another expedient, which I have here to offer (were This of the poisonous and filthy smoak remov'd) by which the City and environs about it, might be rendred one of the most pleasant and agreeable places in the world. In order to this I propose.
That all low-grounds circumjacent to the City, especially East and South-west, be cast and contriv'd into square plots, or Fields of twenty, thirty, and forty Akers, or more, separated from each others by Fences of double Palisads, or Contr'spaliers, which should enclose a Plantation of an hundred and fifty, or more, feet deep, about each Field; not much unlike to what His Majesty has already begun by the wall from Old Spring-garden to St. James's in that Park; and is somewhat resembled in the new Spring-garden at Lambeth. That these Palisad's be elegantly planted, diligently kept and supply'd, with such Shrubs, as yield the most fragrant and odoriferous Flowers, and are aptest to tinge the Aer upon every gentle emission at a great distance: Such as are (for instance amongst many others) the Sweet-brier, all the Periclymena's and Woodbinds; the Common white and yellow Jessamine, both the Syringa's or Pipe trees; the Guelder-Rose, the Musk, and all other Roses; Genista Hispanica: To these may be added the Rubus odoratus, Bayes, Juniper, Lignum-vitæ, Laevander: but above all, Rosemary, the Flowers whereof are credibly reported to give their sent above thirty Leagues off at Sea, upon the coasts of Spain: and at some distance towards the Meadow side, Vines, yea, Hops.
Virgil.———Et Arbuta passim,
Et Glaucas Salices, Casiamque Crocumque rebentem,
Et pinguem Tiliam, & ferrugineos Hyacinthos, &c.
For, there is a very sweet smelling Sally, and the blossoms of the Tilia or Lime-tree, are incomparably fragrant; in brief, whatsoever is odoriferous and refreshing.
That the Spaces, or Area between these Palisads, and Fences, be employ'd in Beds and Bordures of Pinks, Carnations, Clove, Stock-gilly-flower, Primroses, Auriculds, Violets, not forgetting the White, which are in flower twice a year, April and August: