Excerpt from The Principles of Practical Gardening Theophrastus and ly wrote more volummously upon plants, but not mth more knowledge of the1r phys1ology, and httle or no Improved progress 1s really v1s1ble untll the s1xteenth century was well advanced, for th1s branch of sc1ence was no bright exception from the darkness envelop1ng all human knowledge durmg the mlddle ages, and 1t was not unt11 that penod m wh Bacon hved, that the human mmd th1ew off the trammels of the school men, and 1nstead Of argumg as to what must be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.