io THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



interspersed with pieces of looking-glass in 

 angular forms." 



And it was about this time that Batty Langley, 

 also of Twickenham, wrote his New Principles 

 of Gardening, or the Laying-out and Planting 

 Parterres, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Ave- 

 nues, Parks, &c., after a more Grand and Rural 

 manner than has been done before. This "grand 

 and rural manner " expresses pretty clearly the 

 confusion we find all through his book. He 

 must have known Pope's villa, and probably 

 the poet himself, and it is evident that he too 

 intended to consult nature and the " genius" of 

 a place. He says there is not " anything more 

 shocking than a stiff regular garden, where, after 

 we have seen one quarter thereof, the very same 

 is repeated in all the remaining parts, so that 

 we are tired, instead of being further enter- 

 tained with something new as expected." He 

 thinks "our gardens much the worst of any in 

 the world, some few excepted," and is severe on 

 the late Mr. London and Mr. Wise for having laid 

 out gardens for the nobility " in a regular, stiff, 



