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ists, and chemists. Among these maybe 

 mentioned Thomas Hill, Maschal, Platt, 

 Heresbach, Gerarde, Lawson, Markham, 

 Wotton, Parkinson, Tradescant, Evelyn, 

 Worlidge, Lord Bacon, and Sir William 

 Temple. 



It is from the works of these men that 

 a sufficiently complete knowledge of the 

 condition of the art of gardening, during 

 the period that has just been considered, 

 may be obtained. "When we cast our 

 eyes over a list of the men of science and 

 literature of all denominations that 

 adorned this age, especially in botany and 

 chemistry, the two sciences of all others 

 the most important to horticulture, we 

 shall not be surprised to find how rapidly 

 it was rising from being a mere art of 

 empiricism. And when we note how the 

 thirst for foreign researches was preva- 

 lent, we shall easily perceive by what 

 means new plants were gained to every 

 department of our art." l 



1 History of English Gardening^ by G. W. John- 

 son. London, 1829. 



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