154 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND 
Transplanted now themselves, sleep here, and when 
Angels shall with their trumpets waken men 
And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, 
And change this garden for a Paradise.” 
Sir Hugh Platt was supposed to be the most learned man 
of his time in soils and manures. He published a work on 
that subject in 1594, and also The Jewel-House of Art and 
Nature. His work on gardening, which deserves most attention, 
was printed first in 1600 under the title of The Paradise of 
Flora, and again, with the addition of a second part, in 1660, 
with the title The Garden of Eden. This last edition appeared 
some time after Platt’s death, and was edited “ by a kins¬ 
man ” of his, Charles Bellingham. “ That learned and great 
observer,” Sir Hugh Platt, “ knight, of Lincoln’s Inne, gentle¬ 
man,” had a garden of his own in London, and an estate near 
St. Albans, and it also appears, from references in his works, 
that he passed some time at Copt Hall, in Essex, which be¬ 
longed to Sir Thomas Henneage. He was intimate with all 
the chief gardeners of his day, and is most conscientious in 
giving the credit of any piece of information to the friend from 
whom he learnt it. Thus he frequently refers by name or 
initial to Mr. Andrew Hill, Mr. Tavener, Mr. Pointer, of 
Twickenham ; Garret, the apothecary ; Pigot, the gardener ; 
Mr. Nicholson Gardiner, and others, all evidently well known 
to his readers as authorities on the subject. He recommends 
various manures for different plants, and for the general im¬ 
provement of the soil. Fern spread over the earth during the 
winter, and then dug in—“ Ashes of ferns are excellent,” and 
“ soot enriches the ground also “ shavings of horn.” “ Onions 
and bay salt sown together have prospered exceeding well.” 
He is careful to specify the best kind of manure for every plant. 
On the reverse of the title-page of The Jewel-House of Art and 
Nature he gives a picture of an exceptionally large ear of 
barley “ grown at Bishop’s Hill, Middlesex, in 1594, the ground 
being manured with sope ashes.” 
Another .plant-lover of this date who deserves to be remem¬ 
bered is Dr. Penny. Not much is known of his life. He was 
a physician, and travelled abroad, and also about England, and 
collected many plants. He was a friend of the most eminent 
