as copies of the general effects of vegeta- 

 tion, and of the foil it fprings from ; fo 

 may flower-painting, as an imitation of 

 the near, and dijiinSi effecls of the moft 

 beautiful parts of it; and you will own, 

 that nature herfelf is hardly more foft and 

 delicate in her moft delicate productions, 

 than the copies of them by Van Huyfllim. 

 To the greateft delicacy and exaclnefs he 

 alfo joined the choice of forms, the effects 

 of light and fhadow, and harmony of tints; 

 in fhort, he knew the principles of his art. 

 Take then the moft drefled and polifhed 

 of all garden fcenes, and what may be 

 fuppofed leaft to intereft a painter — a mere 

 flower-garden, furrounded with fhrubs 

 and exotic trees. If we fuppofe that two 

 fuch flower-gardens were fhewn to fuch 

 a painter — that in the one, the grouping 

 of the fhrubs, the flowers, and their orna- 

 mental accompaniments — their general 



effect 



