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and the earth and materialls therein feeding the same, 

 wee valew at three poundes a tree, one with another, in 

 toto, 18/." 



There were also eighteen orange-trees that had not 

 borne fruit, which, with their boxes, were valued at 5/. 

 a tree, one with another, 90/. 



A white marble fountain, with a statue of Diana upon 

 it, and " a fayer led cestern belonging to it, and a cha- 

 nelled pavement," were esteemed to be worth 11. 



" Another fountain of white marble, with a statue of 

 a mermaid, with the cestern, &c." were valued at 10/. 



Evelyn notes, in his Diary, 25th September 1679. 

 " Mr. Slingsby and Sig. Verris came to dine with me, to 

 whom I gave China oranges off my owne trees, as good, 

 I think, as ever were eaten." He also notes, " March 

 24, 1687, went to Kew to visit Sir Henry Capell's, whose 

 Orangerie and Myrtelum are most beautiful and perfectly 

 well kept. He was contriving very high palisados of reeds 

 to shade his oranges during the summer, and painting 

 those reeds in oil." 



Orange-trees have been grown in the southern parts of 

 Devonshire for more than 100 years past. When trained 

 to walls, they produce large, handsome fruit, but not of 

 equal value to the lemons grown in the same situation. 

 Most of these were raised in this country from seeds, and 

 they are thought to be more hardy than trees imported ; 

 but the orange-trees which are brought every year from 

 Italy, and sold principally at the Italian warehouses in 

 London, are as large as those of our own growth would 

 be in twenty years. With proper care, these trees will 

 have good heads, and produce fruit in about three years. 



The Mandarin orange, (citrus nobilis,) which is so 

 called in China on account of its superiority to other 

 oranges, was first introduced to this country by Sir 



