extreme languor, which threatened his valuable 
d 
; the 
diforder, however, did not prove fatal, and up i 
A de,’’ 
life 
n 1s re- 
and for the rules of a€tion which it enforces, as tending 
to the happinefs » but he was totally averfe from thofe 
inventions of weak and fallible creatures, which in all cafes 
are highly injurious to the caufe of fcriptural truth. Yor 
adhering to the doétri Bible, he was expofed to 
ottrines of the 
the centures and anathemas of thofe violent men who had fet 
method of determining controverfies of faith, or eltablifhing 
divine truth. He gave his reafons.for this condu@ in “ An 
Effay on the terms of Chriftian Communion.” 
g the fubftance of many 
; in this work the wifdom 
courfe concerning the nature an 
om -, And ** Wifdom, the firft fpring of aétion in the 
ity.” In this latter piece, which appeared without the 
* God, 
man, are founded 
the effential fitnefs and unfitnefs of ations and difpofitions 
deeply regretted 
who knew him. He was in 
*y refpect amiable and excellent, beloved by his pupils 
is contemporaries, who had 
gralt grounds, 
pacious lawns, 
Thefe forts 
GROVE 
In extenfive gardens or grounds they may be formed in 
different parts; a large one contiguous to the dwelling, 
where it may be confpicuous, is often proper, both to effect 
ornament, and that it may afford convenient fhade for oc- 
cafionally walking in the heat of fummer; others may be 
ftationed more remote, on the boundaries of lawns, or other 
open {paces of grafs ground, and near garden buildings, fuch 
as PE See temples, and other ftruétures, as where- 
ever they are fituated they always exhibit an air of grandeur, 
and are great ornaments to {pacious gardens, Such gardens 
are indeed incomplete without one or more of fuch plant- 
ations, : 
The trees, in forming. groves, are ufually difpofed in 
feveral ftraight rows, and at fuch diftances that their branches 
may fo far approach each other, as to afford a moderate 
fhade from the fummer's fun, yet fo diflant that each tree 
may have full fcope to {pread its branches all around, fo as 
to exhibit their ftraight trunks and {preading heads diftina, 
according to their natural growth, and that a due propor- 
tion of air and light may be admitted to promote the growth 
of the grafs between and under them, fo as to form a clofe, 
firm fward, and conftant verdure; they are alfo fometimes 
formed with the trees placed irregularly, and the fpaces be- 
tween planted with various forts of fhrubs to form under- 
wood, and with ferpentine gravel walks varioufly winding 
through the whole, e trees and fhrubs that are moit 
proper for this ufe are thofe of the occiduous and ever-green 
tall growing kinds, which form handfome heads. 
They are diftinguithed into two forts, open groves, and clofe 
groves. ; 
For the firft fort, the handfomeft growing ornamental 
fhould ‘be 
quired to be ferme 
contiguous, but diftinét from the above, arranging the rows 
only at ten or fifteen feet diftance, by which it will afford 
may produce an imitation of a natu ve, ard 
fhade and gloominefs, which the 
effect confiderably fooner than in ftraight rows. 
1e latter fort of groves are formed of be 3 trees, fome 
planted in ftraight lines, others irregularly difpofed, having 
the ground between them with various under fhrubs, 
and gravel or fand-walks continued through them in winding 
or ferpentine turns; and are fometimes continued round the 
rma- 
P 
mental plantations, and to afford fhady and private ee 
groves in general, it fometimes happens, when gardens or . 
pleafure- 
if they do not teo greatly approach to the 
on, or 
habitation, 
_ obftrut any principal profpeét or diftant view, fhould be 
preferved ek tice and although they fhould ftand ever 
