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Of the making and planting of Fruit and Flower: gardens, With a 
Nuircery for Fruits and Flowers to furnifh both. 
Air Houfes are more frequent than fine Gardens ; the 
firft effe&ed by Artificers ongly, the later requiring 
_ more, skiltia.the,Qwner: few, Gardens being found 
well furnithed out of the hands of an affectionate Flo; 
rift, The love of fucha Matter will keep each tender 
~...... Plantalive, his care and skill hath collected : for ne- 
ver wasany Art or Excellence. liked or loved by the Ignorant , itis 
Knowledge that begets Affection; and Affection increafeth Know- 
ledge... Love was the Inventer, and is {till the Maintainer, of every 
noble Science,., . It is chiefly that which hath made my Flowers .and 
‘Trees to Aourith, though planted in a barten Defart,,. and hath 
brought me tothe knowledge I dew have in Plants and Planting : 
for indeed it is impofsible for any mish to have any confiderable Gol- 
Jeétion.of noble Plants to profper, unlefs he love them : for either 
the goodnels of the Soil, nor the advantage of the Situation, will do 
it, without the Mafters affection: itis that which animates, and ren- 
ders them ftrong and, vigorous ; without whick they will languith 
-anddecay through neglect, and foon'ceafe to do him fervice, 
~~ Faye fen many Gardens of the new model, in the hands of un- 
skilful perfons, with good Walls, Walks and Grafs-plots ; but in 
the mott effential adornments fo deficient, thata green Medow isa 
more delightful object : there Nature alone, without the aid of Art, 
{preads her verdant Carpets, fpontaneoufly imbroydered with many 
_ prety Plants and pjeafing Flowers, far more inviting than fuch an 
jmmured Nothing. _ And as noble Fountains, Grottoes, Statues, &c, 
“are excellent ornaments and marks of Magnificence ;. fo all fuchdead 
works in Garderis, ill'done, are little better than blocks in the way 
to interrupt the fight, but fot atall to fatishie the undérftanding. 
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