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raised in this country, it was kept in pots and tubs, aud housed in the 

 winter, it being supposed to be of too tender a nature to live in the 

 open air ; but in this state it made but little progress, whilst one that 

 was planted amongst other trees, in a wilderness or garden of the 

 of the Earl of Peterborough, at Parson's Green, near Fulhrm, by its 

 growth soon convinced the gardeners of the mistake they had made. 

 This was the first tulip-tree which flowered in this kingdom. 



When the hardy nature of this beautiful tree was known, many 

 were planted in different parts of the country, some of which have 

 arrived to a large size, especially those that were set in a rich moist 

 soil. 



The finest of this kind that we have seen are in the gardens 

 of the Earl of Egremont, at Petvvorth, in Sussex, one of which 

 has a trunk, that at 7 feet from the ground measures 10 feet 3 

 inches in circumference ; it then branches into seven limbs three 

 of which are 5 feet 8 inches each in girth, and the other four 

 limbs are 3 feet 9 inches each. The height of the tree is about 

 90 feet, and its boughs extend to a circle of 189 feet, or 63 feet 

 diameter. 



There are also some tulip-trees, of great bulk and beauty, at Wil- 

 ton, the seat of the Earl of Pembroke; at Waltham Abbey, and many 

 other places, in various parts of the country. The late Marquis of 

 Londonderry took great delight in a tree of this kind, which grew on 

 his lawn at Craysfoot, in Kent ; where long may it remain, sacred, as 

 a memento to mankind, that the most exalted situations are often the 

 most perilous, and that happier hours may be spent under the shade 

 of Liriodendron, than near the blazing splendour of a throne. 



" Who, that lives, 



Hath not his portion of calamity ? 



Who, that feels, can boast a tranquil bosom ? 



Mrs. Robinson. 



Mr. Darby, at Hoxton, and Mr. Fairchild, are said to have been 

 the first who raised tulip- trees in any quantity from seeds, and from 

 them the gardens abroad were chiefly supplied. The original tree at 

 Parson's Green is quite destroyed; not so much by age as by the 

 other trees which were suffered to overhang it, and rob it of its 

 nourishment, from a fear of taking theni down, lest by admitting the 

 cold air to the tulip-lree it would be injured. 



