Chap. I . of GARDENING, &c. a 5 



the drefling Vines, Olives, &c, and concludes 

 this Georgick with a Panegyrick on the Hap- 

 pinefs of a Country Life. 



In all which he admirably mixes the Poet, 

 Thilojopher, and Gardiner together. There 

 is indeed fome fuperftitious Tenets of theAn- 

 tients, relating to the Moon, Winds, ^c. 

 but this is excufable in a Poet ^ and fliny^ who 

 wrote a confiderable time after him, and in 

 Profe too, had much more of that kind in 

 his Works. 



I have faid, the Nearnefs of his Abode to 

 the Gardens of his dear Friend Mecdcnas 

 might be the Occafion of many a ufeful 

 Obfervation in Gard*nmg ^ and to him he ad- 

 drefTes himfelf in the 2d Georgick, after he 

 had gone thro' the Method of Railing Trees, 

 in this manner : 



Mecsnas, now thy needful Succour bring. 

 Oh thou^ the Better Part of viy Renown, 

 Infpire thy Poet, and thy Poem crown 3 

 Embark with me, whiljl I new Tra&s explore. 

 With flying Sails, and Breezes from the Shore. 



It will be impoffible for me, in the little 

 Compafs I can allow in the Hiftory of Gar- 

 dening, to make any farther Comment on his 

 Works 3 but it muft be obferv'd, that he feeras 

 in his higheft Raptures in this Georgick, when 

 he goes about to defcribe the Pleafures of A- 

 griculture and Gardening : Thus, after he has 

 run thro' his main Bufinefs, he breaks out : 



O for- 



