46 THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



1629, and dedicated to Henrietta Maria. An 

 early chapter in Parkinson is taken up with the 

 various edgings for "knots and trayles," and he 

 says, " the one are living herbes, and the others 

 are dead materials, as leade, boords, bones, tyles, 

 &c." Among " living herbes " he mentions thrift as 

 having been " most anciently received," lavender, 

 cotton, and slips of juniper or yew ; but on the 

 whole he recommends " French or Dutch boxe." 

 His_ flowers, he divides into English and " out- 

 landish " flowers, and his list is extensive enough 

 for a good garden of to-day. " Of daffodils," he 

 writes, " there are almost a hundred sorts ; " and 

 his list of "tulipas," as he calls them, extends 

 over several pages, and is at least as full as a 

 modern nurseryman's catalogue. 



Two hundred and fifty years have passed since 

 this was written, and innumerable new varieties 

 and species have since been introduced. To name 

 no others, we have the annuals of California and 

 the flowering shrubs of Japan, the heliotrope of 

 Peru, the fuchsia of Chili, and the dahlia of 

 Mexico. But the illustrated pages of Curtis, of 



