GARDEN. 
natural attendants of property and aay hae ia at an 
early period. It was foon found conven o have Mae 
forts of pant and hed at hand, ae of Cue them 
en they were wante As the art of patie 
e more oe eneral, and its advant ee more fully undeér- 
ftood, the expediency of sa re diftinct: in pcloiike. for the 
purpofe was rendered obvi 
chards eee were afterwards had recourfe to 
as juxury increafed, and he eae becamé more general. 
The ancient cme feem to have been chiefly of this kind, 
vari ioufly i intermixed with works of art, as fountains, prortee: 
porticos, ftatues, fhady walks, baths, 
Modern gardens are, however, cnetily Mivelted of al] thefe 
heavy and unnatural ornan rents, being more fimple imitations 
of aes contrived for the pur pote of produce and plea- 
Gardens are ufually diftinguifhed, by the nature of their 
produéts, into the ornamental, or fower, and kitchen kinds, 
the laft peing c} nae seen to the raifing of off culinary 
roots, plant veg eS. re are alfo urfery gar- 
dens, w inde are ee ee employed in raifing oe fhrubs, 
&e. 
Where ahaa of the firft fort are neceffary, they fhould 
be laid out fo as to have open funny fheltered expofures, 
forming, f ome, the connections between the ornamented, 
or pleafure-grounds, and the kitchen-gardens, according 
to the general nature and fituation of Luc gr ounds, fo as 
to afford the moit ftriking effeét and variety that are 
off ae 
i. nature of their forms may vary in proportion to the 
ditribution of the lands, and the particular sgh veal a 
their re inaae aga! made sed — oblon ng, O 
any other cordin pes the tafte of the His Se 
the parts peers te the orn mene pe being mo 
gla by walks, and the int cones of Ss forts ‘a 
mott curious, hardy, flowering, fhrubby plant 
ie parts fhould have a neat o orn amental Vitribution, ‘fo 
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mental effeG, and afford ne ipa eafe, convenience, and 
fuccefs ia the culture of flower 
Gardens of this nature fhould eed all the different ie 
of hardy, cu — ornamental flower-plants, whether 0 
bulbous, tuberous, or fibrous rooted kinds, and be con tty 
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itute a part of, or. communicate with the penne 
sround ; but where there is fufficient a of land, it 
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e fides may an{wer very all pene when not too 
con cious or fo fituated as to interrupt any particular 
a are or view of the adjacent country.. 
Lxpofure—With regard to the nature of the fituation 
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moft proper om a purpofe, it fhould, when convenient, 
be where ther a gentle declination towards the fouth, 
or fouth-eaft, in fonder that it may have the full advantage of 
the morning ft fun 
nature re of - expofure of a garden is a matter of co 
, as not being capable of change like cee 
It has seis lara, by a late writer 
try uae ers a alee 
e that in . extenfive and c 
plete garden, it is de cai a part of it fhould Ge a 
&, in order that late crops may be sane with 
And this, it is fuppofed, m attained, 
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much as. poffibl m gen Oc 
rear eh but little with Lea oats impr ieee. d 
be fo near a fupply of water as to have it in abundance for 
the common purpofes of watering during the whole of the 
Ae months. And it ma ufed in other — w - 
tage, in ao ticular nye tiens and circumftan It 
to for 
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*¢ fituated too high, although it will, in a gr ie mmeafur ire, oS 
e fi mps and fogs, it will be expofed to the fur 
the winds, to he great hurt of the trees, ea breaking tes 
ee and padi down their bloffem oo 
She gar ould, in this mee $ Opin 
well ihelieeed from ae north and eait to prevent ae bhighe. 
ing winds from affecting the trees, and alfo from the. welt- 
a let oo ee sal hurtful in the {pring or fummer: 
s not naturally fheltered io gen-- 
tle rifin hills, which a are the beit fhelter of any; plantations: 
of foreit-trees rae > he thinks, “ ae ee ee per 
diftances, m as n fhade it.”’ Thefe, i 
be found the belt ffi but at on oe tim 
and air thot ud be freely admitte this secouit it is 
fuppofed that “a ae furr qunded i woods i ery-im- 
roper fituation for a garden or orchard, as a Seal oes 
air is very hurtful to vegetation.”? It is likewife added that: 
“‘ blights are much more frequent in fuch fituaticns than in 
thofe that are more ae - expofed.” In thefe ence 
7 lnearione it is well advifed that anes fhould be in 
termixed with thofe of bo foreft kind, which, befides being 
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planted oppofite one another,. but in fuch a manner that 
thofe in.one row may be oppofite to the middle parts of the- 
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