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did not occasion the neglect of the more curious 

 plants. 



But just, as the encomiums are that I have 

 bestowed on Kent's discoveries, he was neither 

 without assistance nor faults. Mr. Pope un- 

 doubtedly contributed to form his taste. The 

 design of the Prince of Wales' garden at Carlton 

 House was evidently borrowed from the poet's 

 at Twickenham. There was a little of affected 

 modesty in the latter, when he said, of all his 

 works he was most proud of his garden. And 

 yet it was a singular effort of art and taste, to 

 impress so much variety of scenery on a spot 

 of five acres. The passing through the gloom 

 from the grotto to the opening day, the retiring 

 and again assembling shades, the dusky groves, 

 the larger lawn, and the solemnity of the termi- 

 nation at the cypresses that lead up to his 

 mother's tomb, are managed with excellent 

 judgment ; and though Lord Petersborough 

 assisted him 



" To form his quincunx and to rank his vines," 



those were not the most pleasing ingredients 

 of his little perspective. 



I do not know whether the disposition of the 

 garden at Rousham, laid out for General Dor- 

 mer, and in my opinion the most engaging of 



