great varietie that nothing might be any way wanting to satisfie the curious desire of those that would make vse of this Booke And I shew a plaine and sure way of planting which I haue found good by 48. yeeres and moe experience in the North part of England I preiudicate and enuie none wishing yet all to abstaine from maligning that good to them vnknowne which is well intended Farewell Thine for thy good W. L. A Table of the things Contayned in this Booke CHAP. 1. OF the Gardner his labour and wadges pag. 1 CHAP. 2. Of the Soyle pag. 3 The kinds of trees p. 3 Of barren earth p. 4 Of Grasse p. 5 Of the Crust of the earth p. 6 CHAP. 3. Lowe neere the Riuer p. 6 Of Windes p. 8 Of the Sunne p. 8 Trees against a wall p. 8 CHAP. 4. Of the quantity p. 10 Orchards as good as a Corne-field pag. 10 Good as the Vineyard p. 11 What quantity of ground 11 Want no hinderance p. 12 How Land-lords by their Tenants may make flourishing Orchards p. 12 CHAP. 5. The forme of the Orchard 12 CHAP. 6. Of Fences pag. 14 Effects of euill Fencing p. 14 The kinds of Fencinge● p. 15 Of Pales and Rayles p. 15 Of Stone-walles p. 15 Of Quicksets and Moates p. 16 CHAP. 7. Of Setts p. 17 Of Slipps p. 17 Of Burknots p. 17 Of Small Setts p. 18 Tying of Trees p. 19 Signes of diseases p. 19 Of Suckers p. 20 A Running plant p. 20 Of bough Setts p. 21 The best Sett p. 22 Times of remouing p. 23 The manner of setting p. 26 CHAP. 8. Of the distance of trees p. 28 The hurts of too neere planting p. 28 All touches hurtfull p 29 The best distance p. 29 Of wast ground in an Orchard p. 30 CHAP. 9. Of the placing of trees p. 31 CHAP. 10. Of Grafting p. 33 ●he kinds of Grafting p. 34 〈◊〉 to Gra●t p. 34 What a Graft is p. 34 ●he ●ies of a Graft p. 34 〈◊〉 of Grafting p. 35 〈◊〉 of Grafts p 36 〈…〉