BOOKOFOLD-WORLDGARDENS 



Topiary when he shows his garden, to repeat thatpass- 

 work age in the Psalms, "Thy wife shall be as the 

 fruitful vine, and thy children as olive branches 

 round thy table." I shall proceed to his cata- 

 logue, as he sent it for my recommendation. 



" Adam and Eve in yew; Adam a little shat- 

 tered by the fall of the tree of knowledge in the 

 great storm : Eve and the serpent very flour- 

 ishing. 



"The tower of Babel, not yet finished. 



"St George in box; his arm scarce long 

 enough, but will be in a condition to stick the 

 dragon by next April. 



"A green dragon of the same, with a tail of 

 ground-ivy for the present. 



"N. B. These two not to be sold separately. 



" Ed ward the black Prince in cypress. 



" Alaurestine bear in blossom, with a j uniper 

 hunter in berries. 



"A pair of giants, stunted, to be sold cheap. 



"A queen Elizabeth in phylyraea, a little in- 

 clining to thegreen-sickness, but of full growth. 



"Another queen Elizabeth in myrtle, which 

 was very forward, but miscarried by being too 

 near a savine. 



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