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    Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1 March 1626 – 11 November 1688) was a French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV. Named director...
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    court of Louis XIV. It was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens. Today...
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    Europe. Cornsalad was originally foraged by European peasants. Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, royal gardener of King Louis XIV, introduced it to kitchen...
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  • Italian physician, biologist and poet (died 1697) March 1 – Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, French horticulturalist (died 1688) April 7 – Ole Borch (Olaus...
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    notable Florist during this period was Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie: Born in 1626, Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie served as the royal gardener to King Louis...
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  • Perrault, French architect and physicist (born 1613) November 11 – Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, French horticulturalist (born 1626) Mungello, David E. (1989)...
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  • strongly influenced by French gardeners André Le Nôtre and Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie. Mellon designed landscapes for many of the Mellons' properties...
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    Orangerie were modelled on the theories of the horticulturalist Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, the master gardener of the Potager du roi, whose writings detailed...
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    Quintinia (category Taxa named by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle)
    number of tiny seeds. The genus is named after the gardener Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie. There are 25 accepted species: Quintinia altigena Schltr. –...
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    Versailles, were originally created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean Baptiste de la Quintinie at the request of Louis XIV, on a swampy section of 9 hectares...
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