A London apothecary’s great garden book of 1629, dedicated to the queen, in three parts: a pleasure garden of flowers, from tulips and gillyflowers to lilies and crocus; a kitchen garden of herbs, roots and salad plants; and an orchard of fruit trees. Parkinson explains how to lay out, plant and keep each one, describes hundreds of varieties grown in England, and notes their uses and virtues, in the original spelling.
The Latin title puns on the author’s name, and the book remains a treasure for garden historians and lovers of old flowers. Download the free EPUB.