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winds peculiar to our climate in the months 



of March and April, when . . i- 



' Winter^ still ling'ring on the verge of spring. 

 Retires reluctant, and from time to time 

 Looks back, while at his keen and chilling breath 

 Fair Flora sickens.' stillingfleet. 



Let us now trace tlie progress of changes 



1 • 1 /- 1 <^ 1 • 1 '" Planting. 



change m the fashions or planting; by 

 which I mean the various systems adopted 

 at different periods for making trees ar- 

 tificial ornaments. The first was doubt- strai-ht 

 Jess that of planting them in a single row '"'^'" 

 at equal distances, which prevailed in the 

 garden mentioned by Pliny. The next 

 step was that of doubling these straight 

 rows to form shady walks, or adding 

 more rows, to make so many parallel 

 lines. But fashion, not content with 

 the simplicity of such avenues of trees 

 placed opposite to each other, invented the 

 quincunx, by which these straight lines Quincunx, 

 were multiplied in three different direc- 

 tions. As the eagerness for adopting this 

 fashion could not always wait the tedious 

 growth of trees, where old woods existed; 

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