^ An Efay en Vefign^ and the 



expcnfive. both in the making, and keepings 

 and in Reality more intermixt both in ReG 

 peO: to Profit and Pleafure, than any Defigns 

 or Methods that have been yet taken. 



For to fpeak the Truth of this matter, moft 

 of thofe that have pretended to give Dcfigns 

 in Gardening, have Cvonfin'd their Thoughts 

 too narrowly into a fort of fine Sett Garden- 

 ing, which can't be denied to be curious in its 

 kind: But it is withal fo very Expenfive in 

 the making (and which is of almoft an eternal 

 "Duration the keeping) that very few Gen- 

 tlemen can, or at leaft care to alienate fo much 

 Land, and fo much Yearly Revenues, to- 

 wards the Maintenance of thofe prodigious 

 Gardens, which are made in fbmc Parts 

 'o{E}7gUtid, Whilft other Gentlemen of very 

 'good Genius's, and Difpofitions feem (and 

 that with a great deal of Reafon) to efteem 

 them as too ftiff and formal, and (tho' very 

 great in their way) not capable of giving fb 

 great Satisfaftion to the Eye of the Beholder, 

 as the more beautiful, tho* lefs elaborate 

 Works of Nature ^ juftly complaining that 

 our EngliJI) Gardeners inftead of imitating Na- 

 ture, love to deviate from it as much as pof- 

 fible, and efteem nothing worth minding that 

 is not fet off with the utmoft Art imaginable. 

 And, that if their Plants are not Pyramids or 

 Conical, they are by no means valuable: 

 "When in truth the loofe Trefles of a Tree or 

 Plantj that is eafily f^nnd by every gentle 



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