The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Edward Hyde (1609 - 1674)
Alias First Earl of Clarendon
Henry Hyde (2 Jun 1638-31 Oct 1709) was a son of Edward Hyde
Linked manuscript items: as Collector (minor) - "A Collection of Medalls of the Roman Emperours belonging to the right honble the Earle of Clarendon," Bodleian Library Smith 23, Oxford University
as Collector (minor) - "Inscriptions of Medals belonging to ye E. of Clarendon," Bodleian Library Smith 23, Oxford University
References in Documents:
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Catalogus Horti Botanici Oxoniensisof that year; it contains nothing that can be identified as a locust-tree. In
SylvaEvelyn mentions the lotus (ed. 1664, p. 58); longer notice in later editions) but not the locust (
Diary, ed. de Beer, vol. 3, p. 386, n. 5)
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Catalogusof 1658. The plane is sometimes said to have been introduced by Bacon; it was evidently still very rare; Evelyn was given a specimen by Sir George Croke to whom he attributes its successful introduction: see successive notices in
Sylva, 1664, p. 58. (
Diary, ed. de Beer, vol. 3, p. 386, n. 6)
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