Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees 2 Volume Set
Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees 2 Volume Set
John Nisbet
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USDJohn Evelyn (1620–1706), intellectual, diarist, gardener and founder member of the Royal Society, is best known for his Diary, the great journal of his life and times, encompassing a momentous period in British history. A lifelong collector of books, like his contemporary Pepys, Evelyn amassed over 4,000 items in his library. This work, originally published in 1664, was the first English-language treatise on forestry. Intended for the gentry, it aimed to encourage tree-planting after the ravages of the Civil War and to ensure a supply of timber for Britain's fast-developing navy. The first work sponsored officially by the Royal Society, it was an offshoot of Evelyn's unpublished manuscript Elysium Britannicum, a compendium of gardens and gardening. This is the 1908 two-volume reprint of the fourth edition, published in the year of Evelyn's death.
Product details
February 2013Multiple copy pack
9781108055284
752 pages
230 × 153 × 45 mm
1.13kg
1 b/w illus.
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Introduction
- Books published by the author
- Book I:
- 1. Of the earth, soil, seed, air, and water
- 2. Of the seminary and of transplanting
- 3. Of the oak
- 4. Of the elm
- 5. Of the beech
- 6. Of the horn-beam
- 7. Of the ash
- 8. Of the chestnut
- 9. Of the walnut
- 10. Of the service, and black cherry-tree
- 11. Of the maple
- 12. Of the sycomor
- 13. Of the lime-tree
- 14. Of the poplar, aspen, and abele
- 15. Of the quick-beam
- 16. Of the hasel
- 17. Of the birch
- 18. Of the alder
- 19. Of the withy, sallow, ozier, and willow
- 20. Of fences, quick-sets, etc.
- Book II:
- 1. Of the mulberry
- 2. Of the platanus, lotus, cornus, acacia, etc.
- 3. Of the fir, pine, pinaster, pitch-tree, larsh, and subterranean trees
- 4. Of the cedar, juniper, cypress, savine, thuya, etc.
- 5. Of the cork, ilex, alaternus, celastrus, ligustrum, philyrea, myrtil, lentiscus, olive, granade, syring, jasmine and other exoticks
- 6. Of the arbutus, box, yew, holly, pyracinth, laurel, bay, etc.
- 7. Of the infirmities of trees, etc. Volume 2: Book III:
- 1. Of copp'ces
- 2. Of pruning
- 3. Of the age, stature, and felling of trees
- 4. Of timber, the seasoning and uses, and of fuel
- 5. Aphorisms, or certain general precepts of use to the foregoing chapters
- 6. Of the laws and statutes for the preservation and improvement of woods and forests
- 7. The paraenesis and conclusion, containing some encouragements and proposals for the planting and improvement of his majesty's forests, and other amunities for shades, and ornament
- Book IV: An historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves, etc.
- Renati Rapini Hortorum liber II.
