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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Jay. I am headed t download it now.

LL


On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Jay Woods <woodsjaya@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are three different copies available from the archive:
>
> https://archive.org/details/paradisiinsolepa00parkrich
> https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000703782
> https://archive.org/details/paradisiinsolepa00park
>
> I suggest you download the pdf file. The epub, DjVu, and txt versions rely
> on OCR which is not too good.
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > [I knew someone who owned a copy of Paradisi In Sole, W.L. Hunt, N.C.,
> > horticulturist, author, member RHS]
> >
> > John Parkinson (botanist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_(botanist)
> >
> > Parkinson, born in 1567, spent his early life in
> > Yorkshire<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire>.
> > He moved to London at the age of 14 years to become an apprentice
> > apothecary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apothecary>
> > .[1]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph:_Christmas_Reads-1
> > >Rising
> > through the ranks, he eventually achieved the position of
> > apothecary <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apothecary> to James
> > I<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England>,
> > and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of
> > Apothecaries<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Society_of_Apothecaries>in
> > December 1617; until 1622 he also served on the Court of Assistants,
> > the
> > Society's governing body. In addition, he assisted the Society in
> obtaining
> > a grant of arms <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms> and in
> > preparing a list of all medicines that should be stocked by an
> > apothecary.[2
> > ]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >He
> > was on the committee that published their *Pharmacopœia
> > Londinensis* (*London Pharmacopœia
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacopoeia>*) in
> > 1618.[3]<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-3>
> >
> > Then, on the cusp of a new science, he became
> > botanist<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanist>to Charles
> > I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England>.[4]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-TAMU-4
> > >Anna
> > Parkinson, a "distant descendant"
> > [1]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph:_Christmas_Reads-1
> > >of
> > Parkinson and the author of a new popular biography of him, asserts
> > that
> > in 1625 when Charles I's bride, Henrietta Maria of
> > France<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Maria_of_France>,
> > came at the age of 15 years to live at St. James's
> > Palace<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James%27s_Palace>,
> > "he took on the role of introducing the young queen to
> > horticulturally<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture>sophisticated
> > circles."
> > [5]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph-5
> > >When
> > he summed up his experience in writing *Paradisi
> > in Sole Paradisus Terrestris* (*Park-in-Sun's Terrestrial Paradise*,
> 1629 –
> > "Park-in-Sun" is a pun on "Parkinson"), with the explanatory subtitle *A
> > Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will
> permit
> > to be noursed up*, it was natural that he dedicated this work, which he
> > called his "Speaking
> > Garden",[2]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >to
> > the queen.
> > [5]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph-5
> > >Blanche
> > Henrey called the work the "earliest important treatise on
> > horticulture published in
> > England",[6]<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-6
> > >while
> > the Hunt catalogue described it as "a very complete picture of the
> > English garden at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and in such
> > delightful, homely, literary style that gardeners cherish it even to the
> > present day."[7]<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-7>
> >
> > The work, which describes the proper cultivation of plants in general,
> was
> > in three sections: the flower garden, the kitchen garden, and the orchard
> > garden. It did not include specific growing instructions for each type of
> > plant, but at the start of each main section Parkinson provided
> > instructions on "ordering" each type of garden, advising on situating and
> > laying out a garden, tools, soil improvement, grafting, planting and
> sowing
> > and the types of plants that should be included in each type of garden.
> It
> > contained illustrations of almost 800 plants in 108 full-page plates.
> Most
> > of these were original woodcuts <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcut>
> > made
> > by the German artist Christopher Switzer, but others appear to have been
> > copied from the works of Matthias de
> > Lobel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_de_Lobel>,
> > Charles de l'Écluse<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_l%27%C3%89cluse>and
> > the *Hortus
> > Floridus*[8]<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-8
> >of
> > Crispijn
> > van de Passe the Elder <
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispijn_van_de_Passe
> > >.
