-DEDICATION. 



of Maflers^ and beft of Friends j 

 nor fiiall I fear the ruins of Time 

 irfelf^ nor that my fincere endea- 

 vours in Gard'ning will not be per- 

 petuated to futurity^ when fo high- 

 ly ennobled by the very honourable 

 names of BOTLE and BATHURSZ 



Neither is this the only in- 

 ducement I have had to addrefs 

 this Treatife to Your Lordlhip; 

 the kind confirudion put upon 

 fome former attempts of mine on 

 Gardening:, and the great improve- 

 ments Your Lordlhip has made in 

 that way of thinking, in your no- 

 ble and ufeful Villas and Plan- 

 t^^tions of Cirencefier and Riskins, 

 join'd to that perfonal friendftip 

 You have been always pleas'd to 

 Ihew me, are fuch great obligations 

 as (were Your Lordihip not fo great 

 a lover of Gardens aiid Gardmng 



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