176 .4 HISTORY OF GARDEXIXG IN ENGLAND. 



Mr. John Jokkat for the cknihle F.cliatL'^-a the martygon pompone bk'inche, the 

 martygon pompong orano- collcr an the Irys calsedonye and the Irys susyana 

 ^2. 5 January i6ii — bought in I*" ranee — Bought at Parrys. on pomgranat 

 tree vithe many other small trees at the root 6s, — on bundell of genista hispayca 

 2s. — 8 pots of orrang trees of on years growthe grafted at los. the pece ^4. 

 — oliyander trees 6 at halfe a crowne the pece 15s. — Myrtil trees 7 at halfe a 

 crowne the peece 17s. 6d. — two fyg trees in an other baskit called the whit fygs 

 vithe many other rare shrubs give me by Master Robyns 4s. — Also of vynes 

 called muscat two bundals of plants 4s. — Cheryes called Biggandres at 2 the 

 peece 24, ^2. — Sypris trees at on shilling the peece 200, ^10 — blak mulberry 

 trees at 2s. the peece 17, ^i. 14s. — peache the troye 4 trees at 2s. the pece, 8s. 

 (also alberges, malecotton peaches same price) on pot of the dubble whit 

 stok gilliflower and on pot of the other gilliflowers, 3s. 



The total sums on these bills amount to ;^iio. 8s. gd. for 

 plants, and a few shillings for baskets, with padlocks and 

 hampers to pack them in ; — the travelling expenses being 

 extra. There is also a note on the first bill of £^'&. from 

 Sir Walter Cope, evidently for trees bought for him at the 

 same time as Lord Salisbury's. " Master Robyns," referred 

 to by Tradescant, was Jean Robin, a famous French botanist 

 (1550-1629) and first curator of the "Jardin des Plantes." He 

 is frequently mentioned by Gerard as " Robinius of Paris." 

 The genus " Robinia " is named after him. 



The tombstone of the Tradescant famil}' is still to be seen 



in Lambeth churchyard, on the N. E. of the chancel, erected 



in 1662 by the widow of the younger John. The quaint epitaph 



runs as follows : — 



" Know, stranger, ere thou pass, beneath this stone 

 Lye John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son 

 The last died in his spring; — the other two 

 Liv'd till they had travell'd Art and Nature through ; 

 As by their choice collections may appear 

 Of what is rare, in land, in sea, in air. 

 Whilst they (as Homer's Illiad in a nut) 

 A world of wonders in one closet shut. 

 These famous Antiquarians that had been 

 Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen 

 Transplanted now themselves, sleep here, and when 

 Angels shall with their trumpets waken men 

 And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, 

 And change this garden for a Paradise." 



Sir Hugh Piatt was supposed to be the most learned man 

 of his time, in soils and manures. He published a work on 



