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in Hertfordshire. Gerard also had a garden of his 

 own at Holborn (then a suburb of London), where 

 he raised many rare specimens and tried many ex- 

 periments. He employed a collector, William Mar- 

 shall, to travel in the Levant for new plants. Gerard 

 (1545-1607) was a physician, as well as a practical 

 gardener; but, although he possessed great knowl- 

 edge, he does not appear to have had the esthetic 

 appreciation of flowers that Parkinson had in such 

 great measure. His name is also written Gerade. 

 Gerard's "Herbal" was not the first. Horticul- 

 turists could consult the "Grete Herbal," first 

 printed by Peter Treveris in 1516; Fitzherbert, 

 "Husbandry" (1523); Walter Cary, "Herbal" 

 ( 1525) ; a translation of Macer's "Herbal" (1530) ; 

 the "Herbal" by Dodoens, published in Antwerp 

 in 1544; William Turner's "The Names of Herbs 

 in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duche and Frenche," etc. 

 (1548), reprinted by the English Dialect Society 

 (1881); Thomas Tusser's "Five Pointes of Good 

 Husbandry," etc. (1573), reprinted by the English 

 Dialect Society (1878); Didymus Mountain's 

 (Thomas Hill) "A Most Brief and Pleasant Trea- 

 tise Teaching How to Sow and Set a Garden" 

 (1563), "The Proffitable Art of Gardening" 

 (1568), and "The Gardener's Labyrinth" (1577); 



