i^6 A TREATISE OF 



fame latid had been the property of his 

 father, and grand-father, both of whom 

 he knew very well, but neither of thefti was 

 ever able to give him any account of its 

 being planted. And I am by juft reafons 

 {)rompt to fay, there is no marks of art in 

 toy part of the Holt, but they increafe by 

 fuckers like black thorns, and bear tipon 

 as fmall bufhes. I have more than oiice 

 CUrioufly examined them } for, foon after 

 the time that I firft faw them, I entered 

 liifo a contra6t with the right honourable 

 Lord Robert Manners, which engaged me 

 16 fefide the greateft part of my time ^ 

 Bloxholme, which is no more than five miles 

 ftom Baramdam. I have got fome plants 

 of the kind under my care, which thrive 

 well, and bear plentifully; tlio* before I 

 faW the original Holt, I had been told they 

 would hot thrive in any other place ; but I 

 find them quite to tlie contrary, for they 

 will grow arid bear upon ilioift fpungy land, 

 where other che'rries will not live long. Thi? 

 I have feeh heaf Ancafter, w^here I bought 

 fome young plants, and there was a larger 

 tree in that ground thto ^hy one at Baram- 

 dam) it was quite healthy and free from 



mofs, 



