ELIZABETHAN GARDEN LITERATURE i53 



ten shillings the hundred 800, £4. — for on dussin of great blacke curants 

 IS. — on excedyng great cherye called the boores cherye 12s. — on 

 Api-ycoke tree called the whit aprycoke 6s. — also bought of the arche- 

 dukes gardener called peere vyens 10 sorts 20s. — on chery tree called 

 the Archedukes cherye 12s. — Also bought of Mr. John Jokkat for the 

 double Echatega the martygon pompone blanche, the martygon pom- 

 pong orang coUer an the Irys calsedonye and the Irys susyana £2. 

 5 January 161 1 — bought in France — Bought at Parrys. on pomgranat 

 tree vithe many other small trees at the root 6s. — on bundell of genista 

 hispayca 2s. — 8 pots of orrang trees of on years growthe grafted at los. 

 the pece £4. — ollyander trees 6 at halfe a crowoie the pece 15s. Myrtil 

 trees 7 at halfe a crowne the peece 17s. 6d. — two fyg trees in an other 

 baskit called the whit fygs vithe many other rare shrubs give me by 

 Master Robyns 4s. — Also of vynes called muscat two bundals of plants 

 4s. — Cheryes called Biggandres at 2s. the peece 24, £2. — Sypris trees at 

 on shilling the peece 200, ;/;io. — blak mulberry trees at 2S. the peece 

 17, ;^i 14s. — peache the troye 4 trees at 2S. the pece, 8s. (also albergcs, 

 malecotton peaches same price) on pot of the dubble whit stok gilli- 

 fiower and on pot of the other gillifiowers, 3s. 



The total sums on these bills amount to /no 8s. gd. for 

 plants, and a few shillings for baskets, with padlocks and 

 hampers to pack them in, the travelling-expenses being extra. 

 There is also a note on the first bill of £38 from Sir Walter 

 Cope, evidently for trees bought for him at the same time as 

 Lord Salisbury's. " Master Robyns," referred to by Tra- 

 descant, was Jean Robin, a famous French botanist (1550-1629), 

 and first curator of the " Jardin des Plantes." He is frequently 

 mentioned by Gerard as " Robinius of Paris." The genus 

 " Robinia " is named after him. 



The tombstone of the Tradescant family is still to be seen 

 in Lambeth churchyard, on the north-east of the chancel, 

 erected in 1662 by the widow of the younger John. The 

 quaint epitaph runs as follows : 



" Know, stranger, ere thou pass, beneath this stone 

 Lye John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son. 

 The last died in his spring ; — the other two 

 Liv'd till they had travell'd Art and Nature throu^jh : 

 As by their choice collections may appear 

 Of what is rare, in land, in sea, in air. 

 Whilst they (as Homer's Illiad in a nut) 

 A world of wonders in one closet shut. 

 These famous Antiquarians that had been 

 Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen 



