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A Medireval London Garden.
WE how
publi~h('u som~
tim<· ago an ~trt id< ... howing
trace-> of th(• rural char.u.·t(·r of pnrt .. of
London ... un iv•• in the n:tme!:> whkh thl'\ . . till htM.
I h• . . c cov~r, of coursf·, in manv di.,tr'<'t...., fit IJ-. and
g :Jrd~n .... , or<;h.m.ls, and far m ).trd.... long -.inr< obli-
tPratcd by !>tr('('t., of houS{·<... of whi<:h no ... u( h
n mmder, if indcetl :tO} re-l.ord, ... urvivf's.
.\nd
there .tre othet"-. who ... ~ ... it1·~ ma\ b<· di'>(OH'If cl un-
.twarcs bv
th~c who'>(• mu ... t\ * IJu~mc ...... 1t i-, to.., .trf the Ouch) of L~tn<'n..,t• r , and \\'<' c.ln
imagine thf' gn·y-hair('(l old anliquar) wh(•n lw h.tp-
pencd upon it ... ighing for a reorn in the tw< nty-fourth y<'ar <~f the
t!'ign of Ed'' .tr<.l I th.tt i-;, in 121)6.
\\'t l• ·arn
from it that appl<">, l)( ., .. ,, large nut... (probabh \\ .d-
nu r-.)~ ~ tnd < hf r ric.., \\« r<• produt c•d in -..utlh.·t• nt quan-
ti t iC'-., not <"mly to suppl) thP E.trl'-. t:tbl<- nu -.m
n Wf H ' h t•ltb,
onion ..... ~arfk, 1(:-<•ks, .tnd ,c,om{' olh<'r'- \\h i., ... ihl) -.on rl
\ c·qutu '' u ... mu< h u ... c d
11 thro ~.tun•.., and othc r nllin.tr\
prcyarat ion~ vf
t ho;;;;e cl:n -., and it .,<.., llh to ha-ve b~n pu·p.t rcd
'
«·i tll«·r from 'orr< l or ft 0111 grapt-
jui( c· or \'IIH' )pa\'(•....
J lw E.1rl
lt.td \ itH -., too, in hi-. g-.trdt·n, ~t nd
",. rn.ty g-.11 hN· th.tt tht y \\ rn'
lwfd in -.om• ' ''tim.1tion , tor rut-
ting ... <' f tJwm \\<'rl' ...,ofd
' J hf' -.tor k putrhn-.;(·d for tlw
g .u d< n {olllpt j..,. d tu tting-... or t.. ( h
of four \ •rit·li''' of (>('·11 tn '( -..
a nd i t i... "t . • t 1 ·d that tiH ">(' <' u t-
ting-. Wf rP for plnntJng.
Tlw
11.11n•.., of tlw p~' a
Hu1 gu nm, fo-r th<') "'' t (• Ct-t·t.unl) ndtiV.t tf d ;;,
l._ngland m:tny \ <'~r~ IJ<•fon tlw d:tl l' c,f thi" xi .. t<>n<:(' of one onw--dn} Book
\ r>plt., \\f'r(' con<..idf•rrtl IIIOrf'
\\holc• ... onll th.tn [X.tr-., whit h, unl•·..,.., rOOkf'l) ,,.,.r,.
1 t ~.u dtd ,,.., l'!)ld and indig<•..,t iiJIP, \\hf'tc·as ·.tppJ 1.,
\\ r re cla~sed a!'> " soft '' fruit.
lt i-. t)llitr po-. ... ibJ 1
md(•( d orob.lble , that th(' Earl grc· w J)(•aclw,. fo;
thcr< i ... a r<'rord that 1-.clward I. pi.11H<'d the ,'11 in
hi . . p.tlacc g:1rdt•n .tt \\"<>-. tminsl< r in 12i6.
'j lw
Ktng ,tl"o plantc•d goo...d>< rrie-., !Jut th1s was not •lll
inno\ati<,n, and \\'<' may })(•li<>ve that the E.tt'l had
th<>m "" \\dl. Doubtlc~"• too, lw had mulbnt 11 ...
\'vhi<-h :.pp<>,tr to have b<'<.'n grown in England fron~
,1 very earl) {H'riod .
Str.lwb<'rri<'q anq ra...,pbrn iN
\\<'l<' probabh not includ('<.l . 1 hf'y were ccrta1 1 \'
( .1tc n ,1t thf' um<', but thf'.\ w e re looked upon as
'' tld frui t .tnd not g<•nf't.dly <'ultivatcd, since th<')
, u 'd be found pltn tifully in the woods.
T h<' o nlv tlow~rc:; mcnt ion~d in the Earl's gard<'n
w ere bought in
l2jl> for the ro)al gardf'n at \Vestm in<>t<'r which we
h t\' C alr<'ad\ . men tio n<·d , a nd sunAowrt s ' violets , and
popp ic·s arc among th( flowe rs noted in a V<'ry old
m.utu!-><:ript ac; proper to a " noble gardPn. ''
l he
nardc;.;;uc: j.., also includ<'d, and douut-
lt ..,.., the Earl, or the CountC's'>, in-
-.i ... tl'd on h.tving all of thc~e.
U n-
qw• ... uonably, too, the g illy tlow<·r,
(Contmurd on Page 281.)
t
'
the
< r
P.t..,-pli('C'Il P, and
llu "~' t\\0 -. t '{'tn to h:\\·1' l>N•n thf'
01 t of till four, for th('il' prid rang-rei from tod . to 2" or
3 .t h undt <•d. \[Hrlinc; sold nt
~d wtd Cnillou .tt ' "· Th1• Earl's
IJ:tili ff -.rt>m to ha\'C made .1 f.til'l)
go«td ..,f•lf'ction, for then• \\U('
l~l hr-r 4u:.ll itit" to be bought at
:.~ d • • tnd J«l. :..t hunJn cl.
A :Medireval Garden- from an old MS.
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