to such an up-to-date
class of works. It is merely a reprint of the last edition that was
revised by Evelyn himself; and no notes of any description have been
added, such as those to be found in the several editions published by
Dr. Hunter. The present reprint is intended for those who love our
forests and woodlands and the old trees surviving in parks and chases as
links with the distant past; and it will also, for its own sake, appeal
no less strongly to those who love to peruse a classic work, written in
the very highly polished and ornate style affected by writers of
distinction in the seventeenth century.

JOHN NISBET.

FOOTNOTES:

{xxxi:1} This promise Charles afterwards failed to keep as, in 1672, he
merely renewed the lease of the pastures for 99 years.

{lxvii:1} Coppices.

S I L V A,
Or a DISCOURSE of
FOREST-TREES,
AND THE
PROPAGATION of TIMBER
In His MAJESTY's DOMINIONS.

As it was Deliver'd in the _ROYAL SOCIETY_ the xv^th of _October_,
MDCLXII upon occasion of certain _Quaeries_ propounded to that
_Illustrious Assembly_, by the _Honourable_ the Principal
_Officers_ and _Commissioners_ of the _Navy_.

In TWO BOOKS.

Together with an Historical Account of the _Sacredness_ and _Use_
of Standing _Groves_.

TERRA,
A _Philosophical ESSAY of EARTH_, being a _Lecture_ in Course.

To which is annexed

POMONA:
OR, AN
_Appendix_ concerning _Fruit-Trees_, in relation to _CYDER_;
The _Making_, and several Ways of _Ordering_ it.

Published by Express _Order_ of the ROYAL SOCIETY.

ALSO

ACETARIA:
Or, a DISCOURSE of _SALLETS_.

WITH
_KALENDARIVM HORTENSE_;
OR THE
GARD'NERS ALMANACK;
Directing what he is to do _Monthly_ throughout the _Year_.

* * * * *

All which several _Treatises_ are in this _FOURTH EDITION_ much
_Inlarg'd_ and _Improv'd_,

By the AUTHOR

_JOHN EVELYN_, Esq; Fellow of the _ROYAL SOCIETY_

* * * * *

........_Tibi res antiquae laudis & artis
Ingredior, tantos ausus recludere font