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ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



greater interest to the archaeologist than to the prac- 

 tical gardener. Among these the most important was 

 the "Crete Herbal," printed about 1516, followed by a 

 new translation of a herbal by Macer, a classic writer 

 whose works had been well known in the Middle 

 Ages. But Turner, a scholar of much distinction, was 

 the earliest author of a herbal gi.ying the names of Eng- 

 lish plants. His books, the " Libellus de Re Herbaria," 



Tht manerof watering with aPumpf in 



the " Names of Herbes," and a " Herbal," were pub- 

 lished in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, 

 and throw some light upon the gardening as well as 

 upon the botanical researches of his time. 



The first 



English Andrew Borde is the first writer who gave directions 



books on 



gardening, in English as to how to plan a house and grounds. 



