6i The History Chap, r. 



Earl of Ef- It muft not be pars'd by, that Caflnobury, 

 oihic^^ the Seat of the Right Honourable the Earls 

 bury. of Effex^ was one of the firft Places in £77^- 

 land where the ingenious fpirit of Gard'ning 

 made the greateft Figure ^ for altho' great 

 Additions have been made there within a few 

 Years laft paft, the main Foundation was 

 laid by that Worthy and Honourable Patriot 

 of his Country, under the more immediate 

 Condud: of Mr. Cook his Gardener, yet li- 

 ving^ who has likewife oblig'd the World 

 with a Difcourfe concerning the Raijing of 

 Foreji Trees^ &c. which is ftill extant. I 

 muft confefs, I never fee that truly-delight- 

 ful Place, without being more than ordina- 

 rily ravifli'd with its Natural Beauty. 



To enumerate what is due to the Ingenious 



Virtuofo's of this Age, the Members of the 



Royal Society^ would fill a Volume much 



larger than this I am writing 5 I fhall only 



therefore give a fliort Account of them, as 



they are diftinguilh'd in thofe Works, and 



in other Writings of that kind. 



5'^?^. Mai- To Seignior Malpgh'ms an Italian we owe 



pighius. the moft accurate Anatomization of Plants 



that have yet appeared. Much is likewife 



Dr. Grew, due to the Labours of oiDx.Grew on that 



Subjed. 

 ^r.Boyie. From the Learned and Ingenious Mr. Boyk 

 we have received many valuable Experiments 

 Dr.Beale. in Vegetative Philofophy : To Dr. Beale^ 

 That the Fibres of a Tree reach from Top to 

 Bottom^ from tbe Roots up to the extreviejl 



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