 | Henry Phillips - Ornamental trees - 1823 - 354 pages
...unfortunate Charles the First, that the double yellow rose " was first procured to be brought into England, by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant...from Syria, but perished quickly both with him, and to all other to whom he imparted it : yet, afterwards it was sent to Master John de Franqueville, a... | |
 | Fashion - 738 pages
...all familiar to the herbalists of Elizabeth's time. This last, we are told, was first introduced into England " by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant of London, and a great lover of all fair flowers, from Constantinople, which, as we hear, was first brought thither from Syria." By... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - Flower language - 1839 - 284 pages
...brought into Europe by the Turks, as Parkinson mentions that it was introduced into England by one Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant of London,...great lover of flowers, from Constantinople, which was first brought thither from Syria. It perished with Lete, but afterwards others were transmitted... | |
 | Robert Tyas - Flower language - 1842 - 462 pages
...brought into Europe by the Turks, as Parkinson mentions that it was introduced into England by one Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant of London,...great lover of flowers, from Constantinople, which was first brought thither from Syria. It perished with Lete, but afterwards others were transmitted... | |
 | Samuel Bowne Parsons - Flowers in literature - 1847 - 300 pages
...though the exact vear of its introduction is unknown. "Ludovico Berihcma tells us, in 1503, that lie saw great quantities of yellow roses at Calicut, whence...him. and with all other to whom he imparted it; yet afterward it was sent to Master John de Frangueville. a merchant of London, and a great lover of all... | |
 | Samuel Bowne Parsons - Flowers in literature - 1847 - 302 pages
...Parkinson tells us, in a work which he dedicated to Henrietta, the queen of our unfortunate Charles 1., that the double yellow rose 'was first procured to...brought thither from Syria, but perished quickly both wilh him. and with all other to whom he imparted it; yet afterward it was sent to Master John de Frangueville.... | |
 | John Nicholl - 1851 - 648 pages
...Italv. Some again in Turkic, as the double yellow rose, which first was procured to be brought into England by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant...great lover of flowers, from Constantinople, which (as wee heare) was first brought thither from Syria, but j>erishcd quickly both with him and with ah1 other... | |
 | John Nicholl - 1851 - 644 pages
...Italy. Some again in Turkie, as the double yellow rose, which first was procured to be brought into England by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant...and a great lover of flowers, from Constantinople, whicli (as wee heare) was first brought thither from Syria, but perished quickly both with him and... | |
 | Samuel Bowne Parsons - Flowers in literature - 1860 - 334 pages
...Parkinson tells us, in a work which he dedicated to Henrietta, the queen of our unfortunate Charles 1., that the double yellow rose ' was first procured to...him, and with all other to whom he imparted it; yet afterward it was sent to Master John de Frangueville, a merchant of London, and a great lover of all... | |
 | Samuel Bowne Parsons - Roses - 1869 - 218 pages
...Parkinson tells us, in a work which, he dedicated to Henrietta, the queen of our unfortunate Charles L, that the double yellow rose ' was first procured to...but perished quickly, both with him, and with all others to whom he imparted it ; yet afterward it was sent to Master John de Frangueville, a merchant... | |
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England by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant of London, and a great lover of flowers, from Constantinople, which (as we hear) was first brought thither from Syria... 
