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at Twickenham, as left by himself at his death and 

 described by John Serle so minutely, that I marvel no 

 Pope-lover has tried to restore it. Possibly the next 

 tenant, if an American of taste, may do so. It is 

 not that Pope's garden ideas would exactly chime with 

 ours, but his Garden would be an historical document 

 of priceless value, although the Grotto might strike us 

 now better suited to Rosherville if that also were not 

 a delight of the Past. 



We are accustomed to think of Dutch Gardening 

 as if it were introduced into England all at once 

 by William III. ; but a little historical enquiry will 

 show us that we had taken practical gardening lessons 

 from Holland as early as the reign of Elizabeth. 



Thomas Fuller notes in his "Worthies" (1662) 

 that Gardening (in those early days it was of course 

 the Kitchen or utilitarian garden) 



" was first brought into England for profit about seventy 

 years ago, before which we fetched most of our Cherries 

 from Flanders, apples from France, and had hardly a mess 

 of rathe-ripe pease but from Holland, which were dainties 

 for ladies, they came so far and cost so dear. Since Garden- 

 ing had crept out of Holland to Sandwich, Kent, and thence 

 into this County (Surrey), where though they have given 

 six pounds an aker and upwards they have made their rent, 

 lived comfortably, and set many people on work." 



In this statement it looks as if Fuller's language 



