Sir TJdfllfam (Temple 103 



In our northwest climates, our gardens are 

 very different from what they were in Greece 

 and Italy, and from what they are now in those 

 regions in Spain or the southern parts of France. 

 And as most general customs in countries grow 

 from the different nature of climate, soils, or 

 situations, and from the necessities or industry 

 they impose, so do these. 



In the warmer regions, fruits and flowers of 

 the best sorts are so common and of so easy 

 production, that they grow in fields, and are not 

 worth the cost of inclosing, or the care of more 

 than ordinary cultivating. On the other side, 

 the greatest pleasures of these climates are 

 coolness of air, and whatever looks cool even to 

 the eyes, and relieves them from the unpleas- 

 ant sight of dusty streets or parched fields. 

 This makes the gardens of those countries to be 

 chiefly valued by largeness of extent (which 

 gives greater play and openness of air), by 

 shades of trees, by frequency of living streams 

 or fountains, by perspectives, by statues, and by 

 pillars and obelisks of stone scattered up and 

 down, which all conspire to make any place 

 look fresh and cool. On the contrary, the 

 more northern climates, as they suffer little by 

 heat, make little provision against it, and are 

 careless of shade, and seldom curious in foun- 

 tains. Good statues are in the reach of few 



