A dissertation on oriental gardening / By Sr. William Chambers.

  • Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796.
Date:
1773
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A dissertation on oriental gardening / By Sr. William Chambers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It would be tedious to enumerate all the errors of a falfe tafte: but the havock it has made in our old plan¬ tations, muft ever be remembered with indignation. The ax has often, in one day, laid wafte the growth of feveral ages; and thoufands of venerable plants, whole woods of them, have been fwept away, to make room for a little grafs, and a few American weeds. Our vir- tuofi have fcarcely left an acre of fhade, nor three trees growing in a line, from the Land’s-end to the Tweed: and if their humour for devaluation continues to rage much longer, there will not be a foreft-tree left {landing in the whole kingdom. f