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Author Barker, Thomas, active 1651.
Title The country-mans recreation, or The art of [brace] planting, graffing, and gardening, [brace] in three books. : The first declaring divers waies of planting, and graffing, and the best times of the year, with divers commodities and secrets herein, how to set or plant with the root, and without the root; to sow or set pepins or curnels, with the ordering thereof, also to cleanse your grafts and cions, to help barren and sick trees, to kill worms and vermin, and to preserve and keep fruit; how to plant and proin your vines, and to gather and presse your grape; to cleanse and mosse your trees, to make your cider and perry, with many other secret practises which shall appear in the table following. The second treateth of the hop-garden, with necessary instructions for the making and maintenance thereof, ... with some directions for tabaco. Whereunto is added, The expert gardener, containing divers necessary and rare secrets belonging to that art, ... hereunto is likewise added the Art of angling.
Alternative Title Country-mans recreation
Art of planting, graffing, and gardening, in three books
Accompanying uniform title Art of angling.
Expert gardener.
Perfite platforme of a hoppe garden.
Publication Info London, : Printed by T. Mabb, for William Shears, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible in St. Pauls Church-yard, near the little north door, 1654.


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Descript [16], 135, [1]; 54, [2], 18 p. : ill. (woodcuts)
Note The words "planting, graffing, and gardening" are enclosed in brackets on title page.
"A perfect platform of a hop-garden" (also published separately as Wing S946) has separate title page dated 1653; register and pagination are continuous. "The expert gardener: .. printed by William Hunt", and "The art of angling. .. printed in the yeare 1653" each have separate dated title page, pagination, and register, and were also issued separately.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug: 5".
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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Author Barker, Thomas, active 1651.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Planting (Plant culture) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Hops -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Barker, Thomas, active 1651.
Alternative Title Country-mans recreation
Art of planting, graffing, and gardening, in three books
Accompanying uniform title Art of angling.
Expert gardener.
Perfite platforme of a hoppe garden.
Descript [16], 135, [1]; 54, [2], 18 p. : ill. (woodcuts)
Note The words "planting, graffing, and gardening" are enclosed in brackets on title page.
"A perfect platform of a hop-garden" (also published separately as Wing S946) has separate title page dated 1653; register and pagination are continuous. "The expert gardener: .. printed by William Hunt", and "The art of angling. .. printed in the yeare 1653" each have separate dated title page, pagination, and register, and were also issued separately.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug: 5".
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Author Barker, Thomas, active 1651.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Planting (Plant culture) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Hops -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Barker, Thomas, active 1651.
Alternative Title Country-mans recreation
Art of planting, graffing, and gardening, in three books
Accompanying uniform title Art of angling.
Expert gardener.
Perfite platforme of a hoppe garden.

Subject Gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Planting (Plant culture) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Hops -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [16], 135, [1]; 54, [2], 18 p. : ill. (woodcuts)
Note The words "planting, graffing, and gardening" are enclosed in brackets on title page.
"A perfect platform of a hop-garden" (also published separately as Wing S946) has separate title page dated 1653; register and pagination are continuous. "The expert gardener: .. printed by William Hunt", and "The art of angling. .. printed in the yeare 1653" each have separate dated title page, pagination, and register, and were also issued separately.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug: 5".
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Alt author Barker, Thomas, active 1651.
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