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Jcems to hâve conceîved that natural irregularîty mîght be a 

 beauty-y in opère urbanij/tmo, fays he^ fubita velu't illati ruris 

 imitatio. Something like a rural view was contrived amidjî 

 fo much polijhed compojîtion. But the idea foon 'vanijhed, 

 lineal walks immédiat ely enveloped the Jlight fcene, and names 

 and infcriptions in box again fucceeded to compenfate for the 

 daring introduâfio?î of nature. 



In the paintijîgs found at Herculaneum are a few traces 



qf gardensy as may be feen in the fécond 'volume of the 



prints. They are fmall fquare inclofures formed by trellis- 



work, and efpalîers, * and regularly ornamented with vafes 



fountains and Careatides, elegantly Jymmetrical, afîd proper 



for the narrow fpaces allotted to the garden of a boufe in 



a. 



he calls topiary works, and quotes one Lauremhergius for faying that the 

 EngUJh are as expert as moji nations in that kind of fculpture \ for whîch 

 Hampton-court was particidarly remarkable. The doâîor then names other gar-f 

 dens that fiourijhed with anlmalsy and cajîles, formed arte topiariâ, and above 

 ail a wreris nejl that was capacious emugh ta receive a man to fit on a feat 

 made within it for that purpofe. 



* jft IVarwick-caJlle is an ancient fuit of arras, in which there îs a garden 

 txa£îly refemhling îhefe pi Hures of Herculaneum. 



