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A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND.
miscarry by their hast and earliness.”* The “Rams ciche” or
“ ciche pease” (Cicer arietinum) was occasionally grown. Turner
says he had seldom seen it in England, and Gerard says it “is
soun in our London gardens, but not common.” This “ Chick
Pea” never became popular. Miller, writing a hundred years
later, says it was much grown in France and Spain, but rarely
sown in England.
“ THE SOUTH PROSPECT OF CASTLE BROMWICH IN WARWICKSHIRE. THE SEAT OF
SIR JOHN BRIDGEMAN, BART.” DUGDALE'S ‘‘ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRE,” 1730.
Any practical gardener, if asked the use of an orchard, would,
doubtless, reply that the use is to ensure a sufficient supply of
fruit; but Lawson tells us that no one can deny, “that the
principal end of an orchard is the honest delight of one wearied
with the workes of his lawful calling”; and, again, he speaks
* Parkinson.
A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND.
miscarry by their hast and earliness.”* The “Rams ciche” or
“ ciche pease” (Cicer arietinum) was occasionally grown. Turner
says he had seldom seen it in England, and Gerard says it “is
soun in our London gardens, but not common.” This “ Chick
Pea” never became popular. Miller, writing a hundred years
later, says it was much grown in France and Spain, but rarely
sown in England.
“ THE SOUTH PROSPECT OF CASTLE BROMWICH IN WARWICKSHIRE. THE SEAT OF
SIR JOHN BRIDGEMAN, BART.” DUGDALE'S ‘‘ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRE,” 1730.
Any practical gardener, if asked the use of an orchard, would,
doubtless, reply that the use is to ensure a sufficient supply of
fruit; but Lawson tells us that no one can deny, “that the
principal end of an orchard is the honest delight of one wearied
with the workes of his lawful calling”; and, again, he speaks
* Parkinson.