Extract from 'Ashmole's ...of Gardens', undated (Series 90.75) - No. 0001

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Ashmole's House Oxford
[Ms?] Aubrey - Nat. Hist. Wiltsire
Part 2 - Of Gardens

The first Peer that stored his Garden with Exotick plants was William Earle of Salisbury at his Garden at ----- a Catalogue whereof fairly writ in a skinne of Velum consisting of 830 plants is in the hands of Elias Ashmole Esq at S. Lambeth.  The appendix consists but of these few

Amygdalina pruna             Cerasus serotica
Siliguo - pruniissa              Cerasus uno pediculo plura
[indecipherable] prunium   Cerasus beliga
Violo prunium                     Pergicra [inola?]
[Danexs?] prunicus            subra
Melocotonia                       lutea

How far do we expect this now!
Above the Catalogue is printed his Lordships crest, on each side of which are writ these following verses

[Descriptio Horti Cecilinium
Cedral Ulcinoci, Diocleti, Hestris Horti,
Cyri & Langtggrica, Cecilianus adest.
Cecilinuus adest tot florentissimus herbis
Anglia quot tellus, quot peregnia ferat.
Quo luontes,quo trut     saxaluinistra
Cernis in hoc luno cunato solo?]