THE LIST OF CONTENTS 



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I. AN ESSEX GARDEN .... Page I 



By Robert Southey 



II. THE PLEASURE OF A GARDEN . . n 

 By Joseph Addison 



III. OF GARDENS OLD AND NEW . .21 



By Sir Richard Steele 



IV. OF GARDENS 33 



By Lord Bacon 



V. THE GARDEN 47 



By A. Cowley 



VI. OF GARDENING IN 1685 ... 63 



By Sir William Temple 



VII. THE GARDENS OF THE ANCIENTS . 81 

 By Sir William Temple 



VIII. THE GARDEN OF CYRUS . , 95 



By Sir Ihomas Browne 



