102 THE PRAISE OF GARDENS 



SAMUEL Friend of Milton; son of a Polish Merchant. 1628, came to England. 1644, 

 (fffr \ Milton addressed to him his treatise on Education, he having introduced the 



^ ' writings of Comenius. 1646, was pensioned by Parliament for his works on 



Husbandry. 1655, Evelyn describes a visit to him. 



He wrote many pamphlets on education and husbandry, (inter alia] ' A 

 Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant and Flanders ' ; ( An Essay for 

 Advancement of Husbandry Learning or Propositions for errecting a Colledge 

 of Husbandry ' ; * The Reformed Husbandman ' ; ' His Legacy ' ; ' Cormi Copia" 1 

 and ' The Compleat Husband-man. ' 



A BOUT 50 years ago, about which time Ingenuities first began 

 *"* to flourish in England', this Art of Gardening, began to 

 creep into England, into Sandwich, and Surrey, Fulham, and 

 other places. 



Some old men in Surrey, where it flourisheth very much at 

 present, report, That they knew the first Gardiners that came 

 into those parts, to plant Cabages, Colleflowers, and to sowe 

 Turneps, Garrets, and Parsnips, to sowe Raith or (early ripe) 

 Rape, Pease, all which at that time were great rarities, we 

 having few, or none in England, but what came from Holland 

 and Flanders. These Gardiners with much ado procured a 

 plot of good ground, and gave no lesse than 8 pound per 

 Acre; yet the Gentleman was not content, fearing they would 

 spoil his ground ; because they did use to dig it. So ignorant 

 were we of Gardening in those dayes. The Compleat Husband- 

 man (1659.) 



ANDRE The Grand Gardener of the Grand Monarch. 



LE N&TRE Rueily created by Richelieu (or the Boboli gardens at Florence}^ said to have 

 (1612-1700). suggested the Versailles garden to Le Ndtre ; the Pare de Vaiix began his reputa- 

 tion ; he executed Versailles and Chantilly together for Condi* ; the terrace at 

 Fontaineblea^l was his design. He worked at the Chateau de Meudon for the 

 Due de Chartres, at St Cloud for Fotiquet, and for Colbert at the ' Pare de 

 Sceaux. ' 



C AINT SIMON wrote his epitaph : 



^ " After living 88 years in perfect health, with his intellect 



untouched, and all his judgment and good taste undiminished, he 



1 See Portrait of Le Notre and Illustrations and description of Versailles in 

 Appendix. 



