Kilkenny, Jan. 31. 1851.
_Tradescant._--In the inscription on the tomb of the Tradescants in Lambeth
churchyard, which it is proposed to restore as soon as possible, these two
lines occur:
"These famous antiquarians, that had been
Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily queen."
Can any of your readers inform me _when_ the elder Tradescant came over to
England, and when he was appointed royal gardener? Was it not in the reign
of Elizabeth?