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the climate varies, either grow in the earth, or in buried 

 tubs and pots, which are removed to green houfes during 

 the winter. They alfo have groves of all forts of fine 

 formed fruit-trees; which, when they bloffom, and alfo 

 when their fruit is ripe, arc exceedingly beautiful: and 

 to add to the luxuriance of thefe feenes, the Chinefe 

 artifts plant vines of different coloured grapes near many 

 of the trees, which climb up their ftems, and afterv/ards 

 hang in feftoons from one tree to another* 



In all their open groves are kept young broods of 

 pheafants, partridges, pea-fowls, turkies, and all kinds 

 of handfome domeftio birds, who flock thither, at certain 

 times of the day, to be fed : they alfo retain in them, by 

 the fame method, fquirrels, fmall monkies, crocatoos, 

 parrots, hog deer, fpotted capritos, lambs, Guinea pigs, 

 and many other little beautiful birds and animals. 



The trees which the Chinefe Gardeners ufe in their 

 open groves, and alfo for detached trees, or groupes of 

 two, three, or four together, are the mountain cedar, the 



fpruce 



