Of rural and extenfive Gardening. 4 5 



The Chief of our Defign in this Book, be- 

 ing the Decoration and Embellifhment of a 

 whole Eftate, or at leaft, that Part of it that 

 lies moft contiguous to the Manfion Houfe, 

 inftead of fuch vaft and expenfive Gardens, 

 that the Folly of this and the paft Ages hath 

 run into, whereby that moft innocent and 

 harmlefs Employ, is become a Burthen too 

 great for the biggeft Eftate, and the Gardens 

 themfelves not at all anfwerable to the need- 

 lefs Expence that is laid out upon them. 



For, fuppofing a Perfon fliould be poffels'd 

 of a Garden, thirty, forty, fifty, nay, as it 

 is fometimes ften, of a hundred Acres of 

 Ground 5 the Beauty is foon difcover'd, and 

 at the fame time that that is, the Love of it 

 too often vaniihes, and when we come to add 

 the Expence thereto, we foon find it a loth- 

 fome Burden, or the Owner whilft perhaps 

 at the fame time his Eftate that lies contiguous 

 to him, is as much neglefted, when by Ipread- 

 in Money more lightly at home, it might in 

 a great meafure be drefs'd and improv*d, and 

 be made altogether as beautiful as the moft 

 elaborate Garden 5 befides, the affording him 

 a continual Profit and Employ. 



To confirm this Suppofition 5 if his Grounds 

 were handfomly divided by Avenues and 

 Hedges 5 and if the little Walks and Paths that 

 ought to run through and betwixt them, were 

 made either of Gravel or Sand,- and if there 

 were Tree$ for Shades with little Walks and 



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