yS Tfe.Hr STORY, Chap, i, 



tion of the Rqyal Examples of the then King 

 and Queen. . 



• And here it may not be improper to begin 

 with that Nurfery and Fund of Gard'ning 

 and Plants, with which the Nation was af- 

 Brumpcon- terwards ftockM, I mean Bnimpton-Park^ 

 ^^^' which, from the ingenious Mr. Evelyn^ we 

 may place abave the greateft Works of that 

 kind. ever feen or heard of either in Books or 

 Travels. : 



This vaft .Defign was begun fome Years be- 

 fore the Revolntion^ by four of the Head* 

 Gardeners of Ei^^Z/zw^, Mr. London^ Gardener 

 to the aforefaid Bifliop of London ^ Mr. Cook, 

 Gardener to the Earl ofEffex ^tCafiiobury 5 

 Mr. Lz/HT, Gardener to Queen- Dowager at 

 Somerfet'Houfe 5 and Mr. Field, Gardener to 

 the Earl oi Bedford, at the then Bedford- 

 Hoicfein the Strand, and appear'd to all that 

 heard of it d Work worthy of the greateft 

 Encouragement; 



One of their firft Undertakings was at the 

 lor^ vi^ey- Right Honourable the Lord • Vifcount TFej/'^ 

 "^n^iJl^^outb's, 2Lt Long-Leat in WikjJnre, where 

 thefe four Partners abode every one his 

 Month, and in the Intervals attended their 

 own Bufinefs 5 of which the new Nurfery 

 before-named was not the leaft^ but fome 

 time after Mr. Lucre and Mr. Field dying, 

 and Mr. Cook felling his Share, it was divided 

 into two Shares only, under Mr. London and 

 Mr. Wife, who were the Perfons that have 

 fince carried it to its higheft pitch, which, 



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