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I might add hereto the pleasant and delectable, cooling and 

 refreshing Shade they afford in the Summer-time; which was 

 very much esteem'd by the Inhabitants of hot Countries, who 

 always took great delight and pleasure to sit in the open Air, 

 under shady Trees; Hence that Expression so often repeated 

 in Scripture, of every Man's sittifig U7ider his own Vi?ie, aitd 

 under his own Fig-tree^ where also they us'd to eat ; as appears 

 by Abrahafn's entertaining the Angels under a Tree, and stand- 

 ing by them whem they did eat, Gen. 18, 8. Moreover the 

 Leaves of Plants are very beautiful and ornamental. That 

 there is great pulchritude and comeliness of Proportion in the 

 Leaves, Flowers and Fruits of Plants, is attested by the general 

 Verdict of Mankind, as Dr More and others well observe. The 

 adorning and beautifying of Temples and Buildings in all Ages, 

 is an evident and undeniable Testimony of this : For what is 

 more ordinary with Architects than the taking in Leaves and 

 Flowers and Fruitage for the garnishing of their Work; as the 

 Roman the Leaves of Acanthus^ and the Jewish of Falm- Trees 

 and Pomegranets : and these more frequently than any of the 

 five regular Solids, as being more comely and pleasant to be- 

 hold. — The Wisdom of God in the Creation. 



Gardener in service of P. Hohnlan of Warkworth : author of ' The LEONARD 

 English Gardener^' with engravings, ^to, 1670 ; 'The Neiv Art of Garden- MEAGER 

 itig, with The Gardener's Ahianack,' 1697, i2mo', and The Mystery «?/■( 1624?- 1704?) 

 Husbandry,' 1697. 



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TN every Garden Four Things are necessary to be provided for, SIR 



^ Flowers, Fruit, Shade, and Water, and whoever lays out a ^^hf^A^ 



Garden without all these, must not pretend it in any Perfection. (1628-17CX)). 



It ought to lie to the best Parts of the House, or to those of 



the Master's commonest Use, so as to be but like one of the 



Rooms out of which you step into another. The Part of your 



Garden next your House (besides the Walks that go round it) 



should be a Parterre for flowers, or Grass-Plots bordered with 



