I proceed to this catalogue : 



Adam and Eve in yew; Adam a little shattered 

 by the fall of the tree of knowledge in the great 

 storm; Eve and the serpent very flourishing. 



Noah's Ark, in holly, the ribs a little damaged 

 for want of water. 



The tower of Babel not yet finished. 



St. George in Box; his arm scarce long enough, 

 but will be in a condition to stick the dragon by 

 next April. 



A green dragon of the same, with a tail of 

 ground-ivy for the present. 



N. B. Those two are not to be sold separately. 



Edward the Black Prince in Cypress. * * * 



A Queen Elizabeth inPhillyrea; a little inclined 

 to the Green sickness, but of old growth. * * * 



An old maid of honour in wormwood. 



A topping Ben Jonson in Laurel. 



Divers eminent modern poets in bays, somewhat 

 blighted, to be disposed of a pennyworth. 



of tlje Orient 



Chinese Gardens 



The art of laying out gardens consists in an 

 endeavor to combine cheerfulness of aspect, luxuri- 

 ance of growth, shade, solitude and repose, in such 

 a manner that the senses may be deluded by an 

 imitation of rural nature. Diversity, which is the 

 main advantage of free landscape, must, therefore, 

 be sought in a judicious choice of soil, an alternation 

 of chains of hills and valleys, gorges, brooks, and 

 lakes covered with aquatic plants. Symmetry is 

 wearying, and ennui and disgust will soon be excited 

 in a garden where every part betrays constraint 



and art ' Lien-Tschen. 



(Quoted by A. von Humboldt^) 



