The Profitable Arte of Gardening

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]

Contents

To protect against hail, the book advised hanging the skin of a crocodile, hyena or seal.[2]

References
  1. Julie Coleman (May 2001), The Gardener's Labyrinth, University of Glasgow
  2. 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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