i8 JOHN GOODYER 



that the Yucca first flowered in England. Now, thanks to 

 Goodyer, we are able to print a list of 126 names of plants 

 that were growing at Stubbers in March 16 16- 17, two lists 

 including plants given by Coys to Goodyer in 162 1 or 1622, 

 and a longer list in which 324 plants are marked with the 

 letter C (= Coys).^ This last list was made by Goodyer 

 between 1618 and 1625. 



The earlier of these lists of Coys' garden is the oldest 

 known MS. list of an English garden, in which the plants 

 are properly distinguished by their scientific names. I have 

 no doubt but that the names, which are in Goodyer's hand- 

 writing, were supplied by Coys, who may have determined 

 many of them himself. In the history of English horti- 

 culture it therefore comes between the printed Catalogue 

 of the Trees, Fruits, and Plants grown by John Gerard in 

 his garden at Holborn^ and the lists of George Gibbes and 

 John Tradescant, both of which are printed below. It is 

 entitled 



Mr. Coys his garden 24 and 25 of March 1616, 161 7. 



Then follow ten names of plants distinguished with g 

 (= Gerard), and then twenty-four others which may or 

 may not have formed part of the same collection. The 

 latter include the American novelties : 



Battata Virginiana. 



Prunus Virginianus. Pishimon. 



Cerastus Virginianus. 



Vitis Virginiana. 



Anonymos Sumas Virginianum. 



Solanum Virginianum. 



In after years Goodyer received many plants and seeds 

 from Mr. Coys, which he grew in his Hampshire garden at 

 Droxford, and described in detail when they flowered. 



' See p. 387. 



^ Gerard's printed Catalogus arborum, (Sic, of 1596 is only represented by 

 a single copy, which has been admirably edited by Dr. B. D. Jackson in 1876. 



