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Two, Three, or Four Hundred Pounds 

 fer Annum will do great Things in fmall Un- 

 dertakings ^ and Six, Seven, or Eight Hun- 

 dred will be lufficient in the greateft of all, 

 in this Manner and Method I am advancing. 

 Befides, the Pleafure of Gardening is not in 

 Finifhing them in too great Halle 5 but after 

 a general Scheme is laid, to make Annual Ad- 

 vances, 'till the Whole is compleated. Nei- 

 ther can this be calFd Money altogether ex- 

 pended ^ becaufe the Kitchen-Garden, Fifti- 

 PondSj O'c. about a Seat, are not only a great 

 Ornament, but will make a great Abatement 

 in the Expences of Houfe-keeping. 



The laft, and which is the Refult, or ra- 

 ther the Subftance of the former Advices, 

 is, That Gentlemen Confider well before 

 they Begin, and Proceed Leifurcly ^ That 

 the Motives that induce them to thefe Un- 

 dertakings be Solid and Virtuous, and not 

 the fudden ftart of an impetuous Fancy, 

 which too often finks and vaniflies immedi- 

 ately, and leaves a Mark of Infamy and 

 Difgrace on the Undertaker, rather than a 

 Credit and Repute. 'Tis to this, in a great 

 degree, is owing the many Unfinifh'd and 

 Confus'd Dejigvs to be feen in many Places 

 of thefe Kingdoms. 



Gardening is doubtlefs in itfclf very Di- 

 verting 5 but when it has is commencement 

 from Rafhnefs, or any other unwarrantable 

 Tenjper, and irrational Sally, no wonder if 

 its End be Difcontent, and thofe unhappy 



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