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that subject in 1594, and also The Jewel House of Art and 

 Nature. His work on gardening, which deserves our 

 attention, was printed first in 1600, under the title of The 

 Paradise of Flora and again with the addition of a second 

 part in 1660, with the title, The Garden of Eden. This 

 last edition appeared some time after Platt's death, and was 

 edited " by a kinsman " of his, Charles Bellingham. " That 

 learned and great observer," Sir Hugh Platt, " knight of 

 Lincoln's Inne, gentleman," had a garden of his own, in 

 London, and an estate near St. Albans, and it also appears, 

 from references in his works, that he passed some time at 

 Copt Hall, in Essex, which belonged to Sir Thomas 

 Henneage. He was intimate with all the chief gardeners 

 of his day, and is most conscientious in giving the credit 

 of any piece of information to the friend from whom he 

 learnt it. Thus he frequently refers by name or initial to 

 Mr. Andrew Hill, Mr. Tavener, Mr. Pointer, of Twickenham, 

 Garret, the apothecary, Pigot, the gardener, Mr. Nicholson 

 Gardiner, and others, all evidently well known to his readers, 

 as authorities on the subject. He recommends various manures 

 for different plants, ard for the general improvement of the soil. 

 Fern spread over the earth during the winter, and then dug in 

 " Ashes of ferns are excellent " and '* soot enriches the ground," 

 also "shavings of horn." " Onions and bay salt sown together 

 have prospered exceeding well." He is careful to specify the 

 best kind of manure for every plant. On the reverse of the 

 title-page of The Jewel House of Art and Nature, he gives a 

 picture of an exceptionally large ear of barley, " grown at 

 Bishop's Hill, Middlesex, in 1594, the ground being manured 

 with sope ashes." 



Another plant-lover of this date who deserves to be remem- 

 bered, is Dr. Penny. Not much is known of his life. He was 

 a physician, and travelled abroad, and also about England, and 

 collected many plants. He was a friend of the most eminent 

 botanists of the day, Clusius, Gesner, Turner, Lobel, Gerard, 

 &c. He must have been well known at the time by the way 

 in which he is referred to by these writers, although now his 

 name is remembered by few. Gerard speaks of him as " Thomas 



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