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THE USE OF GARDENS..

AS IT HAS BEEN THE INCLINATION OF KINGS AND THE CHOICE OF PHILOSOPHERS, SO IT HAS BEEN THE COMMON FAVOURITE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MEN; A PLEASURE OF THE GREATEST AND THE CARE OF THE MEANEST; AND INDEED AN EMPLOYMENT AND A POSSESSION FOR WHICH NO MAN IS TOO HIGH NOR TOO LOW.-SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE.

IN BOOKS AND GARDENS THOU HAST PLAC'D ARIGHT

THY NOBLE, INNOCENT DELIGHT.

I NEVER HAD ANY OTHER DESIRE SO STRONG AND SO LIKE TO COVETOUSNESS, AS THAT ONE WHICH I HAVE HAD ALWAYS, THAT I MIGHT BE MASTER AT LAST OF A SMALL HOUSE AND LARGE GARDEN. -ABRAHAM COWLEY.

IN GARDEN DELIGHTS IT IS NOT EASY TO HOLD A MEDIOCRITY; THAT INSINUA' ING PLEASURE IS SELDOM WITHOUT SOME EXTREMITY, -SIR THOMAS BROWNE.

WHEN WE H
WE HAVE RUN OUR PASSIONS' HEAT,
LOVE HITHER MAKES HIS BEST RETREAT.
THE GODS, WHO MORTAL BEAUTY CHASE,
STILL IN A TREE DID END THEIR RACE.
ANDREW MARVELL.

OUR DRIFT IS A NOBLE, PRINCELY AND UNIVERSAL ELYSIUM CAPABLE OF ALL THE AMENITIES THERE CAN NATURALLY BE INTRODUCED INTO GARDENS OF PLEASURE, YET SO AS TO BECOME USEFUL AND SIGNIFICANT TO THE LEAST PRETENCES AND FACULTIES.——— JOHN EVELYN.