Chap. r. of GARDENING, &c. 69 



efteemed to be the beft of his Profeflion in 

 thofe Days, and ought to be remembred, for 

 the Encouragement he gave to a Servant of 

 his, who has fince made the greateft Figure 

 that ever yet any Gardener did, I mean Mr. 

 London^ of whom I (hall take occafion to fpeak 

 more by and by. Mr. Roje writ a Treatife 

 of Vines^ and alfo fomething, as I remember, 

 of Fruit-Trees, which 1 have not lately feen. 

 'Tis true the firft has not the defired Effed 

 in England, nor fo much as he feem'd to af- 

 fure the World it would : However, he may 

 be well rank'd amongfl: the great Virtuofo's 

 of that time (now dead) who were all well 

 pleas'd to accept of his Company while li- 

 ving. 



In this Century flourifb'd Sir Thomas Brovon, shThomM 

 who wrote feveral excellent Trads, almoft ^°^^"' 

 in all Hands. The Sepulchral Urns found 

 in Norfolk, and the Gardens of Cyrus, were 

 fome of the firft of his Produdions. He 

 was bred up at WijicheJler-^Qhooy 5 then at 

 Temhroke'QoWtgt in Oxford ^ and afterwards 

 pradis'd Phyfick in Uormch. The noble E- 

 legance of his Style has fince induc'd many to 

 read his Works (of which that of Cjirm's 

 Gardens is fome of the brighteft) tho' they 

 have had little Inclination to the Pradice of 

 Gard'ning itfelf. There remains nothing, that 

 I have heard, of his putting Gard'ning aftual- 

 iy into Praftice himfelf : But fome of his laft 

 Works being Obfervations on feveral Plants 

 mentioned in Scripture, aqd of Garlands and 



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