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]
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- ^ Julie Coleman (May 2001), The Gardener's Labyrinth, University of Glasgow
- ^ Hadfield, Miles (1969). A History of British Gardening. Hamlyn. pp. 46–7.
- ^ 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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