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The cherry seems to have been a fruit 

 highly esteemed by the court in the time of 

 Charles the First, as I find, by the survey 

 and valuation of the manor and mansion 

 belonging to his queen, Henrietta Maria, 

 at Wymbleton (now Wimbledon) in Surry, 

 which was made in 1649? there were upwards 

 of two hundred cherry-trees in those gardens. 

 ( Archceologia, vol. x. p. 399.) 



I have observed, that the cherry-gardens 

 in the vicinity of London, have what is 

 termed an upper and an under crop, which 

 is done by planting strawberries or currants, 

 &c. between the trees; and the latter fruit, 

 I have noticed, has been as fine, and as pro- 

 ductive, as when planted by itself, and en- 

 grossing the whole garden. Phillips says the 

 apple tree is 



Uneasy, seated by funereal yew, 

 Or walnut, (whose malignant touch impairs 

 All generous fruits,) or near the bitter dews 

 Of cherries; therefore weigh the habits well 

 Of plants, how they associate best, nor let 

 111 neighbourhood corrupt their hopeful grafts. 



Lord Bacon has clearly elucidated what 

 the ancients considered the sympathy or an- 

 tipathy of plants. " For it is thus/' says 

 this great man, " wheresoever one plant draw- 

 eth such a particular juice out of the earth 



