3 
GENERAL OUTLINE 
OF 
THE PLAN. 
Since therefore the real extent of this Garden cannot be increased by 
uniting it with surrounding objects, the imagination can only be deceived 
by such variations in the surface of the ground, and such a position of 
intervening embellishments, as may retard the eye in its too rapid pro- 
gress, and amuse by the richness, the variety, and intricacy of the scene. 
This will produce greatness of character, without greatness of dimension; 
and will delight by its beauty, where it cannot surprise by its extent: 
such is the general outline of the Plan as it relates to Nature. As a 
work of Art, the Garden of the Pavilion is further to be considered. 
It has been beautifully observed by Lord Bacon, ‘ That in the Royal 
‘ ordering of gardens, there should be a garden for every month in the 
‘ year but in my humble endeavours to gratify the Royal commands, it 
would be my pride to make a Garden which should not be affected by 
any variations of season, or soil, or weather, or situation ; and thus form 
a perpetual garden, enriched with the production of every climate. 
Hie Ver assiduum atque alienis mensibus tEstas.’ 
