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hands of the duke of Norfolk, but belonging 

 to the family of Carew, has in it the best 

 orangery in England. The orange and lemon 

 trees there grow in the ground, and have done 

 so near one hundred years, as the gardener, 

 an aged man, said he believed. There are a 

 great number of them, the house wherein they 

 are being above two hundred feet long ; they 

 are most of them thirteen feet high, and very 

 full of fruit, the gardener not having taken off 

 so many flowers this last summer as usually 

 others do. He said, he gathered off them at 

 least ten thousand oranges this last year. The 

 heir of the family being but about five years of 

 age, the trustees take care of the orangery, 

 and this year they built a new house over 

 them. There are some myrtles growing among 

 them, but they look not well for want of trim- 

 ming. The rest of the garden is all out of 

 order, the orangery being the gardener's chief 

 care ; but it is capable of being made one of 

 the best gardens in England, the soil being 

 very agreeable, and a clear silver stream 

 running through it. 



5 . Chelsea Physick Garden has great variety 

 of plants, both in and out of greenhouses. 

 Their perennial green hedges and rows of 

 different coloured herbs are very pretty, and 



