S2 Of rural and extenfive Gardening. 

 wards thofe little Qiiarters ; and this I would 

 advife (tho' it may feem of no great Confe- 

 guence to fome) the frugal Gardiner tc. 



It is obferv^able, likewife, that t,hofe little 

 Gardens are compafAl about with Trees 5 

 ^hichrTrees I fuppofe to be aHedge-Rowfili'd 

 wit:l> Coppice Wood, and Oaks, or other 

 Titnber; and to be about eight or ten Foot 

 ^ide, or more, if it can well, be allow'd. 

 For this makes near as good an Appearance 

 K),^he Houfe, as if it were all Wood 5 when, 

 at the fame Time, in reality, there are little 

 feardens within, and thereby not fuch alie- 

 nation of Ground, as a frugal Husbandman. 

 wouM repine at ; for it muft be own d, that 

 Wood- Lands are not: of that advantage to 

 a laborious Man, as cultivated Lands are ^ 

 and that is the Reafon, that in this whole 

 Delign, I have fprinkled the Wood gently 

 aU' over the Eft at^, and mix'd Lawns, En- 

 clofures of Grafs, and Corn Fields therewith^ 

 and- this, as it is the moft effential Beauty 

 of an Eftate, fo likewife it looks more rural, 

 by it there is no great Alienation of Land, 

 for the Plough and Pafture ,• but thofe 

 Fields and Enclofures that lie between 

 them are flielter'd, and kept warm, and Po- 

 fterity may at fome time or other be very 

 thankful for it, and the Owner himfelf will 

 foon reap the Benefit. 



Bat efpecially this way will fcreen our 

 little Fruit Gardens from Blails^ and, if the 



Wood 



