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the servant and interpreter of nature. 

 Yet, notwithstanding this maxim, his 

 teaching was to little purpose, for al- 

 though he ridiculed some of the absurd 

 prevalent customs, he still adhered to the 

 mechanical style of the garden. This 

 must be square, surrounded on all sides 

 by a stately arched hedge, the arches to 

 be upon pillars of carpenter's work. In 

 these were to be hung bird cages and 

 plates of round colored glass gilt, for 

 the sun to play upon. While he advo- 

 cates straight alleys, with parterres, trees, 

 or shrubs on both sides, exactly corre- 

 sponding to each other, also fountains 

 and statues, he condemns evergreens cut 

 into images "they be for children. " 

 There should be no pools of water, "as 

 they mar all, and make the garden un- 

 wholesome and full of flies and frogs." 

 Water, wherever present, should be in 

 perpetual motion, and never be allowed 

 to remain in bowls or cisterns. 



Bacon's nearest approach to the natural 

 style of gardening, consisted in the pro- 

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