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who ftrives to give the former the Preference^ ■ Indeed, no- 

 thing can be more pleafant and agreeable, than a handfome 

 Garden, rightly difpofed, and well kept j no Profped: yields 

 more Delight to the Eye, or gives greater Satisfaftion to 

 Perfons of a good Tafte. 



'T I s not my Defign, to condemn Fruit and Kitchen- 

 Gardens j they are valuable in their Place, and, I agree, areas 

 neceflary to make up a complete Garden, as the fineft Groves 

 and Parterres : AVe have Inftances of this, inthe moft magni- y^^p^jijej^ 

 ficent Gardens that are, where the former are as curious in s. cioud,' 

 their Kind, as the latter. Neverthelefs, ail thefe Kitchen and 

 Fruit-Gardens, how fine foever, are conftantly fet in By- c'hantuiy, 

 places, diftina from the other Gardens ; an evident Proof, ^c. 

 that they are rather accounted necellary for the Service of 

 the Houfe, than defigned to improve the Beauty and Mag- 

 nificence. Thefe are Things flaould be fought after, if one 

 would fee them, and ought never to prefent themfelves firft 

 to Sight in a handfome Garden. 



I A M very fenfible, every one will not join with me in this 

 Opinion J efpecially thofe, who have written of Fruit, and 

 fuch as are great Lovers of it : Thefe make the Perfedion of 

 the Art of Gardening, and the whole Beauty of a Garden, to 

 confift in a Kitchen-Ground, a Fruit-Garden planted in 



^incunce, and in long Efpaliers, for the Satisfaftion of * Q^i"™ 

 gathering from them a Pear or Peach. 'Tis to this they fj^iyZfion, 

 confine and limit their utmoft Defires in the Bufinefs of wis a 

 Gardening; and as for Parterres, Groves, and the like, they ^^'^f^^'jf^X 

 have no manner of Efteem for them. cinque voims 



These Men conceit, that becaufe they can prune a 

 Fruit-Tree, and make a Kitchen-Bed, they are perfedlly 



novo ufed to 



skill'd too in what relates to Pleafure-Gardens, whofe Dii- demte^mn- 

 pofition and Culture are very different from the other. _ 'ZtnalL 

 I D o not fuppofe this Work can be of any great Service raade the mil- 

 to fuch Perfons ; they are wholly ignorant of the Beauties 

 it treats of, and Intereft with them is above all other Con- others j'om 

 fiderations: They would rather have a Garden, like a plain upcrfea 

 Field, ftock'd with Apple-Trees, Cherry-Trees, &c. or, 

 like a Marih, fill'd with Kitchen-Garden Stuff, than enjoy throughout. 

 tliat which is truly beautiful and magnificent. This Spirit 



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