Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees: With an Essay on the Life and Works of the Author, Volume 2John Evelyn (1620-1706), intellectual, diarist, gardener and founder member of the Royal Society, is best known for his Diary, the great journal of his life and times, encompassing a momentous period in British history. A lifelong collector of books, like his contemporary Pepys, Evelyn amassed over 4,000 items in his library. This work, originally published in 1664, was the first English-language treatise on forestry. Intended for the gentry, it aimed to encourage tree-planting after the ravages of the Civil War and to ensure a supply of timber for Britain's fast-developing navy. The first work sponsored officially by the Royal Society, it was an offshoot of Evelyn's unpublished manuscript Elysium Britannicum, a compendium of gardens and gardening. This is the 1908 two-volume reprint of the fourth edition, published in the year of Evelyn's death. Volume 2 covers practical aspects of forestry and the use of trees in landscaping. |
Contents
Section 1 | 8 |
Section 2 | 24 |
Section 3 | 48 |
Section 4 | 80 |
Section 5 | 93 |
Section 6 | 94 |
Section 7 | 125 |
Section 8 | 138 |
Section 13 | 184 |
Section 14 | 218 |
Section 15 | 228 |
Section 16 | 229 |
Section 17 | 240 |
Section 18 | 246 |
Section 19 | 248 |
Section 20 | 255 |
Section 9 | 141 |
Section 10 | 157 |
Section 11 | 174 |
Section 12 | 180 |
Section 21 | 257 |
Section 22 | 261 |
Section 23 | 269 |
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