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dening^ tho' not at his own Expence 3 yet in 

 his readinefs to give Advice, he merited 

 general Thanks. In fliort, if he was not the 

 greateft Mafter in Pradice, 'tis to him is due 

 the Theorical part of Gard ning. But I need 

 fay no more, his own Works, which are pub- 

 Jick, are a clearer Demonftration of the 

 Greatnefs of his Genius, than any Monument 

 I can raife to his Memory. 

 sir wii- Sir William Te?nple being the next in my 

 pj^^"^ ^^"^" Account that has honoured Gardening with 

 his Pen, I (hall place him here, and leave 

 thofe two Nobles to bring up the Rear, and 

 compleat this Clafs of Garden Worthies. 



He was the Son of Sir John temple^ born 

 at Sheen^ the Place where he always fpent his 

 fweet Hours of Retirement 3 by the natural 

 Propenfity of his Genius toward all ufeful 

 Knowledge, and particularly Gard'ning, and 

 by his Converfation Abroad with Minifters 

 fent from all the European Courts to the Ge- 

 neral G)ngrefs in Holland^ where he was 

 more than once Ambaffador Extraordinary 

 and Plenipotentiary, he hit upon a noble 

 tafte of Gard'ning, and was the Author of 

 one of the politeft Effays, under the Title of 

 The Garden of Epicurus^ that has yet ap- 

 peared : For albeit he might be miftaken in 

 his Opinion concerning the planting Peaches 

 Northward 3 yet it is undeniably true, that 

 they have Peaches an hundred Miles off 

 London^ within ten or fifteen Days as foon 

 as they have there ^ and that 'tis not alto- 



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