A new orchard, and garden: or, the best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard
Subtitle: particularly in the north and generally for the whole common-wealth as in nature, reason, situation, and all probability, may and doth appeare. With the country-housewifes garden for herbs of common use: their virtues, seasons, profits, ornaments, variety of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walkes. As also, the husbandry of bees, with their severall uses and annoyances. All being the experience of forty and eight yeares labour, and now the second time corrected and much enlarged
By: by William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added the art of propagating plants; with the true ordering of all manner of fruits, in their gathering, carrying home, and preservation
Contributors: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637; Harward, Simon, active 1572-1614
Publisher: printed by W. Wilson, for E. Brewster, and George Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, neere Fleet-bridge
Published: 1653
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Agriculture; Gardening; Fruit-culture
Other titles: The country house-wife's garden.; The husband mans fruitfull orchard.
Notes: "The country house-wife's garden" (p. 57-82) has special t.p. It has been erroneously ascribed to Gervase Markham. cf. Dict. of nat. biog.

"A most profitable new treatise .. of the art of propogating plants / by Simon Harward" (p. 83-94) has caption title.

With a title-page woodcut.

Running title reads: An Orchard.

Caption title on leaf A4r: The best, sure and readiest way to make a good orchard and garden.

Divisional title page on leaf H4r: The country houswives garden.

Divisional title page on leaf M1r: A most profitable new treatise, from approved experience of the art of propagating plants. By Simon Harvvard.

Divisional title page on leaf N3r: The husband mans fruitfull orchard. For the true ordering of all sorts of fruits in their due seasons: and how double increase commeth by care in gathering year after year: as also the best way of carriage by land or by water, with their preservation for longest continuance.

Pagination: on page 48 the number '4' is typeset upside down and located above and after the number '8'. Page 49 is typeset as '47'.

ESTC R023999.

Copy 1 Note: T.p. cropped at foot with loss of date. Part 6 of Markham, G. A way to get wealth. 8 ed. 1653-54. Bound in 20th century marbled paper, calf spine and corners. 17th century manuscript notes itemising names and payments in margins of pp. 98, 100, 103, and 112.

Copy 2 Note: Imperfect: lacks pp. 85-100 and all after p. 108. In his Way to get wealth. 8th ed. 1653-54.