Sylva; Or, A Discourse of Forest Trees. Vol. 1 (of 2) by John Evelyn
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"Sylva; Or, A Discourse of Forest Trees. Vol. 1 (of 2)" by John Evelyn is a treatise first presented to the Royal Society in 1662 and published as a book in 1664. This pioneering work addresses the cultivation and propagation of timber trees in England's dominions. Recognized as one of the most influential forestry texts ever published, it combines practical instruction with natural philosophy. Later editions expanded to include geological essays, fruit
tree cultivation, and cider production, cementing its legacy across centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Nisbet, John, 1853-1914 |
| Title | Sylva; Or, A Discourse of Forest Trees. Vol. 1 (of 2) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylva,_or_A_Discourse_of_Forest-Trees_and_the_Propagation_of_Timber |
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Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries). This file is gratefully uploaded to the PG collection in honor of Distributed Proofreaders having posted over 10,000 ebooks. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 42.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | SD: Agriculture: Forestry |
| Subject | Gardening -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Forests and forestry -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Trees -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 20778 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2007 |
| Last Update | Mar 3, 2009 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1632 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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