Bvolutfon of Ibortfcultute 



During the Stuart dynasty and the 

 succeeding reigns up to the present day, 

 horticulture in all its branches, has made 

 the most extraordinary progress, not 

 only in Britain and in Europe, but 

 throughout the world. With the excep- 

 tion of its immediate connection and in- 

 fluence upon the evolution of the art in 

 New England, which will in turn receive 

 due consideration, space does not permit 

 one to enter into details to any extent. 

 As the writings of some of the authors, 

 whose names have been given above, 

 were more or less familiar to the early 

 settlers of the New World, previous to 

 their departure from the mother country, 

 and who afterwards consulted them as 

 guides in the art of gardening, in their 

 new homes, a few of these may be here 

 briefly noticed. 



JOHN GERARDE was born in 1545, was 

 educated as a surgeon, and attained to 

 eminence in the profession. His tastes, 

 however, afterwards led him to the study 

 and cultivation of plants, in the number 

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