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24. Monsieur Anthony Vesfirit has a little 

 garden of very choice things. His greenhouse 

 has no very great number of plants, but what 

 he has are of the best sort, and very well 

 ordered. His oranges and lemons (fruit and 

 tree) are extraordinary fair, and for lentiscus's 

 and Roman bayes he has choice above others. 



25. Ricketts, atHoxton, has a large ground, 

 and abundantly stocked with all manner of 

 flowers, fruit-trees, and other garden plants, 

 with lime trees, which are now much planted ; 

 and, for a sale garden, he has a very good 

 greenhouse, and well filled with fresh greens, 

 besides which he has another room very full 

 of greens in pots. He has a greater stock of 

 Assyrian thyme than any body else ; for, 

 besides many pots of it, he has beds abroad, 

 with plenty of roots, which they cover with mats 

 and straw in winter. He sells his things with 

 the dearest, and, not taking due care to have 

 his plants prove well, he is supposed to have 

 lost much of his custom. 



26. Pearson has not near so large a ground 

 as Ricketts (on whom he almost joins), and 

 therefore he has not so many trees, but of 

 flowers he has great choice, and of anemonies 

 he avers he has the best about London, and 

 sells them only to gentlemen. He has no 



