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Queries and Answers. 



years. Deering, in his History of Nottingham, published in 1750, says, that " there were very few 

 gardeners, and those but indifferently skilled in their art, till after the arrival of Marshal Count 

 Tallard, and the rest of the French prisoners of war (who were persons of rank), in Nottingham, 

 when encouragement was given to men of industry to render themselves useful, by raising all 

 kinds of garden stuff, in which now they were come to a competent perfection, and notwithstand- 

 ing they are increased to above four times the number they were formerly, yet can they all get 

 their bread ; and in summer peas and beans would be hardly sold at a reasonable rate, were it 

 not that the Newark gardeners think it worth their while to come to this market twelve long 

 computed miles. 



" Our bakers have likewise reaped the advantage of making French rolls as well as they are 

 made in London." 



It is supposed that the cultivation of celery was introduced by M. Tallard, who found it wild 

 in the neighbourhood of Nottingham. 



The house in which Count Tallard resided is still standing at the top of the Castle Gate, Not- 

 tingham, in good preservation, and is now the residence of Mr. S. Hollins. Part of the garden 

 has been built upon, the remainder is converted into a modern grass plot and flower-garden, but 

 several large trees are standing adjoining the street, which may have been planted by Marshal 

 Tallard. I am, Sir, &C—J. P. Nottingham, June 7. 1828. 



.Laying out a classical Residence. — Sir, I have purchased twenty acres of land 

 on the coast, not a great way from Sittingbourne in Kent, and being a great admirer of Grecian 



