SECT. XI. OF RURAL GARDENING. 1?1 



in proper places, could hardly give offence. A terrace 

 as a boundary, is now feldom formed, but in feme 

 fiiuations, fuch an eminence however might in feveral 

 refpecls be agreeable. 



It would certainly be too much to attempt here par- 

 ticular directions for ex tenfive gardening.' The peculiar 

 capabilities of any place mull fuggefl what may be done, 

 and much judgment is neceffary to plan aright. It 

 is prefumed only to give a few hints to thofe private 

 perfons who would do fomething in this way, which 

 thev may confider as they pleafe. 



If trees are planted injudicioufly, the error is a trifle; 

 but if cut down fo, the confequence is fei ious, and ha? 

 often been forely lamented ; extirpation mould there- 

 fore be well thought of before it is executed; efpecially 

 trees about houfes, for many dwellings have been thus 

 too nattily expofed, and deprived of comfortable 

 meher and fhade. And why fhoulcl a tafte have pre- 

 vailed for {ofudden a tranfition, as no fooner out of the 

 houfe than to arrive in the open country, or why 

 fhould an extenfive garden be thrown as much as pof- 

 fible into a Jingle view, when meeting with new obje£t* 

 in our Walks is fo agreeable ? 



Hilly J pots that are in view of the houfe mould be 

 planted with firs, as pleafant noble looking trees, and 

 very hardy. Beech does well on high ground, efpe- 

 cially, if chalky. In low ground, not to mention 

 alders and that tribe, the birch, and even the oak, mould 

 not be forgot, where the wei does not long ftand. 



About the houfe fome jhady walks ought always to 

 be provided, by thick planting, if not of trees, yet of 

 flowering fhrubs, and evergreens, of which the laurel 

 will be found the mod ufeful. Here mould be alfo a 

 good portion of grafs plat, or lawn, which fo delights 

 the eye when neatly kept, alfo borders of {hewy flowers, 

 which if backed by any kind of fence, it mould be hid 

 with evergreens, or at leafr. with deciduous fhrubs, that 

 the fcenc may be as much as poilible vivacious. 

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