The gardeners labyrinth
Subtitle: containing a discourse of the gardeners life, in the yearly trauels to be bestowed on his plot of earth, for the vse of a garden : with instructions for the choice of seeds, apt times for sowing, setting, planting, and watering, and the vessels and instruments seruing to that vse and purpose : wherin are set forth diuers herbers, knots, and mazes cunningly handled for the beautifying of gardens : also, the physick benefit of each herb, plant, and flowre, with the vertues of the distilled waters of euery of them, as by the sequele may further appeare
By: gathered out of the best approued writers of gardening, husbandrie, and physicke by Dydimus Mountain.
Contributors: Ballard, Henry, fl. 1597-1608, printer.; Allde, Edward, d. 1627, printer.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Henry Ballard
Published: 1608
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Gardening -- Early works to 1800.; Vegetable gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Vegetable gardening -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: LC copy has inscription: Thomas Chapman his booke.
STC (2nd ed.) 13489
Hunt Botanical cat. 186
"Allde pr. S-2L; Ballard the rest." Cf. STC (2nd ed.).
Signatures: [italic]A⁴ chi⁴ A-2L⁴.
Chi gathering is composed of woodcuts of mazes and knot gardens. The Hunt Botanical Library copy have these bound in between gatherings L and M.
Includes index.
LC copy imperfect: chi gathering completely detached, and 2 leaves mounted; one leaf wanting. 2C gathering, 2K4, 2L1, 2L3 wanting, replaced by photostats. 2L4 recto duplicated in photostat.