> > [2]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >
> >
> > In *Paradisi in Sole* Parkinson hinted that he hoped to add a fourth
> > section, a garden of simples (medicinal
> > herbs).[2]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >He
> > delivered the promise in his other great book, the monumental
> > *Theatrum
> > Botanicum* (*The Botanical Theatre* or *Theatre of Plants*) which he
> > published in 1640 at the age of 73 years. The release of this work was
> > delayed due to the popularity of Thomas Johnson's edition of John
> > Gerard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gerard>'s
> > book *The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes*
> > (1597).[9]<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-9>
> > *Theatrum
> > Botanicum*, with 1,688 pages of
> > text,[10]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph:_True_to_his_roots-10
> > >describes
> > over 3,800 plants and was the most complete and beautifully
> > presented English treatise on plants of its day. It was the first work to
> > describe 33 native plants, 13 of which grew near Parkinson's
> > Middlesex<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex>home. Some of these
> > plants, such as the Welsh
> > poppy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_poppy>, the Strawberry
> > Tree<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbutus_unedo>and the Lady's
> > Slipper <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%27s_Slipper>, were very
> common
> > but had gone unnoticed or at least
> > unrecorded.[2]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >He
> > intended the book to be a reliable guide for apothecaries, and it
> > remained so for more than a hundred years after his
> > death.[5]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph-5
> > >Parkinson
> > presented the work to Charles I, who conferred on him the title
> > "*Botanicus
> > Regis Primarius*" ("Royal Botanist of the First Rank") though this came
> > without a salary.[10]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph:_True_to_his_roots-10
> > >
> >
> > Parkinson actively sought new varieties of plants through his contacts
> > abroad and by financing William Boel's plant-hunting expedition to
> > Iberia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula>and North
> > Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa> in 1607–1608. He
> > introduced seven new plants into England and was the first gardener in
> > England to grow the great double yellow Spanish
> > daffodil<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28genus%29>
> > .[2]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >
> >
> > His piety as a Roman
> > Catholic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church>is evident
> > from *Paradisi
> > in Sole*. In his introduction, Parkinson saw the botanical world as an
> > expression of divine creation, and believed that through gardens man
> could
> > recapture something of Eden <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Eden
> >.
> > Nonetheless, a short French
> > poem[11]<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-11
> >at
> > the foot of the title page warned the gardener against
> > hubris <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris> and in having excessive
> > regard
> > for his efforts, for whoever tries to compare Art with Nature and gardens
> > with Eden "measures the stride of the elephant by the stride of the mite
> > and the flight of the eagle by that of the
> > gnat".[2]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >However,
> > struggles between
> > Protestants <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism> and Catholics
> > compelled Parkinson to keep a low
> > profile.[5]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph-5
> > >He
> > did not attend any parish church.
> > [10]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph:_True_to_his_roots-10
> > >At
> > the height of his success, the English
> > Civil War <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War> (1642–1651)
> > tore
> > his family apart.[5]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph-5
> > >
> >
> > Parkinson's London house was in Ludgate
> > Hill<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludgate_Hill>,
> > but his botanical garden was in suburban Long Acre in Covent
> > Garden<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covent_Garden>
> > ,[5]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-Telegraph-5
> > >a
> > district of
> > market-gardens <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_gardening>, today
> > close
> > to Trafalgar Square <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square>. Not
> > much is known about the garden, but based on a study of the writings of
> > Parkinson and others, John Riddell has
> > suggested[12]<
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-12
> > >that
> > it was at least 2 acres (8,100 m
> > 2) in size and probably surrounded by a wall. Four hundred and
> eighty-four
> > types of plant are recorded as having been grown in the
> > garden.[2]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >Thomas
> > Johnson and the
> > Hampshire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire> botanist, John
> > Goodyer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goodyer>,
> > both gathered seeds
> > there.[4]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-TAMU-4
> > >
> >
> > Parkinson has been called one of the most eminent gardeners of his day.
> He
> > maintained close relations with other important English and
> > Continental<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Europe>botanists,
> > herbalists and
> > plantsmen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantsman> such as William Coys,
> > John
> > Gerard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gerard>, John Tradescant the
> > elder<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tradescant_the_elder>(who was
> > a close friend), Vespasian Robin, and the
> > Frenchman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France> Matthias de
> > Lobel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_de_Lobel>(also known as
> > Matthias de L'Obel or Matthaeus Lobelius). Together, they
> > belonged to the generation that began to see extraordinary new plants
> > coming from the Levant <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant> and from
> > Virginia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia>, broadly speaking. In
> his
> > writings, de Lobel frequently mentioned the Long Acre garden and praised
> > Parkinson's abilities. Parkinson, on his part, edited and presented in
> > *Theatrum
> > Botanicum* the papers of de Lobel, who had spent the final years of his
> > life in Highgate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate> supervising the
> > gardens of Edward la Zouche, the 11th Baron
> > Zouche<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_la_Zouche,_11th_Baron_Zouche>
> > .[2]<
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parkinson_%28botanist%29#cite_note-KCL-2
> > >
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