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New Principles of Gardening. 
Adds not the leaft Perfection to your Groves; 
Nothing the Glory of ws Leaf removes. 
A noble Verdure ever it retains, 
And ver the bumbler Plant it proudly reigns. 
To the God’s Mother dear; for Cybele 
Turn’d her beloved Atys to this Tree. 
On one of thefe vain-glorious Marfyas died, 
And paid his Skin to Phoebus for bis Pride. 
Away of boring Holes in Box he found, 
And with his artful Fingers chang’d the Sound. 
Glad of himfelf and thirfly after Praife, 
On his Shrill Box he to the Shepherds plays. 
With thee, Apollo, next he will contend, 
For thee all Charms of Mu/fick do defcend. 
From the bold Piper foon received his “Doom ; 
(Who frive with Heaven never overcome.) 
A firong made Nut thew Apples fortifies, 
Againft the Storms which threaten from the Skies. 
The Trees are hardy, as the Fruits they bear, 
And where rough Winds the rugged Mountains tear, 
There flourilb beft; the lower Vales they dread, 
And languifh if they have not room to fpread. 
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Of Fir-Trees ; their Culture, &c. 
EF Fir-Trees their are divers Kinds, as the Scotch fr, 
p Sikver Fir, the Spruce Fir, and the Norway 
ir. 
The Scotch Fir is a beautiful Plant, and highly deferves 
our Notices ’tis eafily propagated by Seed as 1s before fai 
of the Pine, and delights in good Land alfo. The Spruce 
Fir, is not fo fine a Plant as the Scotch Fir, nor likewife 
the Silver Fir. However, they are both Beautiful Trees, 
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