154 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND 



Transplanted now themselves, sleep here, and when 

 Angels shall with their trumpets waken men 

 And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise. 

 And change this garden for a Paradise." 



Sir Hugh Piatt was supposed to be the most learned man 

 of his time in soils and manures. He published a work on 

 that subject in 1594, and also The Jew el- House of Art and 

 Nature. His work on gardening, which deserves most attention, 

 was printed first in 1600 under the title of The Paradise of 

 Flora, and again, with the addition of a second part, in 1660, 

 with the title The Garden of Eden. This last edition appeared 

 some time after Piatt's death, and was edited " by a kins- 

 man " of his, Charles Bellingham. " That learned and great 

 observer," Sir Hugh Piatt, " knight, of Lincoln's Inne, gentle- 

 man," had a garden of his own in London, and an estate near 

 St. Albans, and it also appears, from references in his works, 

 that he passed some time at Copt Hall, in Essex, which be- 

 longed to Sir Thomas Henneage. He was intimate with all 

 the chief gardeners of his day, and is most conscientious in 

 giving the credit of any piece of information to the friend from 

 whom he learnt it. Thus he frequently refers by name or 

 initial to Mr. Andrew Hill, Mr. Tavener, Mr. Pointer, of 

 Twickenham ; Garret, the apothecary ; Pigot, the gardener ; 

 Mr. Nicholson Gardiner, and others, all evidently well known 

 to his readers as authorities on the subject. He recommends 

 various manures for different plants, and for the general im- 

 provement of the soil. Fern spread over the earth during the 

 winter, and then dug in — " Ashes of ferns are excellent," and 

 " soot enriches the ground "; also " shavings of horn." " Onions 

 and bay salt sown together have prospered exceeding well." 

 He is careful to specify the best kind of manure for every plant. 

 On the reverse of the title-page of The Jewel-House of Art and 

 Nature he gives a picture of an exceptionally large ear of 

 barley " grown at Bishop's Hill, Middlesex, in 1594, the ground 

 being manured with sope ashes." 



Another plant-lover of this date who deserves to be remem- 

 bered is Dr. Penny. Not much is known of his life. He was 

 a physician, and travelled abroad, and also about England, and 

 collected many plants. He was a friend of the most eminent 



