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self, and the art I profess, from oblique 

 attacks which have not been deserved. 



My theory and practice are often at 

 variance; since the Landscape Gardener 

 must often declare with the moralist, 

 Video meliora proboque, &c. 



I shall therefore beg* leave to conclude 

 this defence of my practice by repeating 

 the same words with which I conclude 

 the preface to my " Observations, &c." 

 a work Avhich, from its high price, may 

 not become so generally known as this 

 small volume. 



" I should be sorry, that to my tast^ 

 should be attributed all the absurdities 

 Avhicli fashion, or custom, or whim, may 

 have occasionally introduced in places 

 where I have been consulted. I can only 

 advise, I do not presume to dictate; and, 

 in many cases, must rather conform to 

 what has been ill begun, than attempt 

 to puU to pieces and re-model the whole 

 work. 



Non mihi res, sed me rebus, subjungere Conor. 



*' To avoid the imputation of having 



