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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28337	The compleat gardeners practice, directing the exact way of gardening in three parts : the garden of pleasure, physical garden, kitchin garden : how they are to be ordered for their best situation and improvement, with variety of artificial knots for the by Stephen Blake, gardener.	Blake, Stephen, Gardener.	1664 (1664)	Wing B3139; ESTC R18838	125,718	224

THE Compleat Gardeners PRACTICE DIRECTING The Exact Way of GARDENING In three PARTS The GARDEN of PLEASURE PHYSICAL GARDEN KITCHIN GARDEN How they are to be ordered for their best Situation and Improvement with variety of Artificial Knots for the Beautifying of a GARDEN all engraven in Copper the choisest way for the Raising Governing and Maintaining of all Plants cultevated in GARDENS now in ENGLAND Being a plain Discourse how HERBS FLOWERS and TREES according to Art and Nature may be propagated by Sowing Setting Planting Replanting Pruning also Experience of Alteration of Sent Colour and Taste clearly reconciling as it treateth of each HERB and FLOWER in particular By STEPHEN BLAKE Gardener Search the World and there 's not to be found A Book so good as this for Garden ground London Printed for Thomas Pierrepoint and are to be sold at the Signe of the Sunne in St Paul's Church-yard M. DC LXIV To the Right Worshipfull WILLIAM OVGLANDER Esq one of the Honourable House of Parliament Son and Heir to the Late Sr JOHN OUGLANDER c. The Honourable Example of piety the worthy Pattern of good endeavours and great observer of the Works of Nature SIR LEt the heighth of your understanding and the greatness of your learning condescend so low as to take a view of the words and works which your Servant hath bound up in this Volume to give you a description thereof in metaphoricall expressions I have not Scholarship enough but I have confidence enough to speak and publish the truth of these Experiments which I have gathered with a diligent Eye and a painfull Hand from all such Plants as are cultivated in Gardens now in England the truth of the Discourse contained in this Treatise hath enboldened me to enrich it with your Noble Name now Sir I will be accountable of the Work I have from time to time took a due observation of that part of Gods vegetable Creatures which are placed within the compass of my Calling and with pains care and diligence I have writ down the knowledg of propagating of each Plant to help me the better in my Calling for in viewing of it I am put in mind of those Herbs and Flowers that the Winters cold breath hath bereaved of life or otherwise I might forget them though I might know them very well formerly they are so infinite in their number so various in their nature that my Head cannot carry in mind what Experiments my Eye and Hand hath seen and done without the help of my Pen upon this account I have set down these Observations which I know to be true and I doubt not but it is a laudable Piece now I think fit to publish it to the World for the advancement of Gods Creatures and for the good of my self and others that shall put it in practice that it may be a rule to guide the ignorant and confirm the judgement of those that have good experience The reason why I undertook this Work is this I have made diligent enquiry after such Books of such Authors as might help me in my Practice and I could find very few and for those that are they did not answer my desires because they only treated of the use and vertue of Herbs the beauty variety and preheminence of Flowers the goodness and profit of Fruit-Trees but they have written little or nothing as to the practicall part of the advancement of the nature and growth of Herbs Flowers and Trees and for that which is written seems to me and other Men which have experience as fancies dreams and conceits which might come into their heads as they were sitting in their Studies for I and others have found by wofull experience that their direction concerning the propagating of any Plant to be more hurtfull than usefull but this is not my intended Discourse for in the ensuing Treatise I have spoken little against Authors and took less from them for mine is the Gardeners practicall part which hath never been written by any and having good experience therein a talent God hath given me to improve I think it not fit to lay it up but to unfold my Napkin that it may contribute to a publick good I further humbly conceive that it was my duty to dedicate it to you before any other whatsoever because I was a Plant nourished up within the pale of your habitation and I hope not altogether unfruitfull yet considering I was nursed up with your bounty preserved with your love and care then the fruit is no more mine but yours worthy Sir and I know it is very usefull for all as have a desire of such a Work as tendeth to the propagating of Plants wherein is abundance of excellent things both for food medicable and physicall Arts for the use and comfort of mankind that God in all things may be glorified every sensible man knoweth this and he hath so much reason if he will but set his understanding awork whereby he can discern the wisdome of a Creator in forming such a harmony of Creatures and in giving of them such various operations in their severall natures and that all things are so ordained that it shall be no way usefull without knowledge and labour then let all degrees of men know whether they be high or low rich or poor they ought to labour either in body or mind that they may some way or other cooperate and contribute to the common good or else they are unworthy of the blessings of this life yet all men desire a good name with reputation and honour whether they are deserving yea or no. Now my counsell is to all such that they will look upon you worthy Sir as an example of all good endeavours to wit your great love care and diligent search after the knowledge of those Plants which are mentioned in this Book and that they will take notice of your more estimable vertues as constance in times of distraction such a setled devotion in times of faction such lowliness of mind in such heighth of Estate much more my eyes and ears have gathered from your eminent parts which my Pen cannot express And Sir let me intrude farther on your patience to acquaint you with this Treatise wherein I have faithfully declared the way of contriving modelizing and situation of a Garden of Pleasure with artificiall Knots to be amplified therein for the variety of delight pleasure and contentment of all noble and ingenious persons I have given rules and directions for the advancement of a physicall Garden and a Kitchin Garden and for each of these I have given a right information how each Herb Flower and Tree in particular is to be propagated in its own nature also Experiments of alteration ingemination in the fructition or by conviction with varieties properties and beauties appertaining to Plants either for food physick or pleasure and I suppose it cannot be altogether unwelcome to you and the rest of the Nobility of this Nation if they take into