xxxviii Th: PREFACE. 



burbs of Athene ^ a Perfon (if VVniy fpeaks 

 right) that firfl us'd this Extenfive way of 

 Gardening, and of bringing the Pleafures an3 

 Produce of the Woods and Fields under the 

 general Title of Horius^ of which. 1 fhall fay 

 more by and by. ^ 



This may likewife be fuppos'd Was and is 

 the manner of Gardening amongft the Chinefi, 

 who, as an ingenious Author of our own 

 Country obferves, ridicule the Europeans on 

 account of that Mathematical Exaftnefs and 

 crimping Stiffnefs that appears in our Way of 

 Gardening. And the Dejigns that tend the 

 Way I am fpeaking are certainly the moft va- 

 luable^ fuch is that incomparable Wood of 

 iny Lord Carlijle's at Caftle-howard^ the 

 Wood at i^W-P^r/^ belonging to the Right 

 •Honourable the Earl ofRocheJier^ the Woods 

 iitCaJlnohury, thtBefign of Bi/py-P ark, &CC. 



The Ro7nam had doubtlefs the fame Exten- 

 five kind of Gardens^ and till of late Years 

 it has not been the Cuftom to immure and 

 'lyaJl them in, except in fuch Places where the 

 ^Owner is circumfcrib'd and bounded in by 

 contentious Neighbours 5 this being, befides 

 '.the Expence, a great Confinement, and be- 

 ^reaves One of the greateft Pleaftires of a Gar- 

 'den, I mean ProfpeB. 



Nor would I be underftood to condemn 



'all Enclofed and Flower- Gardens, fince they 



tire abfolutely neceltary in Cities, Towns, and 



, other bounded Places, where the Owner is 



heiiiiia'd in on each Side : But what I am 



fpeaking 



