Vill THE HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE 
before it was in England, and cultivated plants were gradu- 
ally introduced into this country, partly by Englishmen 
who travelled on the Continent, and partly by refugees who 
fled from their own countries to escape persecution. 
ne of the great merits of Aiton’s Hortus Kewensis is the 
immense amount of information of this kind it has handed 
down to us, much of which would otherwise have been lost. 
In very many instances, of course, no exact date can be 
given; all that is known is that such and such a plant was 
cultivated at a certain date, and sometimes the author does 
not cite the earliest date. Thus it is stated that the 
Damask Rose was cultivated in 1573, while in Johnson’s 
History of English Gardening we are informed that Linacre, 
who died in 1524, introduced it from Italy. Again, it 
appears that the Auricula was cultivated in England as 
early as 1570,’ having been brought over by artisans who 
were driven out of the Netherlands. 
Dipymus MountTAINE. 
Previous to the earliest of Gerard’s publications appeared 
Didymus Mountaine’s Gardeners’ Labyrinth, the first part 
in 1571, and the second part, in which the author treats of 
“delectable floures,” in 1577. There were several editions 
of this work, notably one by Dethycke in 1586. Among 
the “tender herbes and pleasant flowers” enumerated in 
this book are Marigold, Rose Campion, Flower of the Sun, 
Columbines, Pinks, Heartsease, Prony, Red Lily, Lavender, 
Bachelor’s Button, Gilliflowers and Carnations. Didymus 
Mountaine is supposed to be an assumed name of Thomas 
Hill, who published several works on gardening, between 
1563 and 1606. 
TRADESCANT, 
- John Tradeseant, a Dutchman, who settled in this country, 
and was nominated gardener to Charles I. about the year 
1629, having previously successively served in the same 
position under several noblemen and Queen Elizabeth, was 
famous for his natural history museum and garden in 
- ie Hibberd, in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
vii., p. 193. 
