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lines for needlework. The book historically is certainly 

 interesting. The text is in Latin, but even the unlearned 

 reader is able to realise how horticulturally perfect may 

 have been the gardens of Europe where Louis XIII. of 

 France played as a child, and the number and richness 

 of the flowers which our Prince Charles of Wales (his 

 future brother-in-law) may have gazed at from his palace 

 windows or enjoyed when gathered. This, perhaps, 

 helped to nourish the great taste for art which Charles I., 

 more than all our other kings, developed later in life. 



1629. I have both the Parkinsons. The first pub- 

 lished of the two has the following curious descriptive 

 inscription written on a shield at the bottom of the title- 

 page :- 



PARADISI IN SOLE 

 PARADISUS TERRESTRIS. 



A GARDEN OF ALL SORTS OF PLEASANT FLOWERS WHICH OUR 

 ENGLISH AYRE WILL PERMITT TO BE NOURSED UP : 



WITH 

 A KITCHEN GARDEN OF ALL MANNER OF HERBES, RAVIES, AND FRUITES 



FOR MEATS OR SAUSE USED WITH US, 

 AND 



AN ORCHARD OF ALL SORTS OF FRUIT-BEARING TREES 

 AND SHRUBBS FIT FOR OUR LAND, 



TOGETHER 



WITH THE RIGHT ORDERINGE, PLANTING, AND PRESARVING 

 OF THEM, AND THEIR USES AND VERTUES. 

 COLLECTED BY JOHN PARKINSON, 

 APOTHECARY OF LONDON. 



The picture on the title-page portrays the Garden 

 of Eden with Adam and Eve tending the flowers. 

 The outward edge is rimmed with spikes representing 

 the sun's rays. At the top is the eye of Providence, and 



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