176 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND. 



Mr. John Jokkat for the double Echatega the martygon pompone blanche, the 

 martygon pompong orang coller an the Irys calsedonye and the Irys susyana 

 2. 5 January 1611 bought in France 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 IDS. the pece 4. 

 ollyander trees 6 at halfe a crowne the pece 155. Myrtil trees 7 at halfe a 

 crowne the peece 175. 6d. two fyg trees in an other baskit called the whit fygs 

 vithe many other rare shrubs give me by Master Robyns 45. Also of vynes 

 called muscat two bundals of plants 45. 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. 145. 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, 35. 



The total sums on these bills amount to 110. 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 38. 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 family 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 Platt was supposed to be the most learned man 

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



