11 QQ DireSiians for Raifrng Chap. j. 



that" our Saviour chofe thofe Abodes fome-, 

 times for his Oratory while he was alive, as 

 he did them for his Sepulchre when dead. 



Jnd vpe do avouch^ (fays Mr. Evelyn) 

 for many voeighty Caufes^ That there is no 

 Place more Jit to bury our dead in, than Groves 

 and Gardens, where our Beds may he deck'd 

 and carpetted mth verdant and fragrant Flow- 

 ers, Trees, and perennial Plants, the mojl na^ 

 tural and iiiJlruBive Hieroglyphicks of our Re^ 

 furreElion and Immortality. 



But 1 muft quit thefe entertain ing Thoughts, 

 left they fliould draw me too far out of my 

 Road, by obferving the great deficiency of 

 Shade in many of our modern Gardens : For 

 tho' our Seafons of Heat are not fo violent as 

 they are in other Countries ^ yet the greateft 

 Plcafure of a Garden being in the Summer, it 

 calls for our firft and principal Care in furnifli- 

 ing our Villas and Gardens therewith. 



And indeed, however thofe Perfons may 

 confider it, who have great Qiiantities of 

 Greens in their Plantations, 1 cann't but 

 efteem a Foreft-Tree very much beyond it 5 

 fo chearful is their Livery in Summer, in 

 comparifon of Hardy Greens. I hope there- 

 fore they will pardon me, if I cann't fubfcribe 

 to their Opinion and Pradice ^ and fhall im- 

 njediately purfup what I have all this while 

 been aiming at, I mean, the Raifing of Foreft- 

 Trees in Nurferies 5 leaving Greens for Win- 

 ter-Gardens, and the more contraded Scenes 

 pf thQ.l own, 



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