ter, (whatever it were, from the Alps to a 

 parterre,) had moft of thofe qualities that 

 accord with the general principles of their 

 art. Confidered in this light, I am perfuad- 

 ed that if inftead of Van Huyflum, S. Rofa 

 himfelf had been fhewn two fuch flower- 

 gardens, the fame general principles would 

 have made his and the Dutch painter's judg- 

 ment agree. If this would be the cafe in 

 a mere flower-garden, the more the fcene 

 was extended and diverfified, the more it 

 would get out of the province of the gar- 

 dener, and into that of the painter. 



But you are fo alarmed, left any of your 

 friends and employers fhould be infe6red 

 with an enthufiafm for the piclurefque 

 (which you feem to confider as nearly fyno- 

 nymous with the art of painting), that you 

 have not only endeavoured to feduce them 

 by the allurements of beauty as a feparate 

 quality, but have alfo addrefled yourfelf to 



their 



