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I might also add another argument against invisihle Fences 

 in general (except in short glades), viz. that when they divide 



a park from a garden, they separate two things whicl 

 knows cannot be united. 



n modern Gardening it has 



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een ( 



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a i>i 



in dpi 



c to 



exclude all view of Fences; but there are a certain class o 





these 



honld 



flowering plants which require support, an 

 amply provided for in all ornamental gardens. The open trellis- 

 fence, and the hoops on poles over which creeping and climbing 



plants are gracefully spread; give a richness to 

 that no painting can adequately represent. 



The novelty of this attempt to collect a number of G 



y 



differing from each oth 



otner, may perhaps excite 



• • 



lies cen- 



but I will hope there is no more absurdity in collecti 



d 



Gardens of different styles, dates, characters, and 



in the same inclosure, than in placing the work> of a Raphael 



and a Teniers in the same cabinet, or books sacred and profane 



in 



th 



e same 



library. Perhaps, after all, the pi 



derived 



from a Garden has some relative association with its evanescent 



nature 



prod 



we view 1 



vith more delight a wreath of 



short-lived roses, than a crown of amaranth or everlasting fl 



ers. 

 of all 



However this may be, it is certain, that the Good and Wise 



have enjoyed their purest and most innocent plea- 

 Garden, from the beginning of time, when the Father 



© 



of mankind was created 



Garden, till 



ful 



f time 



when he, who often delighted in a Garden, was at last buried 



m one. 





