GARDEN LETTERS 189 



fruite of that labour & cost has ben (for the sculptures 

 which are elegant were very chargeable) the greate 

 improvement of our workmen, & several impressions of 

 the copy since, will best testifie. 



In this method I thought properly to begin with 

 planting Trees, because they would require time for 

 growth and be advancing to delight & shade at least, & 

 were therefore by no meanes to be neglected & deferr'd, 

 while building might be raised and finish'd in a sum'r 

 or two if the owner pleas'd. 



Thus, Madame, I endeavoured to do my country- 

 men some little service, in as natural an order as I 

 could for the improving & adorning their estates & 

 dwellings, &, if possible, make them in love with these 

 usefull & innocent pleasures, in exchange of a wastfull 

 & ignoble sloth which I had observ'd so universally 

 corrupted an ingenious education. 



To these I likewise added my little History of 

 Chalcography, a treatise of the perfection of Paynting, 

 & of erecting Libraries, . . . Medals, with some 

 other intermesses which might divert within dores, as 

 well as altogether without. 



