104 CHAPTER 34. 
fay, helped to form, the Golden Age of Bo-- 
tanyy before alluded to, was that growing 
tafte for the cultivation of exotics, which 
Iprung up among the great and opulent, 
after the happy return of internal peace by 
the Reft oration. Archibald Duke of Ar- 
GYLE is faid to have been one of the firft, 
who was confpicuous for the introdudlion 
of Foreign Trees, and Shrubs. Mr. Eve-- 
LYN, both by his writings, and example, 
encouraged the fame tafte. He cultivated 
a garden and plantations at Saye's -Court, 
near Deptford-, and his Syha remains a mo- 
nument of his learning, and patriotic in- 
tentions, which cannot foon be fuperfeded. 
After the Revolution, the Royal Gardens 
at Hajnpton-Court were rich in fine plants, 
and that at St. fames' s of no inconfiderable 
note, if we mayguefs by the many new plants 
Pl UKE NET received from it. The Du- 
chefs of Beaufort had a garden richly 
ftored at Badminton, in Gloucejlerfiire. Dr. 
Henry Com p ton, Bifhop of London, ano- 
ther at Fulham ; and many private gentle- 
men vied with each other, in thefe elegant 
and ufeful amufements. The gardens of 
Dr, 
