Chap. I . of GARDENING, &c. 8 1 



nary on that Occalion 3 and then it was that 

 he made thofe Obfcir vat ions on the Fruit- 

 Gardens atTfi-r/^i//^^, which are publifti'd in 

 the Preface to their Abridgment, 



After the Death ot the Queen, and not 

 many Years after her, the King, their Royal 

 Succeflbr Queen u^tztz^ (of pious Memory) 

 committed the Care of her Gardens in 

 chief to Mr, Wife^ Mr. London ftiJJ purfuing 

 his Bufinefs in the Country. It will perhaps 

 be hardly believed, in Time to come, that 

 this one Perfon adually faw and gave Di- 

 ledions, once or twice a Year, in moft of 

 the Noblemens and Gentlemens Gardens in 

 England. And iSnce it was common for him to 

 ride 50 or 60 Miles in a Day, he made his 

 Northern Circuit in five or fix Weeks, and 

 fometimes lefs 5 and his Weftern in as little 

 Time : As for the South and Eaft,.they were 

 but three or four Days Work for him 5 moft 

 times twice a Year vifiting all the Country- 

 Seats, converfing with Gentlemen, and for- 

 warding the Bufinefs of Gardening in fuch a 

 degree as is almoft impoffible to defcribe. 

 In the mean time, his Collegue manag'd Mat- 

 ters nearer home with a Dexterity and Care 

 equal to his Charadter : "And in truth, they 

 have defervM fo much of the World, that 'tis 

 but common Juftice to tranfmit their Memory 

 unto Ages to come. 



But to fpeak more particularly of the 



Knowledge Mr. London was fuppos'd to be 



Matter of in this Matter, the little Opportu- 



V o L, I. G niry 



