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nity he had inlaying a foundation of Learn- 

 ings was, without doubt, a great obftruftion 

 to his progrefs in Vegetative Phiiofophy, 

 which is involved in fo many hard Terms ^ 

 this, neverthelefs, he overcame purely by 

 Induftry ^ and what he wanted in one, he 

 abounded with in the other. He was perfeft- 

 ly well skill'd in Fruit, which feem*d to be 

 his Mafter-piece : As for other parts, as 

 Greens, Trees, Flowers, Exoticks, and the 

 like, he certainly had as much Knowledge as 

 any one Man living : And tho' he might not 

 always come up to the higheft pitch of DeGgn, 

 yet that might be attributed to the Hafte he 

 was generally in ^ and it can be no great 

 Blemilh to his Charafter, that he was not 

 the greateft Perion in every thing, when 'tis 

 furprizing to find he could poflibly know fo 

 much ^ fo great a Surprize indeed, that we 

 mufl- hardly ever exped his equal, much lefs 

 any one that will exceed him. The Planting 

 and Raifing of all forts of Trees, is fo much 

 due to this Undertaking, that 'twill be hard 

 for any of Pofterity to lay their Hands on a 

 Tree, in any of thefe Kingdoms, that have 

 not been a part of their Care. 



Mr, Lc?idon, by his great Fatigues in Heat 

 and Cold, notwithftanding naturally of a 

 healthy, ftrong Conftitution, was at laft feiz'd 

 with an Ulnefs which carry 'd him off, after a 

 few Months Languifhing. I (hall take no 

 farther notice of him, than what relates to 

 my Purpofe in Gard'ning^ in which he has 



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