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greenhouse, yet has abundance of myrtles and 

 striped philareas, with oranges and other 

 greens, which he keeps safe enough under 

 sheds, sunk a foot within ground, and covered 

 with straw. He has abundance of cypresses, 

 which, at three feet high, he sells for four 

 pence apiece to those that take any number. 

 He is moderate in his prices, and accounted 

 very honest in his dealing, which gets him 

 much chapmanry. 



27. Darby^ at Ho x ton, has but a little 

 garden, but is master of several curious greens 

 that other sale-gardeners want, and which he 

 saves from cold and winter weather in green- 

 houses of his own making. His Fritalaria 

 Crassa (a green) had a flower on it of the 

 breadth of a half crown, like an embroidered 

 star, of several colours ; I saw not the like any 

 where, no, not at Dr. Uvedale's, though he 

 has the same plant. He raises many striped 

 hollies by inoculation, though Captain Foster 

 grafts them as we do apple trees. He is very 

 curious in propagating greens, but is dear 

 with them. He has a folio paper book in 

 which he has pasted the leaves and flowers 

 of almost all manner of plants, which make 

 a pretty show, and are more instructive than 

 any cuts in herbals. 



