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drawn, the mind of man, and the elementary modifications 

 of matter are unlimited in the extent of their existence. It is 

 scarcely necessary to observe here, that the operations of cul- 

 tivation in this branch of gardening are performed after the 

 same manner, and on the same principles, as in the former 

 branch of it; the only difference being this, that here less gross 

 culture (so to speak) is necessary ; for as the productions of orna- 

 mental gardening address themselves chiefly to the mind, which 

 being in this age and country more refined than the mere animal 

 sensations, is consequently more capable of relishing the beauty 

 and simplicity of nature. Some there are, however, so gross 

 in taste, as to prefer tulips and Dutch flower roots to ericas 

 and violets, and who are more delighted in a Dutch parterre 

 than in Dovedale or Arthur s seat. This perverted taste can 

 only be accounted for on the same principles, as some prefer 

 a country covered with dirty ruinous cottages, and inhabited 

 by gypsies and old starved peasants,, to one where cleanliness, 

 comfort, and cultivation, are the prevailing ideas. All ex- 

 tremes of this sort are unphilosophical, and totally opposite to* 

 the principles of true taste. — The remarks which I offer on this 

 subject are arranged as follows: 1. Of the materials of orna- 

 mental gardening. 2. Of the principles of selection and ar^ 

 rangement 3: Of the subjects of ornamental gardening. 



