386 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TREES. PART 1, 
Gerard mentions having planted Phill¥rea serrata in the Earl 
of Essex’s garden at Barn Elms. (Herbal, edit. 1597, p. 1210.) 
Gough (Brit. Topog., p. 61.) says, that, before the year 1597, 
Gerard had 1100 different plants and trees in cultivation. 
Tradescant is said by Gough to have been contemporary with 
Gerard, but he appears rather to belong to the 17th century. 
The only nursery which we read of as existiaig in the 16th cen- 
tury is that of Corbet, otherwise called Poynter, the father of 
Bishop Corbet, at Twickenham, mentionedby Sir Hugh Plat 
and by Ben Jonson. Gerard says that “ Richard Poynter was a 
most cunning and curious grafter and planter of all manner of 
rare plants at Twickenham.” (Herb., 1597, p. 1269.) 
It is uncertain whether Raleigh brought over any hardy 
American trees or shrubs, though it is highly probable that 
he did so, as he introduced the cherry tree into Ireland, and 
his manor at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire, is said to have been 
magnificently embellished with woods and gardens. Coker, 
author of a Survey of Dorsetshire, published in 1732, but which 
appears to have been written in the time of James I., says that 
Sir Walter Raleigh built in “ the parke” adjoining the old 
castle * a most fine house, which hee beautified with orchardes, 
gardens, and groves of much varietie and great delight; soe that, 
whether that you consider the pleasantnesse of the seate, the 
goodnesse of the soyle, or the other delicacies belonging unto 
it, it rests unparalleled by anie in those partes.” (p. 124.) - 
The park of Sherborne, after the death of Sir Walter Raleigh, 
came into the possession of the Earls of Digby, one of whom 
altered the house, and employed Brown to lay out the grounds. 
The centre part of the former mansion, which was built by Sir 
Walter Raleigh, still exists, and bears his arms, and the date 
1574 over the windows. In the park there is a grove, said to 
have been planted by Sir Walter, which still retains his name. 
(Beauties of England, &c., Dorsetshire, p. 438.) 
We can state nothing respecting the introduction of foreign 
trees into Scotland or Ireland during this century. 
The trees and shrubs introduced into England during the 
16th century, and the persons by whom they were introduced, 
cultivated, or recorded’(the names of the latter being included in 
parentheses), according to the Hortus Kewensis, are as follow: — 
1548. Latrus nobilis Italy (Turner) 
Spartium janceum S. of Eu. = Lord Cobham 
Amygdalus communis _ Barbary (Turner) 
Pinica Granatum S. of Eu. Syon Garden 
Armeniaca vulgaris Levant (Turner) , 
Jasminum officinale East Indies (Turner) 
Rosmarinus officinalis 
South of Europe (Turner). 
