Chap./: (?/ GARDENING, C^c j 



Writings $ but how judicious, is oot cer- 

 tain. 



Whether the Gardens oi Adoiik and the Adonis. 

 Hefperides be fabulous or not, or what was 

 the Time they were fuppofed to be in their 

 Glory, I fhall not examine ^ they were how- 

 ever Subjects for the loftieft Strains in 

 Poetry, a Theme from which they have 

 drawn the beautiful Idea's they had of the 

 Pleafures of Gard'ning. 



From the firft is deduc'd an additional 

 Name to none of the meaneft oi Flora s (!) 

 Train, and a Royal Stamp to the Name of 

 (m^ Gardens themfelves. 



From thefecond, the Hiflory of thofebeau- 77;?Hefpe- 

 tiful Ladies,who (together with their Gardens ^^'^^^^ 

 of Golden Apples, were under the Care of a 

 watchful Dragon) perhaps an Intimation, 

 that Innocence, Vertue, and Veftal Honour 

 could be no-where fo well preferv*d as there 5 

 and that the Beauty of thofe Abod'es Would 

 make a fufficient Compenfation for the Lofs 

 of all other enlarged Pleafures. This Gar- 

 Mr. Rovpe has elegantly defcrib'd : 



Near the Tritonian Lake^ 



Vbere, by the vpatchful Dragon kept of old^ 

 Hefperian Plants grevp rich mth living Gold -j 

 Long fince the Fruit was from the Branches torn^ 

 And now the Gardens their lojl Honours mourn. 



( / ) Flos Adonidis, the Anemone. (m) Horti Adonidis, 



Gardens of Pleafure, 



B 4 Such 



