z 1 8 Of Woods and Groves^ &c. 

 parallel and oppofite, as may be eafily ob- 

 ferv'd by viewing the Figure it felf, Numb, i, 

 in the next Plate. 



It will not be required I fhould in this 

 Place lay down the Method of Planting it 

 felf, that having been already hinted at, and 

 will in all its Parts (I hope) evidently appear 

 in the Sequel of thefe Endeavours I am ma- 

 king to oblige the Planting World. 



Proceed we then, in the next Place, to 

 the third and fourth Figures in the next 

 Plated 



Ohfervatiom 07i Fig. 3, 4, ?late 34, concern^ 

 ing Labyrinths, 



It will beneedlefs, in this Place, to exa- 

 mine much into the Etymological Derivation 

 of this Part of Gardening, or of its Anti- 

 quity, it being well known to fignify a wind- 

 ing, mazy, and intricate Turning to and 

 fro,thro' a Wood or Wildernefs. This is what 

 the Antients took particular Delight in 5 and 

 the Poets chofe them for fome of the plea- 

 fanteft Themes of their Works But, to quit 

 this, we may obferve, that thofe that have 

 been of late made in England^ and, indeed, 

 fome old Defigns we have in feveral Parts, 

 and in feveral ancient Books publi(h'd in our 

 own Tongue, have been all of fingle Hedges*. 

 And, by the Way, we may likewife obferve, 

 that this Part wa?, and has always been, one of 

 tl)e firft Steps (pad^ in Gardening, in moft 



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