The Gardener's Labyrinth
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The Gardener's Labyrinth or The Gardeners Labyrinth was an early popular book
about gardening
. It was written by Thomas Hill
, using the pseudonym Didymus Mountain, with Henry Dethick and published in 1577.
Book
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about gardening
Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants. Ornamental plants are normally grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants are grown for consumption , for their dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use...
. It was written by Thomas Hill
Thomas Hill (author)
Thomas Hill, was an astrologer, author and translator who most probably also wrote as Didymus Mountain . He was the author of the first popular book in English about gardening — The profitable arte of gardening, first published in 1563 under the title A most briefe and pleasaunte treatyse,...
, using the pseudonym Didymus Mountain, with Henry Dethick and published in 1577.