. 



hpn Ur S fif n a " ces u tors certainly had some sort of cabbage 

 because they call the month of February sprout-cale * but 



Safen^^-^ ? ukivation rfJESTEi Htde 



i to. The religious, being men of leisure and 



n- e 



i to. The religious, being men of leisure, and keeping 



up a constant correspondence with Italy, were the first neonlf 



among us who had gardens and fruit trees in any pe fecdon 



within the walls of their abbeysf and priories Wbfrons 



dW - ^ * - or e t^o S 



It was not till gentlemen took up the study of horticulture 



IdvTclr *I at d h r k vT led , ge / f ardenin ^ ade such h 

 idvances. Lord Cobham, Lord Ila, and Mr Waller of Bea 

 consfield, were some of the first people of rank tha promoted 

 e elegant sc.ence of ornamenting, without despS th 

 supermtendence of the kitchen quarters and fruit 



arers an ut ws 



A remark made by the excellent Mr Ray, in his four at 

 Europe,* once surrises us, and corroborate* what has 



curled endive, blanched, is much' used beyond set and for' 

 a raw salad, seemed to excel lettuce itself.'' Now this lou'rn, 

 was undertaken no longer ago than in the year]663 '' 



