Chap.T. ^/ GARDENING, C^^. 87 



thou art vPith all the Bleffmgs both of Heaven 

 and Earth. i.-^rii r 



After mention of fome Foreft-worlcs-4oneLoriRa-. 

 by the Right Honourable the Earl ofRanelagh "^^^8^- 

 at Cranborne, and the Right Honourable the 

 Earl oi Hal/ifax at Bupy-Park, I fhall con-£^>-/ ^Z 

 elude this Hiftory with that truly Ingenious ^'^^^^^'^^• 

 Lover of Architcdure and Gard'ning, the 

 Right Honourable the Earl of Carlijle^ in his Earl of 

 Wood at Cajlle-howard^ the highefl: pitch ^'^^'^^^^• 

 that Natural and Polite Gardening can pof- 

 fibly ever arrive to : 'Tis There that Nature 

 is truly imitated, if not excell'd, and from 

 which the Ingenious may draw the beft of 

 their Schemes in Natural and Rural Gar- 

 dening : 'Tis There that flie is by a kind of 

 fortuitous Conduft purfued through all her 

 moll intricate Mazes, and taught even to 

 exceed her own felf in the Natiira-Lijiear^ 

 and much more Natural and Promifcuous 

 Difpofition of all her Beauties. 



From this imperfed Survey of the Writings 

 and Pradice of the moft Eminent and lUu- 

 ftrious Virtuofo's in Horticulture, &c» one 

 may colled how dear the Pleafures of 

 Gard'ning, Planting, and Agriculture were. 

 There is, doubtlefs, much more of this Sub- 

 jed that has efcap'd my narrow Knowledge 

 of Hiftory and Letters 3 and fome I have 

 purpofely omitted, as fabulous, at leaft as too 

 much ftrain'd by Poets, fuch as the Oracu- 

 lar Grove of Dodona, Delpbos, and the like 5 



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