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feudal lords, built for themselves small farms and manor-houses which they 

 surrounded with orchards and gardens, so that, by the end of the fourteenth 

 century, almost every small manor and farm had its pleasaunce. During 

 the Wars of the Roses much that civilization had gained in horticulture 

 was lost, and progress was not continued until the restoration of peace 

 under the Tudors. 



HORTUS CONCLUSUS, GRIMAM BREVIARY, 



