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James I. and Charles I. Professor Martyn says his 

 ' Paradisus ' is the first book on gardening worth 

 mentioning. 



JOHN TRADESCANT, a Dutchman who came to Eng- 

 land. He travelled as far as Kussia, collecting plants 

 in Barbary and the Mediterranean. About 1629 he 

 obtained the title of gardener to Charles I. He 

 founded his garden at Lambeth at a date unknown, 

 made a collection of natural history, and formed a 

 splendid museum, called Tradescant's Ark. In what 

 year he died is unknown, but he was an old man when 

 he published "his book. 



Dr JOHN BEAL, a Hereford gentleman and ingeni- 

 ous divine. He was born in Herefordshire 1603, 

 and died 1683. He is the author of several works, 

 embracing experiments on the running of sap, the 

 connection of certain parts of the tree with those 

 of the fruit, &c. 



JOHN EOSE, gardener to Charles II. at St James's, 

 wrote a book on the Vineyard and how to make Wine. 

 First printed with Evelyn's ' French Gardener ' in 

 1690. 



JOHN WORLEDGE published a book called ' Sys- 

 temae Agriculture : the Mystery of Husbandry dis- 

 covered.' London, 1668. 



JOHN MORTIMER, author of a book titled, ' The 

 whole Art of Husbandry in the way of Managing and 

 Improving Land.' His works were translated into 

 Swedish, and published in Stockholm 1727. 



