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/ doubt therefore whetber the difficulty of prefervtng the}n 

 in a clime fo foreign to their nature did not convince our 

 anceftors of their inutility i?i gênerai, unie/s the Jldapelinefs 

 of the Urne and horfe-chefiut luhich accorded fo ivell witb 

 ejîablified regularity, and which thence a?id from their no~ 

 velty grew in fafiion, did not occafion the negledl of the 

 more curious plants. 



But jiifl as the encomiums are that I hâve bejîowed 

 on Kent's difcoveries, he was neither without ajfijîance or 

 faults. Mr. Pope U7idoubtedly contributed to for m his tajîe,. 

 The defign of the prince of Waless garden at Carlt^n-houfe 

 was evidently bo?'rowed from the poefs at Twickenham, 

 There was a little of affedied modefty in the latter, when he 

 faid of ail his works he was moji proud of his garden. And 

 yet it was a fngiilar effort of art and tajle to ifnprefs fo 

 much varie ty and fcenery on a fpot offve acres. The pafs^ 

 ing throiigh the gloom from the grotto to the opening day, 

 the retiring and again affembling Jhades, the dujky groves, 

 the larger lawn, and the folemnity of the termination at the 

 cyprejes that lead up to his mothers tomb, are maiiaged 

 with exquifte judgment-, and though lord Peterborough ajfîjîed 

 him 



To form his quincunx and to rank his vines, 



thofe 



