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wide-fprcading fhade exceeding all the trees of the wood, was in- 
troduced into thefe weftern parts, about the year 1723, by the late 
worthy Sir John St. Aubyn of Clowance, Baronet. He found his 
paternal feat naked and fencelefs, bereaved of its old plantation 3 
be applied himfelf to reftore, and left it in a fair condition to rival 
the mold confiderable planted grounds in the county. 
Some accidental Angularities happen to our foreff-trees in Corn- 
wall, as elfewhere. The a£h-tree has fometimes its leaves varie- 
gated with white, but having kept one feveral years, I could never 
perceive that it made healthy vigorous fhoots, but the contrary. 
The oak called Arundel’s Oak, in Lanhadron park, in the parilh 
of St. Eue, mentioned by Mr. Carew ’, bore its leaves fpeckled with 
white, and, as the neighbourhood fancied, the leaves were never of 
one colour but immediately before the death of the Lord 3 but the 
moft remarkable alteration in the colour of leaves that I have heard 
of, is that which is reported to have happened to “ an oak near the 
manlion-houfe in the park of Boconek u , in which King Charles I, 
when in Cornwall, fet up his ftandard : the leaves at this time were 
green, as in other oaks ; but, foon after the King’s murder, changed 
moftly white, and continued fo till about thirty years fince.” The 
truth is, that the leaves of trees become variegated by fome infection 
communicated to their fap 3 when they imbibe the poifon, fome 
obftruCtion, feeblenefs, and decay of their veffels enfues, and the 
juices are not fo duely fecreted and concocted as before. 
Fruit-trees have been at lead as much cultivated of late years in sect. ii. 
Cornwall, as thofe of the foreft. There is no gentleman now Fruit-trees. 
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without his peaches and nectarines, as good as any 3 the apricots do 
not thrive with us in the wefternmoft part 3 they bloffom well, and 
bear tolerably, after they are come to maturity, for a year or two, 
but never after 3 they have been tried in different foils, under good 
direction, and all kinds of Ihelter, but to little purpofe 3 perhaps 
our air is too fharp and fait for them : * Cherries, pears, and the more 
ufeful apple, have been cultivated to great advantage within our re- 
membrance, and a great deal of cyder made, which by proper 
choice of the fruit, and judicious racking the fettled juice, has been 
greatly altered for the better, as well as increafed in quantity, within 
thele thirty years. In the. latter end of Elizabeth, Mr. Carew (a 
gentleman very intent upon the improvement of this county) feems 
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u Late Lord Mohun’s, now belonging to Tho- 
mas Pitt, Efq; 
w “ This account, fays my author, (Mr. Cock- 
ran) in a letter, fent me about thirty years ago, 
he had from Mr. Dennis, Mr. Aubyn, and Mr. 
Alexander, (who was a juftice of the peace) all 
three gentlemen of eftates, who have it from an- 
cient people (whofe families knew the oak before 
the King’s death) and have themfelves viewed it.” 
Dr. Brown-Willis to the author, April the 15th, 
1756. 
* The mulberry fruit does ripen well in the 
wefternmoft parts of Cornwall, as I have obferved 
for thirty years laft paft. 
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