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metropolis whose name he bore, and to 

 have settled in Nottinghamshire, where he 

 had something to do with the gardens of 

 Count Tallard, in the vicinity of Nottingham. 

 He gave to the world, as a sort of farewell 

 memorial of a long and useful professional 

 career, The Retired Gard'ner, with the 

 Manner of Planting and Cultivating all Sorts 

 of Flowers for beautifying Country Seats 

 (1706, 2 vols., small octavo). The book was 

 accompanied by a description and plan of 

 Count Tallard's gardens, and by a series of 

 plates and woodcuts. 



Possibly London was related to William 

 London, of Newcastle, a bookseller, who 

 settled in the metropolis, and published two 

 well-known catalogues, which some of the 

 old bibliographers imagined to have been 

 the work of Bishop Juxon, because that 

 prelate signed himself William London, 



I have spoken of London and Wise with 

 appreciative respect, because in relation to 

 the prevailing taste they held an honourable 

 position, and according to their training, and 

 the fashion in such matters which they found 



