BOO'KOFOLD-WORLDGARDENS 



Orange- those which are hard, are termed pavies; for 

 :s these cannot grow in too warm a climate, nor 

 everbegoodina cold; and are better at Madrid, 

 than in Gascony itself: Italians have agreed 

 my white figs to be as good as any of that sort 

 in Italy, which is the earlier kind of white fig 

 there; for in the latter kind, and the blue, we 

 cannot come near the warm climates, no more 

 than in the Frontignac or Muscat grape. 



My orange-trees are as large as any I saw 

 when I was young in France, except those of 

 Fountainbleau, or what I have seen since in 

 the Low Countries, except some very old ones 

 of the Prince of Orange's; as laden with flowers 

 as any can well be, as full of fruit as I suffer or 

 desire them, and as well tastedas are commonly 

 brought over, except the best sorts of Sevil and 

 Portugal. And thus much I could not but say, 

 in defence of our climate, which is so much and 

 so generally decried abroad, by those who never 

 saw it; or, if they have been here, have yet per- 

 haps seen no more of it, than what belongs to 

 inns, or to taverns and ordinaries; who accuse 

 our country for their own defaults, and speak 

 ill, not only of our gardens and houses, but of 

 our humours, our breeding, our customs and 



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