Sun shining, the bees flying and the gardeners at work digging the raised beds.'Ī large part of the appeal of this book lies in its illustrations. Labyrinth, 'you feel you are stepping into an Elizabethan garden with the As Rosemary Verey has commented, in perusing The Gardener's Own knowledge of the subject and his love of gardening are obvious and make theīook, as he hoped 'not only pleasaunt to be read, but also right necessari to be Principallest aucthors' or 'gathered out of the best approved writers'. Not in fact claim to be original: his gardening advice was 'gathered oute of all the Version, published in 1594 by Adam Islip.Īlthough Hill's work has been criticised for being derivative, he did First published in 1577, the copy displayed here is a later Ourīook, The Gardeners Labyrinth, was also a bestseller which went through Subsequent editions under the title The profitable arte of gardening. It proved to be so popular that it was reprinted in seven How to dresse, sowe, and set a garden first appeared in 1563. This work, A most briefe and pleasaunte treatise, teaching Hill was responsible for the first gardening book to be On the title-page here, he plays on his name by calling himself 'Didymus InĪddition to gardening books, he produced works on the interpretation of dreams, astrology, arithmetic and Thomas Hill was an astrologer who also worked for the booksellers as a compiler and translator. Purpose' and sets forth diuers herbers, knots and mazes, cunningly handled for the beautifying of Watering, and the vessels and instrumentes serving to that use and
Thomas Hill, it contains instructions for the choice of seedes, apt times for sowing, setting, planting, and The May book of the month is an Elizabethan book on gardening. Please note that these pages are from our old (pre-2010) website the presentation of these pages may now appear outdated and may not always comply with current accessibility guidelines.
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