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knowledge of gardening made such hasty 

 advances. Lord Cobham, Lord Ila, and Mr. 

 Waller of Beaconsfidd, were some of the first 

 people of rank that promoted the elegant 

 science of ornamenting without despising 

 the superintendence of the kitchen quar- 

 ters and fruit walls. 



A remark made by the excellent Mr. Ray 

 in his Tour of Europe at once surprises us, 

 and corroborates what has been advanced 

 above ; for we find him observing, so late 

 as his days, that " the Italians use several 

 " herbs for sallets, which are not yet or 

 " have not been but lately used in England, 

 " viz. selleri (celery) which is nothing else 

 " but the sweet smallage ; the young shoots 

 " whereof, with a little of the head of the 

 " root cut off, they eat raw with oil and 

 " pepper." And farther he adds " curled 

 c< endive blanched is much used beyond 

 " seas ; and, for a raw sallet, seemed to 

 " excel lettuce itself." Now this journey 

 was undertaken no longer ago than in the 

 year 1663. 



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