382 UNIVERSAL ERUDITION*. 



rules thefe profeflbrs give, are, moreover, fcarce 

 ever applicable out of" their own neighbourhood * 

 for there arc not under the fun, any two cli- 

 mates and foils perfectly alike. 



IX. (8 ) Flora and Pomona concur to enrich 

 and decorate our lands, and thcfe godddles 

 have produced among us the art of gardening, 

 which has two parts : the firft comprehends the 

 theory and practice of pleafure gardens , and 

 the other regards in like manner, fruit gardens, 

 orchards, kitchen gardens, &c. There are very 

 pleafing treatifes on this art, as thofe of Alexan- 

 der Blond , M. de la Quintinie , the Solitary 

 Gardener ; and many others. The hortulan 

 art was fo far improved during the reign of 

 Lewis XIV, and under the direction of M. k 

 Nautre, that we almoft dcfpair of ever feeing it 

 carried to a greater degree of perfection . The 

 German gardeners, however, have mown, that 

 in producing forward fruit, they have the prio- 

 rity of all other nations, by the aid of their 

 ingenious hot houfes : and England is daily 

 decorated by new pleafure gardens, in a ilyle 

 truly original. The Englifh fuppofe, tlicit a 

 garden ought to reprefent a beautiful landfcape, 

 formed by nature, and ornamented by art : and 

 not the decorations of a deflert precifely difpofed, 

 and cut into fpruce figures by the (hears. On 

 this principle they form their alleys, bafons, 

 dopes, woods, groves, &c. as if nature had 

 produced them i regardleis of ftrift regularity .: 



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