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annually raised them in such quantities, that he supplied the 
nurserymen, as well as abundance of noblemen and gentlemen; 
with cedars of Lebanon; and he succeeded not only in cedars, - 
but he had a great knack in raising the small magnolia, Warner’s 
Cape jessamine, and all other exotic seeds. He built a large 
stove for pine-apples, &c. | 
Any person who has curiosity enough may go to Goodwood 
in Sussex, and see the date and progress of those cedars, which 
were at planting five years old. The Duke's father was a great. 
planter; but the young Duke much exceeds him, for he intends. 
to ‘clothe all the lofty naked hills above him with evergreen. 
woods: great portions are already planted, and he annually 
raises infinite numbers in his nurseries from seeds of pines, firs, 
cedars, and larches. | "illt 
. 
In the Duke of Argyle’s wood stands the largest New-England 
or Weymouth pine... This, and his largest cedars of Lebanon 
now standing, were all raised by him from seed in the year 1725, 
at his seat at Whitton near Hounslow. 
This spring, 1762, all the Duke of Argyle’s rare trees and shrubs 
were removed to the Princess of Wales's garden at Kew, which 
now excels all others, under the direction iof Lord Bute. : 
Mr. Vernon, Parkes REN at Aleppo, transplanted the 
weeping-willow from the river Euphrates, brought it with him to 
England, and planted it at his seat at nceann- Park, where 
I saw it growing anno 1748: this is the original of all the o 
ing-willows 1 in our eee | Ä 
SUE . October 
"= This is the first ‘authentic account we have had of its introduction; ; the story of 
its van raised from a live twig of a fruit-basket, received from Spain by Pope, being 
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