15* THE PRAISE OF GARDENS 



And to the Air those Waves, by which 'tis fed, 

 Remit agen ; About it raise a Bed 

 Of Moss, or Grass ; but if you think this base, 

 With well- wrought Marble circle in the Place." 



XIX. That in those Serpentine Meanders, be placed at proper 

 Distances, large Openings, which you surprisingly come to ; and 

 in the first are entertain'd with a pretty Fruit-Garden, or Paradice- 

 Stocks, with a curious Fountain, from which you are insensibly 

 led through the pleasant Meanders of a shady delightful planta- 

 tion ; first into an even Plain environ'd with lofty Pines, in whose 

 Center is a pleasant Fountain adorn'd with Neptune and his 

 Tritons, etc., secondly into a Flower Garden, enrich'd with the 

 most fragrant Flowers and beautiful Statues; and from thence 

 through small Inclosures of Corn, open Plains, or small Meadows, 

 Hop-Gardens, Orangeries, Melon-Grounds, Vineyards, Orchards, 

 Nurseries, Physick Gardens, Warrens, Paddocks of Deer, Sheep, 

 Cows, etc., with the rural Enrichments of Hay Stacks, Wood- 

 Piles, etc. 



" Which endless are, with no fixed Limits bound, 

 But fill in various forms the spacious Round, 

 And endless Walks the pleas'd Spectator views, 

 As ev'ry Turn the verdant scene renews." 



These agreeable surprising Entertainments in the pleasant Passage 

 through a Wilderness, must without doubt, create new Pleasures 

 at every Turn : And more especially when the Whole is so happily 

 situated, as to be blessed with small Rivulets and purling Streams 

 of clear Water, which generally admit of fine Canals, Fountains, 

 Cascades, etc., which are the very Life of a delightful rural 

 Garden. 



" Of pleasant Floods, and Streams, my Muse now sings, 

 Of chrystal Lakes, Grotts, and transparent Springs ; 

 By these a Garden is more charming made, 

 They chiefly beautify the rural Shade. " 



And to add to the Pleasure of these delightful Meanders, I 

 advise that the Hedge-Rows of the Walks be intermix'd with 

 Cherries, Plumbs, Apples, Pears, Bruxel Apricots, Figs, Goose- 



