New Principles of Gardening. 
To the rude North; expos’d to Eurus’ Blaft:. — — 
On Canada’s bold Shore the Ocean pafl, 
There among Groves of Fir-Trees, eversgreety. >. 
Streams Falling headlong from the Cliffs are feen-3.° - 
The Cataracts refound along the Shore ; ss 
Struck with the Noife, the Woods and Valleys roars 
Thefe Wonders which by Nature here are fhown, 
Ruellian Naiads have by Art out-done. 
Into the Air a Rock with lofty Head 
Afpires, the hafty Waters thence proceed. 
Dafh’d againft rugged Places they defiend, * 
And broken thus, themfelves in Foam they fpend,. _ 
The Sound, as when fome Torrent uncontroll d, 
With mighty Force is from a Mountain rolVd, 
The Earth, with horrid Noife, affrighted groans, 
flints which lie underneath, and.moiften?d Stones, 
Are beat with Waves ; th untrodden:Paths refound, — 
And Groves and Woods do loudly eccho round. — - 
Nor fhould it. lefs deferve of our Efleem, —. 
When from an even Bed diffus’d, the Stream 
Runs down a polifh’d Rock; and as it flows, 
Like Linen in the Ai expanded fhows. 
Lhe Textile Flood a flender Current holds, 
And in a wavy Veil the Place infolds. ~ 
XXII. Obelisks of Trellip-Work cover’d with Pafion-Flow- 
ers, Grapes, Honey-Suckles, and White Jeflemine, are beautiful 
Ornaments in the Center of 2n open Plain, Flower-Garden, Se. 
XXIII. In the Planting of a Wildernefs, be caretul of ma- 
king an equal Difpofition of the feveral Kinds of Trees, and 
that you mix therewith the feveral Sorts of Ever-Greens ; for 
they not only add a very great Beauty thereunto, by their dif- 
ferent Leaves and Colours, in the Summer; but are a great 
Grace to a Garden in the Winter, when others have ftood the 
Strip of their Leaves. : : 
XXIV. Canals, Fifh-Ponds, &c. are moft beautiful when en- 
viron’d with a Walk of flately Pines, and terminate at each — 
End with a fine Grove of Foreft-Trees, or Ever-Greens. 
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