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quantity of feeds 07i the fa?ne extent of 

 ground^ there is a great faving of both 

 feed and labour^ and their plants thrive 

 much better. 



The Florifls afo have found out ma?iy 

 better methods of raifing aitd ijnpi^oving 

 all the forts of flowers^ with which the 

 E7tglifD Gardens hre now much more 

 plentifully fored than was known to their 

 predeceffors ; fo that 7na7iy forts which 

 were fome years pafl nurfed up with the 

 greateft care^ a77d. treated i7t the fnofi 

 tender 7nan7ier^ are now conmtonly plant- 

 ed i72 the open borders of the Pleafure- 

 Garden ; where they thrive and are i7t 

 greater vigour^ than whe7t they were 

 treated with 772uch greater 7iicety^ where- 

 by the Flower-Garden is ?nore co7npletely 

 adorned with thefe beauties. 



As to the 7iumber of exotick trees^ 

 fjrubs^ a7id plants^ which have bee7ir 

 brought into Efjgland within half a ce7z- 

 tu?y paji^ it is doubtful if it is not nearly 

 equal to thofe before known here ; and a 

 great part of thefn are become ^ as it were^ 

 A 4 deni- 



