First edition of this extensive work on the cultivation and multiplication of plants and trees, accompanied by an introduction which explains the basics of horticulture. The work discusses hundreds of plants in alphabetical order, and gives important facts about their growth and development. All mentioned plants were considered suitable for Dutch gardens. The work was very accessible and easy to read for the general public. According to Van Eeden, it was so popular, that the publisher still received inquiries for it in the 1860s. However, since the information in it was no longer up-to-date by this time, the work was edited and re-published in 1868 as Hortus Batavus. The present work, however, is the first edition.
With a red ownership stamp ("Ex Libris J. Visser, Rotterdam") on the front wrapper and the title-page, the printed price of the work on the title-page has been corrected by hand. The edges and corners of the wrappers are frayed and the spine is damaged, with loss of material at the head and foot. The work is occasionally very slightly foxed and the edges are lightly browned. Otherwise in good condition. Cf. Eeden, F. W. van, Hortus Batavus, introduction; Stafleu & Cowan 1626; not in Pritzel.