Dr. Falconer on the Style and Fajle, &c. £97 
Thoughts on the Style and Taste of Garden¬ 
ing among the Ancients. by W 1L liam 
Falconer, M. D. F. R S, &c. Communicated 
by Dr. Percival . Read December 11, 17*52. 
H E mod early account we have of a Gar- 
den, is contained in the Sacred Writings, 
in the defcription of the habitation of our firfb 
parents- The form, difpolition, and arrange¬ 
ment are not particularly defcribed. It is only 
faid, to have contained every tree, “ that is 
pleafant to the eye, and good for food j” * and 
that it was watered by a river, which, no doubt, 
added to the beauty of the profpeCt, (which, in 
the exprefTion before cited, leems to have been 
particularly confulced,) as well as to the fertility 
of the foil- Wood and water, therefore, both 
for {hade f and ornament, the principal points 
aimed at in modern gardens, may be prefumed 
to have been here in the higheft perfection. 
Farther than this, we are not informed. 
The next hints concerning Gardens, that I can 
* Genells, Chap. ii. ver. 9. 
• f And Adam and his wife hid themfelves from the prc- 
fence of the Lord, among the trees of the Garden. 
Genelis, Chap. iii. ver. 8. 
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