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Blake, Stephen

The compleat [complete] gardeners practice directing the exact
way of gardening. London, Printed for T. F. Pierrepoint 
in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1656. (Dulau & Co.,
Cat. 69, no.1428)

-----  London, Printed for T. Pierrepont, 1664.
154 p. (Brit. Mus.; Lib. Cong.; Arn. Arb.)

The 1656 ed. has not been located in libraries, 
but that of 1664, though rare, is
fairly well known. Blake's plant names have
been discussed in "Garden" by Joseph Jacob,
Garden, 84:6-7, 20-21 (Jan. 1920 ); by R. P.
Brotherston in ib. 84:52 (Jan. 1920 ); and by
J. Britten in ib. 84:80-81 , 243-244, 276
(Feb., May 1920 )

Blancard, Pierre (174I-1826)

According to "Le Texnier" (i.e. François
Tesnier) in Le Jardin, 22:322 (1908) and
Payne, in Garden, 82:475-476 (1918), Blancard 
was a seafarer, who introduced the
chrysanthemum into Europe from his 5th voyage 
to the Orient, in 1786-1789. He made no
claims as introducer of the flower, and the
fact appears to have been first noted by
Ramatuelle in Jour. Hist. Nat.

Blanche, Emmanuel Louis. See Le Gendre. La manière de
cultiver les arbres fruitiers. Rouen, 1879.

Blanche, Pierre (fl. 1692). See Branche, Pierre.

Blanchemain, Baptiste Prosper. See Gauchet, Claude. Le plaisir des
champs. Paris, 1869.

Blavet, Jean Louis, abbé (1719-1809).   See Nolin. Essai
sur l'agriculture moderne. Paris, 1755.

Blismon [pseud.] See Blocquel, Simon.
        