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and west sides, and a selection of 30 Apples and Pears ' in the 

 open plotte ', as well as some more recent acquisitions from the 

 garden of his neighbour, Sir John Reresby. 



The best varieties of the original stock were probably obtained 

 from Parkinson's ' very good friend, Master John Tradescante ', who 

 had made a speciality of all fruit trees, ' the choysest for goodness, 

 and rarest for knowledge,' and especially of Plums ' fit for an 

 orchard '. 



In the orchard there were fruit walls along the north and east, 

 and a raised walk or ' mount ' along the wall on the west side. 

 This ' high walke ' probably dated from before Stonehouse's time, 

 for he refers to 'olde plum trees' upon it. The 'open plotte' was 

 stocked with Apples oi various kinds, with a row of Pear trees 

 along the north walk. 



' The high walke in the orchard, 66 times single gone, or 3:5 times 

 double (that is backward and forward) is a just mile — 5,280 foote' 



'The orchard 9 times round about is a mile and 4 yards.' 



In the open the fruit trees were planted about 18 to 20 feet apart. 

 Their positions are clearly indicated upon his numbered plan, from 

 which the illustration in Fig. 2 has been redrawn for purposes of 

 reproduction. (See Gardeners' Chronicle, 1920.) 



The Sir John Reresby, from whom he obtained several varieties 

 of Apples and Pears, was a neighbour living at Thrybergh, some 

 six miles south of Darfield. His son, of the same name, was the 

 well-known Governor of York, who wrote memoirs containing 

 a secret history of the Courts of Charles II and James II. 



The manuscript concludes with an epitaph in Latin "verse by 

 Stonehouse. to his favourite cat, Delia, which died when kittening 

 and was buried in the garden. 



IN FELEM DILECTAM, INTER PARTUS 



DOLORES EXTINCTAM. 

 Delia {sic fertw') coelmn invadente Typhoeo. 



Sub Fele, in terris, condidit ora latens. 

 Par tubus ilia praeest ; scd et ilia {hen) saepe vocata, 



Tardat, parturiens duni mihi Felis obit. 

 Ah, factum, Lucina, male! Ah, ea gratia Divae est, 



Praesidii ut possit no7i inemor esse sui. 



The present Rector of Darfield, the Rev. A. K. Sorby, informs 

 me that the house has been greatly enlarged and probably covers 

 the beds at T and the geometrical beds at S. ' The other four beds, 

 V, W, Y, Z, with the star in the centre, are still in existence, though 



