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introduced by him, is inserted below.* And this able man, by his great industry, 

 made it manifest, in the very infancy of botany, that there is scarcely any plant 

 in the known world, that will not, with proper care, thrive in this kingdom. 

 When his house at South Lambeth, then called Tradescant's Ark, came into 

 Ashmole's possession, he added a noble room to it, and adorned the chimney 

 with his arms, impaling those of Sir William Dugdale, whose daughter was his 

 3d wife, where they remain to this day. 



It were much to be wished, that the lovers of botany had visited this once 

 famous garden, before, or at least in the beginning of the present century. But 

 this seems to have been totally neglected till the year 1749, when Dr Watson 

 and Dr. Mitchel favoured the r.-s. with the only account now extant, of the 

 remains of Tradescant's garden. In it, Dr. Watson seems to confine the extent 

 of it to that now belonging to Mr. Small's house. Dr. D. believes it was other- 

 wise; and, on account of the great number of plants, trees, &c. is inclined to 

 think that Tradescant's garden extended much farthers Bounded on the west by 

 the road, on the east by a deep ditch, still extant, it certainly extended a good 

 way towards the north, and took in not only Dr. D.'s orchard and garden, but 



• From Parkinson's Garden of Pleasant Flowers, printed in l656. 



1. ' Pseudonarcissus aureus maxiinus flore pleno, sive roseus Tradescanti. The greatest double 

 yellow bastard daffodil, or John Tradescant's great rose daffodil. This daffodil was primarily intro- 

 duced by John Tradescant, and for its exti'eme beauty, may well be entitled the glory of daffodils.' 

 page 102. 



2. ' Moly Homericum, vel potius Theophrasti. The greatest moly of Homer, HI. 



3. ' Moly Indicum, sive Caucason. Indian moly, ibid. Both the above molys are natives of Spain, 

 Italy and Greece, and were procured from thence by John Tradescant, and flourished with him, in 

 his garden at Canterbury.' (Should be South Lambeth). 



4. ' Ephemerum Virginianum Tradescanti. John Tradescant's spider-wort of Virginia. This spider- 

 wort is of late knowledge, and for it the Christian world is indebted unto that painful industrious 

 searcher and lover of all nature's varieties John Tradescant.' 152. 



5. ' Gladiolus Byzantinus. Corn-flag of Constantinople. With this species John Tradescant observed 

 many acres of ground in Barbary overspread, igo. 



6. ' Elleboms albus vulgaris. White hellebore. This groweth in many places in Germany, and also 

 in some parts of Russia, and in such plenty, that John Tradescant observed quantity sufficient to load 

 a good ship with the roots, 3+6. 



7. ' Nardis montana tuberosa. Knobbed mountain valerian. Discovered in a botanic exclusion 

 by J. Tradescant, 388. 



8. ' John Tradescant introduced a new strawberry, with very large leaves, from Brussels ; but in 

 the course of 7 years, could never see one berry completely ripe. j-8. 



9. John Tradescant procured a new and great variety of plums from Turkey, and other parts of the 

 world. 575. 



10. ' The Ai-gier, or Algier apricot. This, with many other sorts, John Tradescant brought with him, 

 returning from the Argier voyage, whither he went with the fleet that was sent against pirates. Anno 

 1620.' 579. 



Thus far Parkinson ; but whether or no these plants bear his name at this period, I can no more pre- 

 tend to assert, tlian that all the species tlierein mentioned are even now existing in our gardens.— Orig» 



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