VII] 



Plantins IVood-blocks 



191 



together by the pubHshing house of Plantin is shown 

 by the frequency with which they were copied. Dr B. 

 Daydon Jackson has pointed out that the wood-cut of the 



Dtaco vSb6t» 



Text-fig. 98. "Draco ^x\,ox" = Dracccna, Dragon Tree [de I'Ecluse, 

 Rariorum...per Hispanias, 1576]. 



Clematis, which first appeared in Dodoens' ' Pemptades ' 

 of 1583, reappears, either in identical form, or more or 



