OF GARDENING. _ 
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F we look out into the F ields, we admite near 
about us the free Growth of the Hedge, and 
tate by giving the Trees their natural Wildnefs, 
and by providing a Soil where every Thing will 
a ~ its various Cloathing. 
; In one Part a Hill prefents us on its Side a 
- hanging Wood; in another, a River purfuing 
Ss - its winding Courfe; now loft, now feen again : 
ina dard, an Extent of many Acres covered 
| Idea of Fertility and Plenty ; while, on the other 
, Side, the Eye traverfes a greater Extent enclofed, 
i divided, cultivated, and improved to fuch a 
a Height, that it appears a Garden. | 
a _ Thefe are the agreeable Objects, and it is ne- 
a ceffary to confider thefe firft in the Account, be- 
a caufe the fineft Views fhould be left open; and the 
i. Plantations, Walks, and Pavilions, placed and 
difpofed accordingly. 
Befide thefe, there are in Nattire Objects of 
-Difeuft, and Horror, which yet may be introduced. 
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barren Rocks, and the wild Wafte of Commons, 
afford a Contraft with thefe pleafing Objects ; and 
where Nature has placed them within Reach, the 
Defigner fhould never fail to open his Views to 
them. Every Thing that is great, independent 
of all other Confiderations. 
Thefe Objects therefore will be fure to pleafe, 
but they muft be introduced with a fparing Hand, 
and with Judgment intermixed among the others : 
they are the Difcords in the Mufick of Garden- 
jing; and as the Shades in Painting, they give 
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Of VIEWS. 
q | : the frefh Verdure of the Pafture. Thefe let us imi- | 
' flourifh : what charms us at a-Diftance in this | 
wild View is the Inequality of the Ground, and > 
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Harmony, Relief, and new Gtace to the others. 
The Chinefe, whom it would be well we cons 
tinued to imitate in this Matter, if we can imitate 
with Moderation, indulge the romantick Genius 
of their Nation to a degree of Caprice that be- 
comes ridiculous often, and fornetimes abfurd in 
this Diverfity. 
Let us learn from them, that the fuddeh Tran- 
fition from agreeable to horrid; and from gay 
| to gloomy, is pleafing; but let us corre& the 
untutored Wildnefs of their Imaginations, by — 
| forming nothing beyond the Laws of Nature. 
with one Sheet of Corn, fills the Mind with an | 
Thefe form the great Views; and to thefe 
fhould be added all thofe accidental Objeéts 
which may be made Points of Profpects; old 
Buildings, fingle Trees, a Windmill, or a Barn, 
| will fometimes ferve-this Purpofe happily. 
Thus let the Defigner view what there is in 
| Nature out of the Compats -of. his.Ground, and 
| confider in what Manner he may ufe it to Ad- 
vantage. -Let him not fuppofe he fhould, or 
that he can bring in every Thing that is charm- . 
ing, OF every Thing that is proper. 
| “What has been faid of Poets, is as true of 
haprily ; burnt Hills, and blafted Heaths, and Defigners in the prefent Inftance : they lofe half 
their Praife, by the bys. § not feeing what ay 
reject, and why. 
Let it be confidered which of thefe ‘aul Ob- 
jects. muft.be brought in, and in what order: the 
Eye muft travel over them with fuch Diverfity, — 
that every Thing muft be new; and each Part fet 
off the other. | | 
Let him not grudge therefore to fhut out an 
agreeable View in one Place, but confider how 
to bring it in at another, where it may have this 
Charm of Novelty. 
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“HIS is ha Rilewli whichthe Gardener is to | him again go the Round, - condemning or confirm: 
ps mark the firft Defigr of Walks and Hedges, 
z open Spots and Plantations. He mutt fhut out by 
the Plantations every difagreeable Object, except — 
fuch as are adopted for Conttaft; and he mutt ofter 
: debar the Eye the Pleafure of a finiling Profpect, 
becaufe it has too much Refemblance to thofe on 
 ither Side of it. Having marked his Openings, | 
and his Spots for Plantation upon this Principle, let 
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ing his firft Judgment. 
The great Point is thus eftablithed : and his 
next Care is the Difpofition of the Space agree+ 
ably to thefe firft Principles: there are a Thou-. 
-fand Ways in which the fame Piece of Ground 
may be laid out with thefe deftined Openings and ~ 
Plantations. 
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