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speediest Grower ; maintaining a slender upright Stem,, which does not Chap^VI-come to be bare and sticky in many Years ; it has yet this ({hall I call it)

Infirmity , that keeping on its Leas till new ones thrust them off, tisclad in Ru(set all the Winter long. That admirable Espalier-hedge mthe long middle Walk of Luxemburgh Garden at‘Paris (than whichthere is nothing more graceful) is planted of this Tree ; and so was thatCradle, or Qlofe-Walk, with that per pi ex t Canopy which lately coveredthe Seat in his Majefiy’s Garden at Hampton-Court , and as now 1 hear,they are planted in Perfection at New-Park, the delicious Villa of menoble Earl of Rochefier, belonging once to a near Kinsman of mine,who parted with it to King Charles the First, of Bleised Memory. TheieHedges are Tonfile-, but where they are maintained to fifteen or twentyFoot Height (which is very frequent in the Places before mentioned)they are to be cut, and kept in Order with a Sithe ot four Foot long,and very little falcated-, this is fixed on a long Sneed, or straight Handle,and does wonder still y expedite the trimming ot these and the like Hedges :

An oblong Square, palifado'd with this Plant, or the Flemish Ormus,as is that I am going to describe, and may be seen in that inexhaustibleMagazine at Brompton-Park (cultivated by those two industrious fel-low Gardiners, Mr. London, and Mr. Wife) affords such an Drabracu-lum frondium, the most natural, proper Station and Convenience forthe Protection of our Orange-trees, Myrtles (and other rare Perennialsand Exoticks ) from the scorching Darts of the Sun, and Heat of Sum-mer ; placing the Cafes, Pots, tzsc. under this Shelter, when either atthe first Peeping out of the Winter Concleave, or during the increasingHeat of Summer, they so are ranged and disposed, as to adorn a nobleArea of a most magnificent Paradisian Dining-Room to the Top ofHortulan Pomp and Bliss, superior to all the artificial Furniture ot thegreatest Prince’s Court. Here the Indian Narcissus, Tuberoses, Japan -Lillies, Jasmines, Jonquills, Lalaes, Periclymena, Roses , Carnations(with all the Pride of the Parter ) intermixt between the Tree-Cafes,flowry Vasas, Busts and Statues, entertain the Eye, and breath theirRedolent Odours and Perfumes to the Smell: The golden Fruit andApples ot Hesperides, gratifie the Taste, with the delicious Annanas ,affecting all the Sensories ; whilst the chearful Ditties of Canorus Birds ,recording their innocent Amours to the Murmurs of the bubling Foun-tain, delight the Ear, and with the charming Accents of the fair andvertuous Sex (preferable to all the admired Composure of the most skilfulMusicians) join Consort in Hymns and Hallelujahs to the bountifuland glorious Creator, who has lest none of the Senses which he hasnot gratify'd at once, with their most agreeable and proper Objects. .

But to return to Brompton : ’Tis not to be imagined what a surpri-sing Scene such a spacious Salone, tapistried with the natural Verdureof the glittering Foilage, presents the Spectator, and recompenses theToil of the ingenious Planter-, when, after a little Patience, he finds theslender Plants, set but at five or six Foot Distance (nor much more inHeight, well prun’d and dress’d) ascend to an Altitude sufficient toshade and defend his Paradisian Treasure, without excluding the mild-er Gleams of the glorious and radiant Planet, with his cherishing In-fluence and kindly Warmth, to all within the Inclosure, refreshed withthe cooling and early Dew., pregnant with the sweet Exhalationswhich the Indulgent Mother and Teeming Earth sends up, to nourishand maintain her numerous and tender Off-spring.

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