JO > 7he HrS'TORY Chap. i. 



Coronary Garden Plants and Flowers, 'tis 

 reafonable to fuppofe he did ^ and that the 

 Love he had fo early and late difcoverM to- 

 ward it, was compleated in the delightful 

 Pradice thereof. 

 Dr. Henry ^ had almoft forgot to mention a Right 

 compcon, Reverend Father, whofe Love towards Gar- 

 ^Blhop'lf d'ning ought by no means to be omitted, inaf- 

 London. much as he may be faid to be not only a Fa- 

 ther of the Church, but likewife oiGard'mng, 

 He was of the Loyal and Noble Family of the 

 Compto?i5^ ERvh oi Nor thamfton^ whofe Cha- 

 rafters, in other refpefls, are recorded by the 

 Hiftorians of other kinds 5 tho' concerning 

 his Gardens (which took up a great part of 

 his leifure Time) nothing has been yet made 

 publick. He was a great Encourager of Mr. 

 London^ hereafter to be mentioned, and pro- 

 bably very much affifted him in his great De- 

 figns. This Reverend Father was one of the 

 firft that encouraged the- Importation, Rai- 

 ling, and Increafe of Exoticks, in which he 

 was the moft curious Man in that Time, or 

 perhaps will be in any Age 5 and by the Re- 

 commendation of Chaplains into foreign Parts, 

 had likewife greater Advantages of improving 

 it than any other Gentleman could. He had 

 above icoo Species of Exotick Plants in his 

 Stoves and Gardens, in which laft place he 

 had endenizond a great many that have been 

 formerly thought too tender for this cold Cli- 

 mate. There were few Days in the Year, 

 till towards the latter part of his Life, but he 



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