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beauties, than thofe in our Northern Europe, which 
require fo much coft and labour ; Orange-trees grow 
here in abundance, nor does any body care to pluck 
the fruit, which remains on the trees the whole 
year, until the flowering feafon, when it falls off. 
Some Fig, Olive, and Pomegranate-trees, Hand here 
and there, without order. Poplar-trees are common 
enough few Dates and Palm-trees are to be feen, 
and thofe feem to be very old. Cyprefs trees 
grow in fome places, and mount towards the iky, 
like tall Pyramids. Such are the greatefl ornaments 
nature Iras given to thefe countries. Hedera Helix 
(Ivy) grows in fuch abundai c . about and within all 
the gardens of Srnryna, that it cap fcarcely be more 
common in any place. It makes the greatefl part 
of their hedges, and creeps about every where in 
their gardens, to which it is an ornament but of 
little fervice. I faw fome of nature’s mafter-pieces, 
of this plant, which confirm’d me in my former o- 
pinion, how ufeful it is to adorn gardens, efpecially 
if art leads it to proper places, where it is moft 
wanted. I faw an Ivy and a Vine together, cover 
a Pome-granate tree, which made a noble appear- 
ance. In another place, four Vines had crept up a 
Eig-trce, and with their fibrous roots faftened to 
the bark, which was not lefs agreeable ; but the 
hand fome A of all was a gateway, nature had made 
of Ivy, which had twilled iti'clf together, over 
a raiferable garden gate, to the thicknefs , % of three 
feet, and the length of eight. The gate conlifted of 
fome unplaned and rough deals nailed together, ordi- 
nary enough for a common liable door ; but the cover- 
ing might have been an ornament to the entrance 
of a royal garden. The fences round gardens are 
moflly fuch as the want of wood taught them to 
make. They are chiefly hedges, and therefore 
perma- 
