AN 



ESSAY 



ON 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



By JOHN DALRYMPLE, Esq. 



AUTHOR OF 



"an ESSAY TOWARDS A GENERAL HISTORY OF 

 FEUDAL PROPERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN." 



" God Almighty first planted a garden ; and in- 

 deed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the 

 greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without 

 which, buildings and palaces are but gross handy - 

 works." 



F. Bacon ViscourU St. Alhansj Essays. 



" C'est aux Anglais que I'art du jardinage doit le 

 plus haut degr^ de perfection." 



M. Miilin, Diet, des Beatup-Arts, 



GREENTWICH: 



PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR,, 

 BY W. RICHARDSON.. 



March,. 1823,. 



