L'hicluse, F. B,, 
sieur de. La Flore sainte. 1675 
(Oont. p.3) 
p*76-*77« On the rose. Veiy brief directions for culture, with 
list of 22 kinds of roses: Provence or ’’pale”, which is very ancient; 
Red "panachSe" (striped?) of England; Yellow ’’panach^e" of Bordeaux; 
Holland "pommee” (cabbage); Batavia; Thornless; 100-leaved; Yellow 
ponimee , which is fragrant; Vvhite musk "pommee”; Double Musquine; 
Single Musouine; Canelle; Calendaire; Provins; Double Eglantier; 
"Simole feu & jaune”; Jaune simple fobtide”; Tabizee; My-oartie; 
Silvaine; Gueldre; Prolifere. 
p.78-79. Ranunculus and Anemone, with very slight instructions, 
p.80. Iris, on which he gives no directions, but s«ys there are 
more than 30 kinds; Virhites, yellows, blues, violets, purples, varie¬ 
gated, fragrantL-and odorless; the irises of Persia, Susiane, Dalm- 
tia, Constantinople, Chalcedonia, Florence etc. 
p.82-88. On the tulip. Mentions La Chesnee, Floriste Franpois, 
Gives a brief account of origin and history of the flower, with short 
directions for its culture, and its classes on p.86-87. Includes the 
Fritillary, called in Anjou "Gogues” or ’'Cocanes”. The kinds of tu¬ 
lips are as follows: (l) Simple, red, yellovf, gris-de-lin and others 
without ’’variete”, that is not broken; (2) Bordered with yellow or 
white, etc.; (3) Bossevel, yellov/ or white ”a I’epine”; (4) Persians, 
’’lacoue, bordSe de blano”; (5) Paltot, ”a grandes pieces, confus & ob- 
scur”; (g) Agathes, that is colored like an agate; (?) La Rectifies 
(*); (S) Marquetrine, with 4 or 5 colors; (9) La JasrSe or marbled; 
(lO) Morillone or rayed; (ll) Fretillaire; (l2) Parangonne, from an 
Italian word for paragon, because superior to all other tulips. 
(*) "La Rectifies est celle de semence oui se perfectionne en 
2. ou 3. ans, ou en viellissant, & qui demeure fixe”. From this one 
derives new colors. In this the color of the "fond” mixes with that 
of the "feuille” of the flov/er. 
