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LE JARDINAGB DE3 OEILLETS (cont.) 
Several bibliogruphere have r-'garded "L- B*”* 
not necessarily Louis Boulangor, us the author. 
Brit. Mus. enters under "B., L."* with queried 
attribution to Boulanger. Gibault. l.c., saye 
the work is sotaetxues credited to Boyceau de la 
Baruudi^re, author of "Tralt^ de la jardlnage" 
(Paris, 1638), but inasmuch as Boyceau died be¬ 
fore his "Traite" was issued, it seems improb¬ 
able that he wrote this other work, which was 
published a number of years afterwards. 
In trying to solve the mystery of "Le Jardi- 
nage des oeillets", a great deal of contempora¬ 
ry literature, especially material relating to 
the carnation, has been searched for clews. The 
initials "L. B«" have been carefully considered 
without results. There was u carnation amateur 
by name of Leonhurdt Beer, who is credited with 
a **catalogus der nelken" (Leipzig, 1662), but it 
seems very unlikely that he could have been the 
"L. B." of the present treatise. 
Another work of the same period on the carna¬ 
tion, which has likewise never been located, is 
"L'oeillet triomphant", Saumur, Desbordes, 1664. 
This is mentioned by F. B. Sieur de i'Eduse in 
his "La flore sainte" (saumur, I675), as another 
work by himself. The Sieur do I’Eduse shows 
a fondness for moral and philosophical allusions 
probably equal to that of the author of "Le Jar- 
dlnage des oeillets" (fid4 Ardbne); but on the 
other hand, his knowledge of the carnation is 
so limited that it is doubtful whether he could 
have composed the practical directions of the 
"Trait^ des oeillets", as reprinted in Morin’s 
"Remarques necessaires". 
