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were planted for the purpose of procuring seed in the second 

 year. 



FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. In 1584, King's College 

 buys six young ash plants to set in its back. In 1589, Eton 

 puts thirty-one trees in the playground and orchard, and in 1590 

 begins its unlucky hop-garden with 3000 sets ; and in 1596 

 New College begins to plant privet hedges, buying them by the 

 burden. In 1601, Magdalen College buys six plum trees. 

 In 1602, New College buys a walnut tree. In 1605 we find 

 elm plants bought at Eton, and more the next year. In 1612, 

 St. John's plants willows by the water- walk. In 1613, New- 

 College plants six sycamores in its garden, seven woodbines, 

 four bay trees, and four sweetbriars. In 1616 it plants three 

 cherry trees; and in 1617, Oriel College, Oxford, buys two 

 apple trees. But, as before, it is during the time of the Com- 

 monwealth that the great start is made. The Mounthall 

 estate buys seven pecks of strawberry plants. But at Hor- 

 stead Keynes and Votes Court considerable purchases of 

 fruit trees are made. The owner of the former estate, in 

 Sussex, near East Grinstead, buys an apricot and an orange 

 tree, two royal Windsor pear trees, two Kent pippin trees, two 

 Flanders cherry trees, eight apple trees, and twenty-six 

 Provence rose-bushes ; and Master of Votes Court stocks an 

 orchard with year-old plants, 400 stock trees, 100 cherry trees, 

 100 pear trees, 100 apple trees, and 100 plum shoots. The 

 price he gives for these 800 yearlings, ioj., shows that they 

 must have come from a neighbouring nursery. In 1662, Eton 

 buys two dozen Dutch gooseberry roots at the large price of 

 1 8j. 8*/. a dozen, and 400 raspberry plants, obtained no doubt 

 from the woods and hedges, at the low price of ^d. a hundred ; 

 and next year plants a dozen apple trees. In 1667, St. John's 

 College, Cambridge, buys twenty young sycamores ; and in 

 1670 King's College buys fifty-five ash and elm trees, and 

 Winchester six laurel trees. In 1686, New College buys seven 

 peach trees, six pear trees, four apricot trees, and eight plum 

 trees; and no doubt set them under the south wall of their 



