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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



PART IV. 



dinaea, tant Parterres en Broderie, Compartimens de Gazon, 

 que Bosquets et autres, avec un Abreg^ de 1' Agriculture tou- 

 chant ce qui peut etre le plus utile et necessaire a la construc- 

 tion et accompagnement du dit Jarclin de Plaisir, par Andr6 

 Mollet, intendant des Jardins du roi d'Angleterre. Stockholm, 

 folio. 



2. Maniere pour elever les Melons. Paris. 12mo. 1659. 

 1652. Le Gendre, an assumed name; that of the 

 real author being, according to Quintinie, Robert 

 Arnauld d'Andily, a clergyman, born at Paris in 

 1589, author of various theological works and me- 

 moirs of his own life, who died in 1674. But the 

 compilers of the BiLIiographie Agronomique, con- 

 sider that the Abb6 of Font-chateau, a monk of 

 Portugal, was the real author. Baillet, a noted 

 French bibliographer, ascribes it to M.M. Guillaume 

 de la Moignon, et Olivier Left-vre d'Ormesson: 

 Rapin ascribes it to La Moignon ; and Gregoire is 

 of the same opinion as Quintinie. All agree in the 

 excellence of the work. 



An English translation appeared in 1660, entitled The 

 right Manner of ordering Fruit-trees, &c. translated from the 

 French of Le Gendre. London. 8vo. 



1652. Mollet, Claude, head gardener to Henry IV., 

 and of Louis XIII. ; he created in France, in 1582, 

 the parterres d compartimens y in 1595, he planted 

 the garden of Saint Germain-en-Laye, of Monceau, 

 and of Fontainbleau ; in 1607, he had planted at Fon- 

 tainbleau 7000 fruit-trees ; he had, in 1608, made 

 fine plantations of cypresses in the gardens of the 

 Thuilleries, which were killed by the rigorous winter 

 of 1608. On the whole, he effected a great deal for 

 the time in which he. lived, and his name and me- 

 mory has been too much forgotten. His relation, 

 Andrew Mollet, was gardener to James I. in Eng- 

 land. (See Mollet, Andre, 1651.) 



Theatre des Plans et Jardinages, contenant des Secrets et In- 

 ventions inconnus a tous ceux qui jusqu' a present sesont meles 

 d'ecrire sur cette matiere; avec un Traite d'Astrologie, pro- 

 pres pour toutes sortes de Personnes, et particulierement pour 

 ceux qui s'occupent a la Culture des Jardins. Paris. 4to. 22 

 plates. The designs invented by Andre, Jacques, and Noel, 

 sons of the author. 



Several editions of this work have been printed at Paris, but 

 none lately. 



1653. Bornefond, , author of a letter on the 



agriculture of Italy. ' 



^ Jardinier Fran^ais et Delices de la Campagne. Paris. 2 vols. 



1653. Triquet, R. , prior of St. Mark. 



Instruction poar les Arbres Fruitiers. 



A third edition, with a Treatise on the Management o 

 Oranges, Pomegranates, Olives, and Spanish Jessamine, in 



1654. Chesme, Monstercuil, Charles de la. 



Le Fleuriste Franc/ais, traitant de 1'Origine des Tulipes; 

 avec un Catalogue des noms des Tulipes. Caen. 



This appears to be the first treatise written on Tulips; the 

 second was by d'Ardenne in 1660. A plagiarism from Ches- 

 nee's work appeared in 1678, entitled Traile des Tulipes. 



1658. Morin, Pierre, a florist at Paris, mentioned 

 by Evelyn ; he devoted 40 years of his life to the 

 culture of flowers, and was, the French authors say. 

 the Vilmorin of his time. 



1. Remarques n^cessaires pour la Culture des Fleurs. 



2. Instruction facile pour connoitre toutes sortes d'Orangers, 

 et de Citronniers; qui enseigne aussi la maniere de les cultiver, 

 semer, &c. Paris, 12mo. 1680. 



1658. Stephanus, Morinus, a protestant divine, 

 born at Caen in 1625, where he was settled as a cler- 

 gyman, and afterwards as a professor of the Oriental 

 languages at Amsterdam; he published various 

 theological works, and died in 1700. 

 Observationes circa Culturam Plantarum. 



1660. Saint Etienne, Claude de, a Bernardin monk. 



1. Instruction pour connaitre les bons Fruits et les Arbres 

 Fruitiers, selon le mois de 1'annee et la fa^on de les cultiver. 

 Paris. 12mo. 



Several editions, with the title somewhat varied, as Nou- 

 velle Instruction pour connaitre, &c. 1667. 



2. Traite de la Connaissance des bons Fruits, par M.M. Mer- 

 let et Saint Etienne, 4th edit. 1782. 



1665. Rapin, Rene, or Renatus, a Jesuit, was born 

 at Tours in 1621. He taught polite literature with 

 great reputation in the colleges cf his order : and 

 died at Paris in 1687. 



1. Renati Rapini de Hortorum, libr. 14 1665. item Ultraj. 

 1672. 8. prseter ejus libellum de Cultura Hortensi, et Meursii 

 arboretum sacrum. 



2. Nemus; translated into English verse by Evelyn junior, 

 printed with the Sylva. Rapin's 4 books translated by him 

 were published separately, 1673. 8vo. LonJ. 



1675. Laurent, Jean. 



Abrege pour les Arbres nains, et autres, &c. Paris. 4to. 

 This author believes in the influence of the moon, and 

 T curious superstitious practices to secure successful 



1675. Merlet, Jean, of St. Stephen. 

 Par i^Rf des Bons Fruits avec la maniere de les connaitre, &c. 



