
          Ballon (supposed author) "Directeur des Jardins du Roi" (fl. 1692)

Nouveau traité des orangers et citronniers, contenant la manière
de les connoitre, les façons qu'il faut faire pour leur les bien
conserver, & la vraie methode qu'on doit garder pour les conserver.
Paris, C. de Sercy, 1692. 187 p. (Dept. Agr.; Cat. Bib. Nat.
Paris, 6:971)

This and the following are both attributed by the Cat.
Bib. Nat., l.c., to Ballon and Garnier; but the publisher's
address to the reader states that the author of this work
is a gardener of long practical experience, and that M.
Ballon, "Directeur des Jardins du Roi", has examined the
MS. with great care, while M. Garnier, "Jardinier du Roi
à la Pepinière", has made further contributions to the
improvement of the work. The privilege merely grants De
Sercy the right to publish a "Recueil de plusieurs traitez",
among which is included this one on citrus culture, without 
mentioning any authors. The authorship of Ballon and
Garnier seems rather doubtful. (M.P.W.-Jan.17,1934)

Nouvelle instruction facile pour la culture des figuiers. Où
I’on apprend la maniere de les élever, multiplier & conserver ...
Avec un traité de la culture des fleurs. Paris, C. de Sercy, 1692.
164.  (Dept. Agr.; Brit. Mus. (under title); Cat. Bib. Nat.)

Seguier, Bib. Bot. p.407,  has an entry by title with
date 1693, but this is possibly an error, or may be merely
a reprint; this date is not supported by any other authority. 
This work is attributed to Ballon and Garnier by
Gibault, Jour. Soc. Nat. Hort. France (1905), p.732, as
well as in Cat. Bib. Nat.; but the address to the reader
indicates, as in the previous work, that the book was
actually by the author of the "Nouveau traité des orangers",
and merely revised by MM. Ballon and Garnier. There is, moreover, 
a note by M. Ballon, certifying to the value of the
book, which does not look as if he were its author.
(M.F.W.-Jan.17,1934)

Banqueri, Jose Antonio.  See Ibn-el-Awam (Abou Zaccaria Yahia ben Ahmed).
Libro de agricultura. Madrid, 1802 et seq.
        