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No settled notions of Agriculture in England till the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Hartlib who wrote during the Commonwealth, mentions that he had heard old men say they remembered the first Gardeners who came to Surry, roused turnips, Carrots, parsnips, carly pease and rape, then rarities in England and imported from Holland; Cherries and hops first planted in the Reign of Henry VIII. Artichokes first known in that of Elizabeth; when Cherries are still brought from Flanders, apples from France, Onions, saffron, and Liquorice from Spain, and Hops from the Low Countries.

This ought not to suprise us if we but reflect one minute on the many productions of other Countries we may still cultivate as for instance many sorts of precious Wools, Hemp and Flax.

Is it not shameful that in so fertile a Country we shall at times have a want of Corn, when this can be so easily remedied, by establishing Store Houses and Granaries? Holland though deletion unclear /deletion she grows not enough for home consumption, by this method secure the cheapness of her manufactures, and her navigation.