A Table of all the principall matters contayned in this Booke.

Chap. I.

How the Husbandman shall iudge and fore-know all kinde of weather, and other seasons of the yeere.

Of Raine.

Signes from clouds.

Signes from the Moone.

Signes from the Sun.

Signes from Lightning.

Signes from Fowle.

Signes from Beasts.

Signes from things without Motion.

Signes of much Raine.

Signes of Snow or Hayle.

Signes of Winde.

Signes of Tempests.

Signes of faire weather.

Signes of Winter.

Signes of the Spring.

Signes of a hot summer.

Signes of a long winter.

Signes of a forward or backward yeere.

Signes of a good or bad yeere.

Signes from Christmas day.

Signes from the sunne rising.

Signes from the twelue dayes in Christmas.

Signes from S. Paules day.

Signes from Maudlin and S. Switthens day, if Corne shall be cheap or deere.

Signes from Thunder.

Signes of sickenesse or health.

The preseruation of health.

Chap. II.

The choyse of Grounds for the Kitchin-Garden, and the ordering thereof.

The Contents.

The choyce of Ground.

The bettering of Grounds.

The trenching of Grounds.

Of breaking the Garden-mould.

Ordering of Garden-beds.

Of the fruitfull soyle.

The necessariest ornament in a Garden.

Chap. III.

Of the Sowing and Ordering of all manner Pot Hearbes.

The Contents.

Of all sorts of Pot-hearbs.

Of Endiue and Succory.

Of Beets.

Of Land-Cresses.

Of Parcely.

Of Sauory.

Of Time.

Of French Mallowes, and Cheruil.

Of Dill.

Of Issop.

Of Mints.

Of Violets.

Of Basill.

Of Sweet Marioram and Marigolds.

Of Strawburyes.

Of Borrage and Buglosse.

Of Rosemary.

Of Pennyroyall.

Of Leekes.

Of Onyons.

Of gathering Onyon-seeds, or the Onyon.

Chap. IIII.

Of sowing of certaine Hearbes which are to be eaten, but especially are medicinall, yet euer in the Husbandmans Garden.

The Contents.

Of Arage.

Of Lumbardy Louage.

Of Fennell.

Of Anyse.

Of Comyn.

Of Colyander.

Of Rue.

Of Organy.

Of white Poppye.

Of Germander.

Of Cardus Benedictus.

Of Angelica.

Of Valerian.

Of Elecampana.

Of Pepper-wort.

Of Phylipendula.

Chap. V.

Of diuer sorts of Sallet-Hearbes, their manner of Sowing and Ordering.

The Contents.

Of Lettuce.

Of Spinage.

Of Sparagus.

Of Colworts.

Of Sage.

Of Purslaine.

Of Artichocks.

Of Garlicke.

Of Raddish.

Of Nauewe.

Of Parsenips and Carrets.

Of Pompions or Mellons.

Of Cowcumbers.

Of the Beanes of Ægipt.

Of Skerrets.

A most necessary obseruation.

Chap. VI.

Of Flowers of all sorts, both forraine and home-bred, their sowing, planting, and preseruing.

The Contents.

Of Roses.

Of the Damaske Rose.

Of the redde Rose.

Of the white Rose.

Of the Cynamon Rose.

To make the Cynamon Rose grow double.

Of the Prouence Rose.

To make Roses smell well.

Generall notes touching Roses.

Of Lauender.

Of the white Lilly.

To make Lillies of any colour.

To make Lillies flourish all the yere.

Of the wood Lilly.

Of the Flowre de Lice.

Of Pyonye.

Of Petiluis.

Of veluet Flowers.

Of Gilly-Flowers.

Of grafting of Gilly-Flowers.

Of the smels of Gilly-Flowers.

Of the wall Gilly-Flower.

Of the Hellytropian.

Of the Crowne Emperiall.

Of the Dulippo.

Of the Hyacinth.

Of the Narcissus.

Of the Daffadill, Columbine, and Chesbole.

An excellent Caution.

A new manner of planting Flowers and Fruits.

Chap. VII.

How to preserue all manner of Seeds, Hearbs, Flowers, and Fruits, from all manner of noysome and pestilent things, which deuoure and hurt them.

The Contents.

Of Thunder and Lightning.

Of Caterpillers.

Of Toads and Frogs.

Of the field Mice.

Of Flies.

Of the greene Flie.

Of Gnats.

Of Pissemires.

Of Moales.

Of Snayles.

Of Moathes.

Of Canckers.

Of Garden wormes.

An excellent experiment.

The Conclusion of the Kitchin-Garden.