(1624?-1704?)

The Compleat English Gardner, or, A Sure Guide to Young Planters and Gardners: In Three Parts . . .

Enlarged by way of supplement by a lover of this princely diversion and profitable recreation. 11th ed. London: Printed for M. Wotton and G. Conyers, 1710? Originally published under title: The English Gardener (London, 1670). References: BM. Contents (from t.p.): I. Shewing the best way and order of planting and raising all sorts of stocks, fruit-trees and shrubs. II. How to order the kitchen garden for all sorts of herbs, roots and sallads. III. The ordering of the garden of pleasure, with a variety of knots, and wilderness-work--A supplement directing how to know what sort of earth is proper. . .--A supplement to the flower-garden. . .Several of the plates have pencilled comments in the margins.

This very popular gardening book went through many editions. Plans and illustrations of knot gardens are found on 24 plates.