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fruit, and also keep the garden warm and shelter it greatly 

 from high winds*. 



* To those American gentlemen, who have land to lay out in pleasure 

 grounds, and most of them have land, which might, at a very little expence, 

 be so disposed of, 1 would beg leave to recommend the perusal, and, indeed, 

 the study, of the late Lord Orford's celebrated work on *' Modern Garden- 

 ing, and laying out of pleasure grounds, parks, farms, ridings, &c. &:c. 

 illustrated by Descriptions." This work is a most excellent guide in the stu- 

 dy of the higher order of gardening, and very far surpasses what ha^ beei^ 

 written by Gilpin, and, indeed, by all other authors on the subject. 



