of Woods and Groves^ Szc. 'i9y 



no very hard Matter, to fix upon one and the 

 f?me Method in defigning of this beautiful 

 Part of our Bufinefs : But I know not how it 

 comes to pafs. People do differ, and that very- 

 much 5 and one feldom hears of two Perfons 

 whofe Opinions jump together in any Defign, 

 one will find Fault with what another efteems 

 excellent in its Kind. 



I think it proper, in this Place, if it were 

 poflibJe, to endeavour to reconcile the diife- 

 rent Opinions of Perfons in Gardening, and 

 efpecialiy as to Woods, the beautifulleft Part 

 of it. And the beft and moft general Rules 

 that (in Words) I can poflibly lay down, are 

 to endeavour to follow and improve the Ad- 

 vantages of Nature, and not to ftrain her be- 

 yond her due Bounds. 



Some there are that efteem nothing well in 

 a Defign, but long, large, wide, regular Ri- 

 dings and Walks ^ and this, m 1 ruth, is 

 right in an open Park or Foreft, where the 

 Owner rides and hunts : But that a Garden- 

 Defign for walking in only, or if thereto we 

 add Magnificence, which, 1 muft own, thofc 

 long Ridings have, yet it would be a Fault to 

 fet too great a Value upon them in a Garden ^ 

 and for the fake of long level Walks, to level 

 all thofe little Eminencies and pleafing La- 

 byrinths of Nature : For tho' a few of thefe 

 Walks are abfolutely neceffary, in Refpeft to 

 the Grandeur and general Beauty of a Situa- 

 tion, as the Middle and Side Walk, and a ve- 

 ry few Diagonals, yet it is an unpardonable 

 O 3 Faulty 



