the Manuscripts of the late Peter Collinson. 2?j 



aiinually raised them in such quantifies, that he supplied the 

 nurserymen, as Aveli 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 sniidl magnolia, Warner's 

 Cape jessamine, and all other exotic seeds. lie 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 ilaked 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. 



In the Duke of Argyle's wood stands the largest New-England 

 or Weymouth pine. This, and his largest cedars of Lebanon 

 now standing, Avere all raised by him from seed in the year 1725 

 at his seat at Whitton near Hounslow. 



This spring, 176'i, 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 of Lord Bute. 



Mr. Vernon, Turkey merchant at Aleppo, transplanted the 

 weeping-willow from the river Euphrates, brought it with him to 

 England, and planted it at his seat at Twickenham-Park, where 

 I saw it growing anno 1748 : tliis is the original of all the weep- 

 ing-willows in our gardens*. 



October 



* This is the first authentic account we have had of its introduction; the story of 

 its being raised from a live twig of a fruit-basket, received from Spain by Pope, being 



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