As it was Deliver’d in the _ROYAL SOCIETY_ the xv^th of _October_, MDCLXII upon occasion of certain _Quæries_ propounded to that _Illustrious Assembly_, by the _Honourable_ the Principal _Officers_ and _Commissioners_ of the _Navy_. In TWO BOOKS. Together with an Historical Account of the _Sacredness_ and _Use_ of Standing _Groves_. TERRA, A _Philosophical ESSAY of EARTH_, being a _Lecture_ in Course. To which is annexed POMONA: OR, AN _Appendix_ concerning _Fruit-Trees_, in relation to _CYDER_; The _Making_, and several Ways of _Ordering_ it. Published by Express _Order_ of the ROYAL SOCIETY. ALSO ACETARIA: Or, a DISCOURSE of _SALLETS_. WITH _KALENDARIVM HORTENSE_; OR THE GARD’NERS ALMANACK; Directing what he is to do _Monthly_ throughout the _Year_. * * * * * All which several _Treatises_ are in this _FOURTH EDITION_ much _Inlarg’d_ and _Improv’d_, By the AUTHOR _JOHN EVELYN_, Esq; Fellow of the _ROYAL SOCIETY_ * * * * * ........_Tibi res antiquae laudis & artis Ingredior, tantos ausus recludere fontes._ Virg. * * * * * _LONDON_: Printed for _Robert Scott_ in _Little-Britain_; _Richard Chiswell_ in St. _Paul’s_ Churchyard; _George Sawbridge_ in _Little-Britain_; and _Benj. Tooke_ in _Fleetstreet_. MDCCVI. TO THE KING. For to whom, _Sir_, with so Just and Equal Right should I present the Fruits of my Labours, as to the _Patron_ of that _SOCIETY_, under whose _Influence_, as it was produced; so to whose _Auspices_ alone it owes the Favourable _Acceptance_ which it has receiv’d in the World? To You then (_Royal Sir_) does this _Third Edition_ continue its Humble Addresses, _Tanquam MEMORUM VINDICI_; as of old, they paid their Devotions,{lxxv:1} _HERCULI & SILVANO_; since You are our Θεὸς ὑλικός _Nemorensis Rex_; as having once Your _Temple_, and _Court_ too, under that _Sacred Oak_ which You _Consecrated_ with Your _Presence_, and we _Celebrate_, with Just Acknowledgment to God for Your _Preservation_.