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knowledge of gardening made such hasty- 

 advances. Lord Cob ham, Lord Ila, and 

 Mr. Waller of Beaconsjield, were some of 

 the first people of rank that promoted the 

 elegant science of ornamenting without des- 

 pising the superintendence of the kitchen 

 quarters and fruit walls. 



A remark made by the excellent Mr. 

 Hat/ in his Tour of Europe at once surprises 

 us, and corroborates what has been ad- 

 vanced above ; for we find him observing, 

 so late as his days, that " the Italians use 



several herbs for sallets, which are 7iot 

 " yet or have not been but lately used in 

 " England, \iz,selleri (celery) which is no- 

 ** thing else but the sweet smallage ; the 

 " young shoots whereof, with a little of the 



head of the root cut off", they eat raw with 

 ** oil and pepper.^' And farther he adds 

 ** curled endive blanched is much used be- 

 " yond seas ; and, for a raw sallet, seemed 

 ** to excel lettuce itself." Now this journey 

 was undertaken no longer ago than in the 

 year J 663. 



I am, &c. 



