New Principles of Gardening. 
In any Ground that’s forced againft its Will 
To bring forth Fruit; therefore remember ftill 
Never with Nature any Force to ufe ; 
For *tis injurious, zf fhe fhould refu/e. 
When once the Land is levell’d and prepared, 
Let it in equal Diftances be {bared : 
Appoint the Seats in which your Trees hall fland, 
Then chufe a Quince from a feletted Band : 
And having cut the woody Part away, 
Into warm Mold you then the Plant may lay: 
Nor think it unworthy of your Hand 
To make the Furrows hollow, or t expand 
The Earth about the Roots; for fiill we find, 
That he who does the Law of Planting mind, 3 
He who from Parent Stocks young Branches cuts, 
And then in Trenches the foft Layers puts, 
Seldom repents thefe neceffary Pais, 
But rather Profit by his Care obtaius. 
While. Fortune waited on the Perfian State, — 
Cyrus, who from Altyages the Great, 
Himfelf derived, himfelf his Gardens til? d ; 
' How oft aftonifh’d Imorus has beheld 
TP Induftrious Prince iz planting Trees and Flowers, 
And watering them, employ his vacant Hours ¢ 
How oft Oxontes ftopp’d bis hafty Flood, _ 
And gazing on the Royal GARDENER flood. 
The Sabine Valleys heretofore have known 
When nobleff Romans have forfook their Town ; 
When they ther Pomp and Glory laid afide, 
And to the Rake and Prow themfelves apply’d. 
And this Employment warlike Fasius chofe, 
When he returwd from vanquifbing his Foes. 
He who in open Senate made ‘Decrees, Sait 
Manures his Ground, and now gives Laws to Trees. 
No longer o'er his Legions be commands, - 
But fows the Earth with his vitorious Hands: 
The Glebe, by this triumphant Swain [ubdued, 
Repay’d his Pains with timely Gratitude : 
H Became 
