Morin, Pierre (fl,1619-1658) 
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For data about Morin and his works see Hamy, 
E. T,, **Le fleuriste Pierre Morin le jeune, dit 
troisi&ne", Bui. Mus. Hist, Nat. Paris, 6:186- 
190 (1897); Pa 3 me, C. H., "Pierre Morin", Gar¬ 
den, 81:409-410 (1917); Gibault, G., "Le plus 
ancien catalogue des fleuristes". Jour. Soc. Nat, 
Eort. France (3) £1:803-804 (1899), 
Hamy concludes that Morin was born toward the 
very end of the 16th century, since his marriage 
to Fran^oise de la Brosse took place in 1619, In 
1658, being seized with a severe illness, Morin 
decided to give to the world the "Remarques" he 
had been considering for more than forty years. 
Morin has been credited with the authorship 
of "Nouveau traite pour la culture des fleurs" 
and "Instruction facile pour connoistre toutes 
sortes d’orangers et citronniers", published in 
1674, both of idiich are largely translated from 
Mandirola’s "Manuale di giardinieri". Hamy ap¬ 
pears to regard the first of these as by Morin, 
but doubts his authorship of the "Instruction" 
and its appendices, saying these have sanetimes 
been attributed to Guy de la Brosse, 
Moreover, we have the authority of ArdSne, 
"Traite des oeillets" (1762), p.xlvii, that the 
"Traits des oeillets et de quelle fa^on il les 
faut cultiver", included in Morin*s "Remarques 
necessaires" in 1667 and subsequently, is mere¬ 
ly extracted from the anonymous "Jardinage des 
oeillets" (Paris, 1647), minus its literary and 
moral allusions. 
It appears, therefore, that Morin was actually 
author of only the "Remarques necessaires" and 
"Catalogues de quelques plantes 4 fleurs", while 
owing to the severe illness mentioned by Hamy, 
it is doubtful whether he had any part, either 
as translator or editor, in the later works at¬ 
tributed to him, (MFW) 
