SECT. XI. OF RURAL GARDENING. IZV 



in proper places, could hardly give offence. A terrace 

 as a boundary, is now feldom formed, but in forte 

 lituations, fuch an eminence however might in fey era! 

 refpe&s be agreeable. 



It would certainly be too much to attempt here par- 

 ticular directions for extenfive gardening. Thepeculiar 

 capabilities of any place mull fuggeft what may be done, 

 and much judgment is neceffary to plan aright. It 

 is prefumed only to give a few hints to thofe private 

 perfons who would do fomething in this way, which - . 

 they may confider as they pleafe. 



If trees are -planted injudicioufly, the error is a trifle; 

 but if cut down fo, the confequence is ferious, and ha* 

 often been forely lamented ; extirpation Ihould there- 

 fore be well thought of before it is executed; efpecially 

 trees about houfes, lor many dwellings have been thus 

 too haftily expofed, and deprived of comfortable ' 

 ihelrer and fhade. And why.ibouid a tafte have pre- 

 vailed for fo judden a tranfition, as no fooner out of the 

 houfe than to arrive in the open country, or why. 

 ihould an extenfive garden be thrown as much as pof- 

 fible into a Jingle view, when meeting with new object* 

 in our walks is fo agreeable ? 



Hilly [pots that are in view of the houfe ihould be 

 planted with firs, as pleafant noble looking trees, and 

 very hardy. Beech does well on high ground, efpe- 

 cially, if chalky. In low ground, not to mention 

 aldersMnd that tribe, the birch, and even the oak, ihould 

 not be forgot, where the wet does not long ftand. 



About the houfe fome JJjady walks ought always to 

 be provided, by thick planting, if not of trees, yet of 

 flowering fhrubs, and evergreens, of which the laurel 

 will be found the mo-ft ufeful. Here Ihould be alfo a 

 good portion of grafs plat, or lawn, which fo delights 

 the eye when neatly kept, alfo borders of fhewy flowers, 

 which if backed by any kind of fence, it ihould be hid 

 with evergreens, or at leaft with deciduous fhrubs, that 

 the fcene may be as much as poffible vivacious. 



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