The Profitable Arte of Gardening

1563 gardening book by Thomas Hill

The Profitable Arte of Gardening was the first book about gardening published in England, being first published in 1563 under the title A Most Briefe and Pleasaunte Treatise, Teaching How to Dresse, Sowe, and Set a Garden. It was written by Thomas Hill, who went on to write the even more successful work, The Gardener's Labyrinth.[1]

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The work was a collection of old material from a variety of sources, translated into Engsh. Mile Hadfield described it as the work of a journalist rather than a practical gardener.[2]

To protect against hail, the book advised hanging the skin of a crocodile, hyena or seal.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Julie Coleman (May 2001), The Gardener's Labyrinth, University of Glasgow
2. ^ Hadfield, Miles (1969). A History of British Gardening. Hamlyn. pp. 46–7.
3. ^ Barbara Tufty (1 September 1987), 1001 questions answered about hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural air disasters, p. 160, ISBN 978-0-486-25455-5

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