OF GARDENS BY LORD BACON 



the more temperate parts of the year ; and in The true 

 the heat of summer, for the morning, and the 

 evening, or overcast days. 



For aviaries, I like them not, except they be 

 of that largeness as they may be turfed, and 

 have living plants, and bushes, set in them ; 

 that the birds may have more scope, and na- 

 tural nesting, and that no foulness appear in 

 the floor of the aviary. 



So I have made a platform of a princely gar- 

 den, partly by precept, partly by drawing, not 

 a model, but some general lines of it ; and in 

 this I have spared for no cost. But it is nothing 

 for great princes, that, for the most part, taking 

 advice with workmen, with no less cost, set 

 their things together; and sometimes add sta- 

 tues, and such things, for state, and magni- 

 ficence, but nothing to the true pleasure of a 

 garden. 



