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

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or when their fruit is ripe, are exceedingly beautiful: and
to add to the luxuriance of these scenes, the Chinese
Artists plant vines of different coloured grapes near many
of the trees, which climb up their stems, and afterwards
hang in festoons from one tree to another.

In all their open groves are kept young broods of
pheasants, partridges, pea-fowls, turkies, and all kinds
of handsome domeslic birds, who ssock thither, at certain
times of the day, to be fed : they also retain in them, by
the same method, squirrels, pe-che-li cats, small monkies,
cockatoos, parrots, hog deer, spotted capritos, lambs,
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Guinea pigs, and many other little beautisul birds and
animals.
The trees which the Chinese Gardeners use in their
open groves, and also for detached trees, or groupes os
two, three, or four together, are the mountain-cedar, the
spruce, lilver, arid balm os Gilead hrs, the larix, the smooth
Hemmed pine, tne arbor vitte, and cypress; the weeping
Willow, the u-kyew-mu *, the birch, the ash, the maple,
* The tallow-tree, which somewhat resembles the birch.