<^4 Of rural and extenfive Gardening] 

 natural Beauty of his Seat 5 and are always 

 bringing him in Mony, to pay the Expence, by 

 which means, the TJtiky is mix'd with the 

 Duke in (I hope) a very agreeable man- 

 ner. 



But, to re-affume, the Thread of our Dif- 

 courfe , the Trees, that are the moft proper 

 at prefcnt, and will be of as much Advan- 

 tage to futurity as any, are thQEnglifh Elm ; 

 that, being a very hofpitable Plant, and 

 any thing will grow under it 5 it will, 

 foon make a Shade, and will anfwer the Ex- 

 peftation of the Planter, thebeftof any Tree, 

 I can name. Tho' one would, in this cafe, get 

 any Trees out of the Woods, that will move 

 with any profpeft of Succefs, to fill up our ru- 

 ral Plantations. 



To fum up all, the Advantage to be reaped 

 from this rural Way of Gardening , and of 

 this little Scheme, in particular, we have here, 

 tho' it be a plain mean Scituation, twenty 

 four Acres of Ground altogether ; and might 

 as well, be ten times the Qia^mtity, where 

 the Owner may Work round it, and a-crofs 

 it, in his Night Gown, and Slippers 5 and vific 

 all his Affairs, either late at Night, or early 

 in the Morning \ without either Dirt ; or 

 Dew. And feeing thofe are the chief times, 

 either for Bufinefs or Pleafure, in the whole 

 Day, I can't, but think that thefe imperfeft 

 Hints will be very acceptable to the World, 



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