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1536; Pope Paul III, 1538; and Napoleon Bonapart, 3 April, 
1796. Engraved on stone in the garden is this quotation from the 
Martial, Book IV, Ep. 29: 
Rara juvant: primis sic major gratia pomis, hibernac pretium sic 
meruere rosae. (Rare things delight: thus the earliest fruits give 
most pleasure, and winter roses bring the highest price.) 
It would require a book of many pages to describe the features 
in this garden of interest to the student and lover of plants—the 
wonderful cypresses and other evergreens, the enormous specimens 
of Aloe and century plants (4gave), deciduous trees of many 
kinds, ferns and flowering plants, grapes and fruit trees, vines and 
rock garden plants, Euphorbias and oranges 
to make a garden of su 
all arranged so as 
oreme beauty, as interesting to the landscape 
architect as the individual plants are to the horticulturist and bot- 
anist. There were broad masses of Iris, planted along walks that 
extended between two rows of trees. 
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Though not a botanic garden, as that term is now understood, 
La Mortola has a botanical library of some 1500 volumes and 600 
pamphlets ; a herbarium of about 30,000 specimens, and a museum. 
The garden publishes a seed list, and has distributed without charge 
as many as 12,000 packets of seeds in one year. It was established 
in 1867 and the present owner is Commendatore Cecil Hanbury, 
K.C.V.O., F.L.S., F.R.H.S. The library of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden me a copy of the en ere Congratulatory Address to Sir 
Thomas Hanbury which was presented to Sir Joseph Hooker by 
Lady Hanbury. This address, beautifully engrossed, was to have 
been presented to Sir Thomas on his 75th birthday, June 21, 1907, 
but his death occurred on the 9th of March preceding. 
I cannot close this account of visits to the gardens of Italy with- 
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out grateful acknowledgment of the cordial reception and uniform 
courtesy everywhere extended. On account of its being vacation 
time for the colleges most of the garden directors were absent for 
field work, conventions, or vacation, but everything possible was 
done by those in temporary charge to make the visits pleasant and 
profitable. Many delightful and advantageous contacts were estab- 
lished, publications and information obtained, and arrangements 
made for the exchange of publications, seeds, and other material. 
