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gingly permitted me to take a copy of the whole, I now submit 

 to the Linncan Society those parts which I think most wortliy 

 of their notice. A. B, L. 



I WAS born in the house against Church-Alley, Clement's Lane, 

 Lombard-Street, from whence my parents removed into Grace- 

 church-Street, where I have now lived many years. [July 18th, 

 1764.] Gardening and gardeners have wonderfully increased in. 

 my memor}'. Being sent at two years old to be brought up with 

 my relations at Peckham, in Surry ; from them I received the^ 

 first liking to gardens and plants. Their garden was remarkable 

 for fine cut greens, the fashion of those times, and for curious^ 

 flowers. I often went Avitli them to visit the few nin-sery-gardens 

 round London to buy fruits, flowers^ and dipt yews in the 

 shapes of birds, dogs, men, ships, &e. For these Mr. Parkinson, 

 in Lambeth was very much noted, and he had besides a few 

 myrtles, oleanders, and other evergreens. This was about the 

 year 1712. At that time Mr. Wrench, behind the Earl of Peter- 

 borough's at Parson's Green near Chelsea, famous for tulip-trees, 

 began the collecting of evergreens, arbutuses, phillyreas, &c. ;. 

 and from him came the gold and silver hedgehog-holly, being, 

 (^ccidental varieties from the hedgehog variety of the common, 

 holly. He gave rewards to encourage people to look out for ac- 

 cidental varieties from the common holly ; and the saw-leaved 

 liolly was observed by these means, and a variegated holly goes 

 by his name to this day. lie and Parkinson died about the 

 year 1724. Contemporary with them Avere Mr. Derby and Mr. 

 Fairchild ; they had their gardens on each side the narrow alley 

 leading to Mi*. George Whitmore's, at the further end of lio.xton. 



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