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I have often feen, in China, berceaus and arbors* 

 not of lattice-work, as in France, but of bamboo, hazel, 

 and elm, whofe branches being interwoven at the top,, 

 formed an arch not at all difpleafing to the eye, and 

 exceedingly ufeful, during the heats of fummer : and to 

 render thefe cool retreats more agreeable, jeffamine, 

 fcarlet beans, fweet-fcented peafe, granadillas of feveral 

 forts, nafturtiums, the convulvus major, and many other 

 forts of climbers, were planted round the outfide, which, 

 forcing their way through, enriched the fides, and arches 

 of the walks in a very beautiful manner. 



I have likewife feen, in Chinefe plantations, walks 

 bordered with the cut yew and elm hedges, fo common 

 in moft countries of Europe, which the Chinefe artifts 

 fometimes admit of, for variety's fake; but they never 

 have the ft iff appearance of our European ones: the fhears 

 are ufed fparingly; towards the top the branches are 

 fuffered to fpread unmoleftcd; and even in the cut parts 

 of them are ken large maffes of other plants forcing their 

 way through; fuch as the fycamore, the fig, the vine, 



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