Book III
Chap. I. Of Conſerving, Properating, Retarding, Multiplying, Tranſmuting, and Altering the [pg] Species, Forms, and (reputed) Subſtantial Qualities of Plants, Fruits and Flowers.
Chap. II. Of the Hortulan Elaboratory; and of diſtilling and extracting of Waters, Spirits, Eſſences, Salts, Colours, Reſuſcitation of Plants, with other rare Experiments, and an Account of their Virtues.
Chap. III. Of Compoſing the Hortus Hyemalis, and making Books, of Natural, Arid Plants and Flowers, with ſeveral Ways of Preſerving them in their Beauty.
Chap. IV. Of Painting of Flowers, Flowers enamell’d, Silk, Callico’s, Paper, Wax, Guns, Paſts, Horns, Glaſs, Shells, Feathers, Moſs, Pietra Comeſſa, Inlayings, Embroyderies, Carvings, and other Artificial Repreſentations of them.
Chap. V. Of Crowns, Chaplets, Garlands, Feſtoons, Encarpa, Flower-Pots, Noſegays, Poeſes, Deckings, and other Flowery Pomps.
Chap. VI. Of Hortulan Laws and Privileges.
Chap. VII. Of the Hortulan Study, and of a Library, Authors and Books aſſiſtant to it.
Chap. VIII. Of Hortulan Entertainments, Natural, Divine, Moral, and Political; with divers Hiſtorical Paſſages, and Solemnities, to [pg] ſhew the Riches, Beauty, Wonder, Plenty, Delight, and Univerſal Uſe of Gardens.
Chap. IX. Of Garden Burial.
Chap. X. Of Paradiſe, and of the moſt Famous Gardens in the World, Ancient and Modern.
Chap. XI. The Deſcription of a Villa.
Chap. XII. The Corollary and Concluſion.
——Laudato ingentia rura,
Exiguum colito.——