Chap. 8. of Woods and Coppices. 2j ^ 



of Nature in a more expeditious and lefs ex- 

 penfive Method. 



I don't pretend, by this, to propofe the^/M^^>"^, 

 entire exclufion of Efpaliers, they are noble "^^^^^^J/ 

 in their Kinds, and in fome few of the main 

 and principal Walks add the greatefl Beauty 

 imaginable 5 but in all the more private and 

 natural Meanders that (hould intermix them- 

 felves in thefe kinds of Defigns^ will be ftill 

 the better. 



The Nurfery of regular and well- managed ^^^^^j^^^ 

 Plants will repair any Defeft, and make what in the Gar- 

 addition the Defigner pleafes to the Beauty ^^^^' 

 of thefe Woods. 



But when by any Methods yet taken, or 

 any that may be thought of, thefe kinds of 

 Rural Gardens fliall be laid open to the ex- 

 tenfive Avenues all round, in an open and 

 unaffefted manner, (not Wall'd round or 

 Immured, as has been the Pradice) when 

 thofe large Sums of Money that have been 

 buried within the narrow Limits of a high 

 Wall, upon the trifling and diminutive Beau- 

 ties of Greens and Flowers, Ihall be lightly 

 fpread over great and extenfive Parks and 

 Forefls : I fay, fuch feem to be Gardens for 

 the Politer and Greater Genius's of Britain^ 

 efpecially if to it be added Water the Spirit 

 and moft enchanting Beauty of Nature, and 

 when Parks fliall be turn'd into Gardens, 



*Tis then we may hope to ej^cel the fo* ^'h^y^ Am- 

 much-boafted Gardens of France^ and make bition to 

 that great Nation give way to the fuperiour ^I^^^JX 

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