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produced. His work is divided into two parts ; in the first of which he speaks 

 of the nature of flowers physically, and in the second of their cultivation. 

 This second part is in a great measure taken from the Flot-a of G. B. Ferrari, 

 but without adopting the puerilities of the latter. Perhaps Arena was the 

 first in Italy who defended the theory of the sexes in plants," (See Gamba, in 

 his work already quoted.) 



11. Casimir Affaitati. L' Orfolano in Villa, e P accurato Giardimere in Cittd, 

 " The Kitchen-Gardener in the Villa, and the perfect Gardener in the City." 

 Vercelli, 1773. 



12. Abbe Gaetano Sestor. SiiW antica Oiigine dell' Ag7^coltura, dei Giardini, 

 Sfc. " On the remote Origin of Agriculture, of Gardens, &c." A historical 

 dissertation. Turin, 1776. 



13. Francis Brochieri. Nuovo Metodo adattato al Clima del Pievionte per 

 coltivare gli Anannssi senza Fuoco, " New Method of cultivating the Pine- 

 apple without Fire Heat, adapted to the Climate of Piedmont." Turin, 

 1777. 



14. Joseph Piccioli, La Coltura dei Fiori e degli Ananassi senza Stufa, " The 

 Culture of Flowers and Pine-apples without Stoves." Florence, 1797, An- 

 thony Joseph Pagani. 



15. Peter John Piacenza. Fsame sui Giardini Antichi e Moderni, " Enquiry 

 into Ancient and Modern Gardens." Milan, Bolzani, 1805. 



Piacenza demonstrates that the invention of modern gardening is not due 

 to the English. He derives it from Asia, and shows that it was known and 

 practised by the Romans. He concludes that the Italians were the instruc- 

 tors of the English in this branch of gardening ; since, for several centuries 

 back, gardens of this sort have been formed in Italy. 



16. Dell' Arte de' Giardini Inglesi, " Of the Art of English Gardens : " 

 anonymous, but which is known to be by Count Hercules Silva, a Milanese. 

 There are two editions : one of the year 1809, in one volume 4to ; the other 

 in 1813 (by Vallandi), in two vols. 8vo, with 46 plates. This work is taken 

 in a great measure from the Theorie des Jardins, Sj-c, " Theory of the Art of 

 Gardens, &c.," by M, C. L. Hirchfeld, in five vols. 4to. 



17. Chev. HippoUtiis Pindemonte, a Veronese. Sui Giardini Inglesi e siil 

 Merito in cid dell' Italia. " On English Gardens, and of the Merit due to Italy 

 in this respect." This is a dissertation which is to be found in the Trans- 

 actions of the Academy of Padua. It was also printed separately in that city, 

 I think in 1818 ; and Silvestri of Milan inserted it in the Prose e Poesie cam- 

 pestri, " Rural Prose and Poetry," of Pindemonte, published by him in 1827. 

 Pindemonte also translated the Georgics of Virgil, with the addition of some 

 ur^edited fragments, and many learned notes on rural affairs. 



18. Lewis Mabil. Born in Paris, August 1752; died in Padua in 1836. 

 His father having settled in Italy in 1757, he received his education at 

 Padua, where his master was the celebrated Stellini. He devoted himself 

 to the study of agriculture ; considerably improved his family estate ; and used 

 every endeavour for the estabhshment of agrarian societies, with the inten- 

 tion of polishing country-people, and altering their inveterate and prejudicial 

 customs in rural economy. In 1761 he was received into the Academy of 

 Padua, with the title of corresponding associate. He filled various honour- 

 able situations, in which he gave proofs of his profound knowledge. Latterly 

 he was Professor in the University of Padua. He published the Teorica dell' 



1768, Arena is called Philip, with the title of Father of the Society of Jesus. 

 In another, also dated Palermo, 1768, Arena is called Ignatius, and is entitled 

 Priest, Doctor of Sacred Theology, and Canon of the renowned college of his 

 native country. In the third, with the date (undoubtedly false) of Cosmopoli, 

 1771, the work is again attributed to Philip Arena, of the Society of Jesus, 

 Professor of Mathematics. But, on comparison being made, it is always found 

 to be the same work. 



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