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a capital cîty. Fro??î fuch I would rwt banijh thofe playful 

 waters that refrefi a fiiltry manfion in town, Jior the neat 

 trelUsy ivhicb preferves its ivooden verdure better tha.u na- 

 tural greens expofed to diijî. Tbofe treillages in the gardens 

 at Paris» particularly on the Boulevard, hâve a gay and 



delightful effeSî. They form light corridores, and tranfpi- 



CUQUS arboiirs through which thefu?ibeams play and chequer 

 the Jhade, fet off thejîatues, va/es and jlowers, that marry 

 mth their gaiidy hôtels y and fuit the galant and idle fociety 

 who paint the walks bctween their parterres, and realize 

 tbe fantajiic f cènes of Watteau and Durfé. 



From what I hâve faid, it appears how naturally and 

 infenfibly the idea of a kitchen-garden flid into that which 

 ha^ for fo ma?iy âges been peciiUarly termed a garden, and 

 by our ancefîors in this cowitry, diftinguified by the name of 

 a pleafure-garden. A fquare pièce of ground was originally 



parted off in early âges for the ufe of the family to ex- 



clude cattle and afcertain the property it was feparated 

 from the fields by a hedge. As pride and defîre of privacy 

 increafedy the inclofure was dignifed by walls ; and in climes 

 where fruits were not lavified by the ripening glow of nature 

 andfoily fruit -tr ce s were ajijîed and fieltered from furroufîding 

 winds by the like expédient -, for the inundation of luxuries 

 which hâve fwelled into gênerai neceffities, hâve almojî ail 

 t^km their fource from ths fmpk fountain of reafon. 



When 



