202 Gilpin's d'okest scenery. 



They are of the white Marseilles kind, and have 

 for many years furnished the tables of the Arch- 

 bishops of Canterbury with very delicious fruit. 



The two Pig Trees at Lambetlij referred to by Gilpin, 

 grew in the garden of the Archbishop's palace ; but they 

 were removed during some extensive alterations which 

 took place in the grounds about half a century ago, not, 

 however, before cuttings from them were taken. Five of 

 these cuttings, planted against the library wall of the 

 palace, have now become five trees, which are greater iu 

 girth than the stocks from which they came. We paid a 

 visit to them on the courteous invitation of the present 

 Archbishop of Canterbury, and, on that occasion, learnt 

 that they continue to furnish the tables of the Archbishops, 

 as did the trees planted by Cardinal Pole, with an abun- 

 dance of ' very delicious fruit.' — Ed. 



Among other remarkable fruit trees may be 

 reckoned a Vine belonging to the late Sir Charles 

 Eaymond, at Valentine House, near Ilford, in 

 Essex. It was planted, a cutting, in the year 1758, 

 of the black Hamburgh sort; and as the fruit of 

 this species will not easily ripen in the open air, it 

 was planted in a hot-house, though without any 

 preparation of soil, which is, in those grounds, a 

 stiff loam or rather clay. The hot-house is a very 



