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l'autre vers le Nord. II y a des lieux escarpes, des rochers, 

 des sables exposes au soleil, d'autres ombrages, humides, 

 inondes, ou d'un sol fertile ; on y trouve des buissons, des 

 mares, des marais, dans lesquels les vegetaux herbaces, les 

 sous-arbrisseaux et les arbres prosperent admirablement," 

 {Onomatologia, Pref. 1598). 



The main gateway of the garden led into an avenue of 

 laurels, to the north of which lay the medical garden with 

 the following inscription over the entrance : Plants 



QUAEUM IN MEDICINA HIS TEMPOEIBUS MAXIME USUS EST. 



The pharmaceutical collections were arranged in rows in 

 alphabetical order. North of the medicinal garden came 

 a six-tiered hill. The lowest tiers facing the south were 

 occupied by Plants odobat^ venenata UMBELLiFEEiE 



SPINOS^ CATHAETICiE SCANDENTES ALUS INNIX^ ; the 



north side of the mound by Plants qile in aspeeis 



SAXOSIS APEICIS ET IN IPSO LITTOEE NASCUNTUE, whilst 



on the top were grown Plants qile in clivis montibus 



FEUTETIS DUMETIS ET SABULOSIS ADOBE SCUNT. Over 



the chief gate was engraved the arms of France and the 

 name Le Jaedin du Koy, 1596; whilst underneath was 

 a rather more poetic and classic rendering of our " visitors 

 are requested not to touch" — Hie aegus esto non 

 beiaeeus. The plate, I ought to add, represents only 

 part of the garden. In describing it Belleval says, " Le 

 Jardin du Roi etait coupe en dieux parties ; l'une appelee 

 le Jardin medical, l'autre la pepiniere ; la premiere etait 

 destinee aux demonstrations des plantes et consacree a 

 l'Universite ; l'autre etait rempie des plantes etrang^res, 

 qui, pour la purpart, etaient montagneuses, destinees 

 plutot a la curiosite qu'a la necessite, afin que ceux qui 

 accouraient des provinces et des nations etrangeres, y 

 reconnussent leurs richesses." A herbarium and audi- 

 torium, with a dedication to Henry of Navarre, occupied 

 the extreme north eastern corner of the garden, 



