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dener at Hampton Court, In thus alluding to the 

 name of Mr. Padley, the author cannot deny himself 

 the pleasure of digressing a little, in order to pay a 

 small mark of respect to an early contemporary, 

 whose advancement in the world was wholly owing 

 to his excellent moral conduct, and abilities as a first- 

 rate gardener. Mr. Padley was a native of York- 

 shire, and received the rudiments of his professional 

 education in the nursery of the Messrs. Telford, at 

 York. He came to London, and was soon recom- 

 mended to a place of respectability. This he left, 

 and accepted the place of foreman in the kitchen 

 garden at Kew, as successor to Staples, who became 

 gardener to Earl Stamford, at Dunham Massey in 

 Cheshire. On the death of the celebrated capabi- 

 lity Brown," Mr. G. Haverfield was removed from 

 Kew to Hampton Court, and took Mr. Padley with 

 him as his foreman. Here he was eminently ser- 

 viceable to his professional, as well as to his royal 

 master, George III. On the death of Haverfield, 

 Padley's interest with his sovereign outweighed all 

 the interests of other candidates, though urged by the 

 most influential persons about court. " No, no, jw,^' 

 said his Majesty, " is Padley s birthright,'^ Sucli 

 was the reward of merit : and the narrator hopes, 

 that his late friend Padley's example, will be an 

 inducement to every young gardener so to conduct 

 himself as to deserve a similar reward. 



95. Christies Pippin, — \n season during Novem- 

 ber and December. Fruit about the middle size, 

 round and flat : stalk short, eve small and hollow : 



