Chambers, William: A Dissertation On Oriental Gardening (London: Griffin [u.a.], 1773)

are never crowded together; Efficient room being left
between them for sitting or walking upon the grass;
which, by reason of its shady sstuation, retains a constant
verdure; and, in the spring, is adorned with a great
variety of early ssowers, such as violets, crocus’s, poll-
anthus’s and primroses; hyacinths, cowssips, snow-drops,
dassodils and daisies. Some trees of the grove are buffered
to branch out from the very bottom of the stem upwards
others, for the sake of variety,, have their items bare ; but
far the greater number are surrounded with rose-trees,,
svveet-briar, honey-suckles, scarlet beans, nasturtiums,
everlasting and sweet-scented peas’, double-blossomed
briar, and other odoriferous flrrubs, which beautify the
barren parts of the plant, and perfume the air.
Sometimes too their open groves are composed os
lemon, orange, citron, pompelmose, and myrtle-trees;
which, as the climate varies, either grow in the earth,
or in buried tubs and pots, that are removed to green-
houses during the winter. They also have groves of all
sorts of fine formed sruit-trees; which, when they blossbm,

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