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Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris, or, A garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed vp a kitchen garden of all manner of herbes, rootes & fruites for meate or sauce vsed with vs, and, an orchard of all sorte of fruitbearing trees and shrubbes fit for our land, together with the right orderinge, planting & preseruing of them and their vses & vertues

By John Parkinson

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Embark on a 17th-century journey into the art of gardening, where cultivating beauty and bounty becomes a testament to nature's divine design.

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2022-11-26
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"Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris, or, A garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed vp" by John Parkinson is an instructional manual from the 1600s about gardening. It talks about how to grow different kinds of plants, herbs, and fruits, explaining how to plant and care for them, and what they are good for. The book also touches on nature and how it shows the greatness of creation, by talking about how beautiful flowers and plants are. At the beginning of the book, Parkinson dedicates it to the Queen and says he hopes that rich people will like gardening because of his book. He also introduces his big plan to make the best gardening book ever, with information about both pretty and useful plants that can grow in England. Parkinson also writes that it is important to understand how gardening works naturally, and he also advises on the best ways to grow different plants, before going deeper into the topic later on.

About the Author

John Parkinson was the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists. He was apothecary to James I and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617, and was later Royal Botanist to Charles I. He is known for two monumental works, Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, which generally describes the proper cultivation of plants; and Theatrum Botanicum, the most complete and beautifully presented English treatise on plants of its time. One of the most eminent gardeners of his day, he kept a botanical garden at Long Acre in Covent Garden, today close to Trafalgar Square, and maintained close relations with other important English and Continental botanists, herbalists and plantsmen.

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