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bulk and beauty, at Wilton, the seat of the 

 Earl of Pembroke ; at Waltham Abbey, and 

 many other places, in various parts of the 

 country. The late Marquis of Londonderry 

 took great delight in a tree of this kind, which 

 grew on his lawn at Craysfoot, in Kent; where 

 long may it remain, sacred, as a memento to 

 mankind, that the most exalted situations are 

 often the most perilous, and that happier 

 hours may be spent under the shade of 

 Liriodendron, than near the blazing splendour 

 of a throne. 



" Who, that lives, 



Hath not his portion of calamity ? 



Who, that feels, can boast a tranquil bosom ? 



Mrs. Robinson. 



Mr. Darby, at Hoxton, and Mr. Fairchild, 

 are said to have been the first who raised 

 tulip-trees in any quantity from seeds, and 

 from them the gardens abroad were chiefly 

 supplied. The original tree at Parson's Green 

 is quite destroyed ; not so much by age as 

 by the other trees which were suffered to 

 overhang it, and rob it of its nourishment, 

 from a fear of taking them down, lest by ad- 

 mitting the cold air to the tulip-tree it would 

 be injured. 



The French gardeners notice the following 

 varieties of this tree: 1st, Liriodendron acu- 



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