1677. Aratote, jardinier de Puteaux, considered 

 l>y the French bibliographers as an assumed name, 

 and designation 



1. Observations sur le Livre du Cure d'Henonrille, ru de 

 1'Abbe de Pont-chateau de Cambout de Coislin, Jardinier de 

 Port Royal. 12mo. 1677. 



2. L'Art de cultiver toutes sortes de Fleurs; avec Instruc- 

 tions pour cultiver et greffer les Arbres Fruitiers. Paris. 

 12mo. 



3. Instructions pour le Jardin Potager.avec 1'Art de cultiver 

 les Fleurs et les Arbres Fruitiers. Paris. 12mo. 1678. 



1683. R. D. C. D. W. D. 



Le Jardinier Fran^ais, qui enseigne a cultiver les Arbres et 

 les Herbes Potageres, avec la Maniere de conserver les Fruits, 

 dedife aux Dames. Rouen. 12mo. 



This work has come through a great many editions in France, 

 and was translated by Evelyn in 1658, under the title of the 

 French Gardener. 

 1692. Chataigneraye, le Sieur de. 



La parfaite Connaissance des Arbres Fruitiers, &c. Paris. 

 12mo: 



1696. Dahuron, Rene, gardener to the Duke of 

 Brunswick, at Luneburg. 



Nouveau TraittS de la Taille des Arbres Fruitiers, contenant 

 plusieurs figures, qui marquent les manieres de les bien tailler. 

 Paris. 12mo. 



1696. Quintinie, Jean de la, born in 1626, at Cha- 

 banois, near Angouleme, died in 1700. He was 

 destined for the bar, but a passion for gardening de- 

 termined him to that pursuit. He became tutor to 

 a young gentleman, M. Tambonneau, and made the 

 tour of Italy with him, where his passion for his 

 favorite study increased. At his return, the father 

 of his pupil submitted his gardens to his direction. 

 Here he acquired experience and reputation. The 

 great Cond^ used to take pleasure in conversing with 

 him, and Charles II. of England invited him to su- 

 perintend his gardens, with a considerable pension. 

 Louis XIV. created for him the office of director of 

 the royal fruit and kitchen gardens. It is uncertain 

 whether any other work by him appeared during his 

 life than the first of those enumerated below. 



1. Trait^ des Jardins Fruitiers et Potagers. Amsterdam. 

 4to. fig. 



2. Instructions sur les Jardins Fruitiers et Potagers, avec un 

 Traite des Orangers, et des Reflexions sur 1'AgriciSture. 4to. 



Both works have come through numerous editions in the 

 French language, and were translated into English by Evelyn, 

 and by London and Wise. 



17. . . Chomel, Noel, a curate in Lyons, who died 

 in 1712. His nephew, a physician, published in 

 1761, Histoire des Plantes usuelles. 



Abregg de 1'Histoire des Plantes usuelles, &c. An Edition in 

 1803, with the Linnaean names by Maillaud. 



17. . . Lemarie, Fr . 



Supplement k I'Ami des Jardins d'Utilitfe et d'Ornement; 

 contenant des notions sur la culture de di verses plantes ; entre 

 autres le rutabaga au chou-navet de Laponie, qui ne gelejamais 

 en terre, et qui remplace le colsa ; sur de nouveaux arbres et 

 arbrisseaux, tels qu'un nouveau Rosier, le Mangoustan, et 

 autres ; avec deux listes des panaches, dont l : une des plants 

 vivaces en pleine terre, et 1'autre des arbres et arbrisseaux. 

 Paris. 12mo. 



17. . . Pelee, M. de St. Maurice, member of the 

 Paris Agricultural Society. 



L'Ait de Cultiver les Peupliers d'ltalie, &c. Paris, 12mo. 



17. . . Renault, , a civil officer in the district of 



Rouen. 



P.Iemoire sur la Culture des Pommiers dans toute 1'etendue 

 de la France. Rouen, 8vo. 



1701. Marchant, , of the Academy of Sciences. 



Dissertation sur la Preference que nous devons donner aux 

 Plantes de notre Pays, par-dessus les Plantes etrangeres. 



1703. Liger, Louis, born in 1658, died in 1717 ; 

 author of various works on rural and domestic 

 economy, and of a Theatre d' Agriculture, in se- 

 veral volumes, and a new edition of the Maison Rus- 

 tique. 



\. Trait^ facile pour apprendre a (Slever des Figuieres. 

 12mo* 



2. Le Jardinier, Fleuriste, et Historiographe, 2 vols. in 

 12mo. 1703. An edition with the title somewhat varied in 

 1704. 



1705. Besnier, , a physician in Paris, father- 

 in-law to the celebrated physician Dionis. 



Le Jardinier Botaniste, ou la Maniere de cultiver toutes 

 sortes de Plantes, Fleurs, Arbres, et Arbrisseaux, avec leur 

 usage en medicine et pour rembellissement des jardins. Paris. 

 8vo. 



1705. Francois, , one of the brothers of the 



Chartreuse in Paris. 



Le Jardinier solitare, ou Dialogues, contenant la mlthode de 

 cultiver un iardin fruitier et potager, 8vo. An edition in 1770, 

 with the title somewhat varied. 



1705. Vallemont, l'Abb de, a naturalist and anti- 

 quarian, author of several works. 

 Curiosites de la Nature et de 1'Art sur la Vegetation, ou 

 Agriculture et le Jardinage dans lenr perfection, &c. Paris. 



1784. 



12mo- 



The same work in English. Sv 



1707. Andry, . 



Le Th<5 de L'Europe, ou les Propri^tes de la Veroniquc. 

 Paris. 16mo. 



1707. Tournefort, Joseph Pit ton de, a physician 

 and botanist, was born at Aix, in Provence, June 5. 

 1656. He was intended for the church, but on the 

 death of his father he relinquished the study of 



