Complex sentence: This was a physic garden, and att he time one of the few in existance in England, and became a gathering place for botanists, enabling l'Obel to become an important link between England and the continent.
Split into simpler sentences: This was a physic garden and at the time, one of the few in existence in England. It became a gathering place for botanists, enabling l'Obel to become an important link between England and the continent.