Excerpt from The School of Satire: Or, a Collection of Modern Satirical Poems Written During the Present Reign Verse to. With scenes of yven-ming.] One of the Im perial gardens at Pekin. [sayings of li-tsong] Many trees, shrubs, and flowers, sayeth li-tsong, a Chinese author of great antiquity, 1' thrive best in low, moist Situations many on hills and mountains; some require a rich soil; but others will grow on clay, in sand, or even upon. Rocks, and in the water: to fome a funny pofition is necefl'ary; but for others the shade is preferable. There are plants which thrive best in exposed situations, but in general, shelter is reqursrte. The Lskilful gardener, to whom study and experience have taught these qualities, carefully attends to them in his Opera tions; knowing that thereon depend the health and growth of his plants; and consequently the beauty of his plantations. Vide Diss. P. 77. The reader, I presume, will readily allow, that he never met with so much recondite truth, as this ancient Chinese here exhibits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.