I30 THE PRAISE OF GARDENS 



Objects it yields to every of them : Nor what an influence 

 they have upon the passions of the mind, reducing a discomposed 

 fancy to a more sedate temper by contemplating on those 

 miracles of Nature Gardens afford ; deemed Miracles because 

 their admired and strange forms and effects proceed from occult 

 causes. . . . 



The Italians, in the time of their Ancient Glory, thought no 

 Palace nor Habitation Complete without its Garden, on which 

 they spared for no cost as well in their forming. 



Neither is there a noble or pleasant seat in England, but hath 

 its gardens for pleasure and delight. So that we may, without 

 vanity, conclude, that a garden of pleasant avenues, walks, fruits, 

 flowers, grots, and other branches springing from it, well composed, 

 is the only complete and permanent inanimate object of delight 

 the world affords. — Sy sterna Horticulturce. 



