the PREFACE. xxxv 



Hindrance and Difcount from the true Plea- 

 fures of Gardening. 



I am very far, by this, from limiting the 

 Extent of Outer Plantations, which, as the 

 Prices now are, and by the Methods hereaf- 

 ter to be delivered, will be no great Charge. 

 Thefe might reach as far as Liberty of Plant- 

 ing will allow, an Employ fo diverting that it 

 ought to terminate but with Life itfelf, and 

 to be plac'd amongft the greatefi Diverfions 

 of it 5 all others are fubjed: to Difappoint- 

 ments, but in this, not a Day, Hour, or 

 Minute in the whole Year but what courts 

 our Admiration, or requires our Care. 

 What I have been fpeaking of is in relation to 

 what may properly be called Gardening, I 

 mean thofe Interior Parts, that ought by 

 fome means or other to be fenc'd from the 

 Trampling and Croppings of Cattle, and re- 

 quire our more immediate Care in Keeping 

 andDrefling. 



And fince all agree, that the Pleafures of 

 a Country Life cann't poflibly be contained 

 within the narrow Limits of the greatefl 

 Garden 5 Woods, Fields, and diftant inclo- 

 fures (hould have the Care of the induftrioiis 

 and laborious Planter: Neither would 1 (as 

 I have already hinted) advife the immuring, 

 or, as it were, the imprifoning by Walls, 

 (however expenfive tney are in making) too 

 much us*d of late 5 but where-ever Liberty 

 will allow, would throw my Garden open to 

 all View, to the unbounded Felicities af ui- 

 c 2 ftant 



