The PREFACE. xxvii 



Thus do we often fee raany a noble Oak, 

 or fometimes whole Lines of thefe and other 

 umbragious Trees, fell'd^ to humour the re- 

 gular and delufive Schemes of fome Paper 

 Engineers 5 and fuch a Medley of CI ipt Plants, 

 Embroidery, &c. introduced in their room, 

 that 'tis hard how to think of it, whether 

 with Pity or Difdain. Tis alfo to them ow- 

 ing, that all Eminences or Pits are levelled, 

 tho' at never-fo-great an Expence, when with 

 good Management they might prove the great- 

 eft Beauties in Gard ning. 



But perhaps, and I know it is very often 

 urged by fome Gentlemen, when they firft 

 enter upon Gard' ning 5, We intend (fay they) 

 to lay out but a little Money 5 and our Gar- 

 dens are not fo much for Plcafure as Profit. 

 To which I anfwer. That in this whole Mat- 

 ter there feems to be the more Reafon for 

 Advice 5 for if the Room be but fmall, there 

 requires the more Judgment in laying it out 

 well ^ but if Saving Money is the Cafe, they 

 may affure themfelves it will coft them rather 

 ten times more than any thing elfe : And even 

 in the leaft and meaneft Deiign there is fome 

 Judgment, Thought, Frugality, and Contri- 

 vance. But if any fhould think I prefs this 

 becaufe it is my Bufinefs, and that they are 

 refolved to lay out their Money as they pleafe 5 

 I have done, and muft only take leave to de- 

 clare the contrary, and that 'tis nothing but 

 an honeft Meaning 5 and confefs 'tis the great- 

 eft Grief in the World for me to fee Buii- 



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