The Profitable Arte of Gardening
Introduction '''''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''.
Contents To protect against hail, the book advised hanging the skin of a crocodile, hyena or seal.
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