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Show GA GA moft Parts of England: The other Varieties are preferv'd in curious Botanick Gardens, but as they are Plants ofverylittle Beauty and are fubje@ to fpread veryfar, ang over-run whatever Plants grows r them, feldomcultivated in other ade Thefe Sorts may, any of them, be propagated by parting their Roots, which fpread and increafe very faft, either in or Autumn vill the Spring, grow in almoft anySoil or Situation, efpecially the firft Sort: The other Sorts do requir dr Soil, but will all growin 5 i inguifh’d into F Gard ar, and Kitchen-Gardens: The. ir. ] e : Ornament, and thereforetot seplac di t t conf{picuous Parts, ze. next to, or jt ainft the Backfront of Honufe; T Service, and there fore ma In the Choice of a 2 in, the Situatior 1E fure of the Ground he moft effential Pg s to be regarded ; ec aufe the Succefs of a depends upon a good Choice: for if a Failure be made in that PTTL? lhe j caedsiiitidetgy, | Point, all the Care and Expence will in a manner be loft; but if a good Choice be made, the Trees, Gc, that fhall be planted on it will in a heft Time thrive, Bnd become both tall and beautiful. a, the principal Things to be rd, theee? Form, Soil, and Afpett or Exp As for the Form, a Square, or rather an Ob! ong, is moft eligible when leading fom tlnite mit, f the aoefe, w ith aGrave uk ens on either Side of the Grafs-Verges , he Ground beirre e uniform fo z afford a Profpe e moft regular. The moft may be reduc’d into Ord s. There is Beautyina Tr a Square; and the moft irre und may be brought to thofe :s by Borders and Ws Ss. arity is eafily hid in a Jarge ong Walks andtall Hedges inter— Andthelittle CorSpaces may be agreeably f up ters of Flowers, DwarfTrees, Flow Shrubs, or Ever-greens, t fhould we folicitous to throw the Garden into one fingle View; fince and Unevennefles oftentimes mmon pretty Devices, ec. us Ought fuch a one is wl lollome, in a Placethatto isbeneithér too hy nor a low ; for if a Garden be too h it will be e xpos’d to the Winds, which ejudicial to Trees: if it be too ‘ theDangnek of low and marshy Places | be veryinjurions to Health : befides, the 1 and venemous Creatures, that breed nds and marfl y Places, add much to the of them: Therefore, Situati in M ons Mountainous Places, orin the Bottoms of Vallies, fhould not be chofen; but thofe which are on the Side of an Hill are the more happy. A Situation on a Rifing-grotind is mot efteem’d ; and indeed, if it be not too fte ep, has the moft Advantages, if the Slope be eafy and imperceptible, and a good deal of Level maybehad. If the Declivity be eafy and infennfible, and aboundsin Springs of Water, the Sittation is very happy, and the mole agreeable that can be; for being fhelter'd from the Fury of the W inds, and the violent Heat ofthe Sun, there a temperate Air will be enjoy’d; and the Waterthat defcend s from the Top of the Hills, either from sSprings or Rain, will fupply Fouuntains, C te Ornaments of Gardens; when it has perform’dits Office, vill v the adjacent Vallies, and render ’em and wholfome, if ir be not: fuffer’d to { nate there. Indeed, if the Decliy ity of the } fteep, and the W ater in too great a Quantty, ae z on the Side of it mayoften rees torn up by the ods, and the E tumbled down on ‘that below, thrown down, If the Sit has f make no Spoil: than upon t is even more pure le continu’d Prof n Hill: There is a ins, inteere by Rivers, Ponds, 2 and Hills cover’d th Buildings or ae “he level Surface is lefs tirefome to w andlefs cha neceflary. adly, The ond thing to be confi in chufing lat for aGarden, in a good Earth or § Grafs fit for Pafture, then you may be encou- from the Houfe, than to have it interfeGed rag’d to try the Depth of the Soil. by Walks. On the oppofite Side of Gravel-Walks may be Borders for Feet wi To knowthis, dig Holes in feveral Places fix Feet wide, and four Feet deep:if you find the Purpofe of Parterres; and if ae the lefs than two will not befufficient. The Quality of good Ground, is neither to Back of thefe Borders there are Ever-greens planted theatrically, ir will bound the Pro{ped very agreeably ; and wherethere are any Obje&s worthy the Sight, or diftant Pro- be ftony, nor too ‘hard to work; neither too dry, nor too moift; nor too fandy and light ; nor too ftrong, as rank and clayey, which is the worft of all for Gardens. 3dly, The third Requifite is Water. If this be wanting to a Garden, it is one of the greateft Inconvenicncies that can attendit, and will bring a certain Mortality upon whatever is planted. By watering, the great Droughts in Summerareallay’d, which would ot herwife burn up all the Plants; befides the Ufefulnefs ofit in fine Gardens, for making Sets d’ Eau, Canals, Cafcades, &c. which are the greateft Ornaments of a Garden 4thly, The fourth thing requir’d in a good Situatiion, is the View aad Prof pet of a fine Country ; and tho’ this is not fo abfolutely neceflary as the preceding, yet it is one of the moft agreeable. If a Garden was plantedi. a low Place that was bury’d, and that had no kind of Profpea, it would be both difagreeable and nel fome ; the Trees themfelves being too much haded and obfcur’d, would not look near fo beautiful: whereas a fine View, and the Profpe@ of a noble Country, are as agreeable Entertainments as a Garden can afford. In fhort, a Garden neceffarily requires the Sun, a good Soil, the Care of the Gardener, and Water; andthe laft, above all, is indifpenfa fably neceflary : without any ofthefe, there’s no good to be expected 5 and it woulid Manner of Laying-out a or Pleafure-Garden. yeake it more dry and wholfome : Alfo, onthe contrary, if it be cover’d wit ake up thofe of the Kitchen and Fruit— Garden, whichare very neceflary for a Houle, and fhould always be plac’d near the Stabling. To accompany Parterres, it is ufual to make Choice of thofe Defigns of Wood-work that are the fineft ; as Groves open’d in Compartiments, Quincunces, Verdant Halls, with Bowling-greens, Arbour-work, and Fountains in the Middle. Thefe {mall Groves being plac’d near the Houfe, are fo much the more agreeable, in that you have no Need to go “far to find Shades; and befides this, they communicate a Coalnefs to the Apartments, whichis very agreeable in hot Weather. It would alfo be very proper to pla Groves of Ever- greens, that may a Pleafure of feeing a Wood always verdant in Winter, when the other Trees and Plants are depriv’d of their Ornaments ; and alfo to plant fome Squares of them to be a Diverfity from the other Woods. yondit, with acircular Line of Paillifades or Nature is rich andfruitful: And if the Expo- Tojudgeofthe Cualey of2 e Soil, ¢ whether there bee any Hea th Weeds growin: {p ae t are certain § that the G Likewife, if there be thereabouts, obferve crooked, il! -fhap’d and Green, and full of Mofs, or Vermin; if fo, the Place is to be rejected planted, if the Places defign’d for ‘them don’c any of thefe are wanting. ofthis Gardex, the following Directions may be obferv'd. 1, There ought always to be a Defcent from the Houle to the Garden not fewer than droop and die away. Groves make the Chief of a Garden, being great Ornaments to all the reft of its Parts ; fo that there cannot be too many of them Tt is alfo ufual to adorn the Head of a Parterve with Bafons, Water-works ; and be- _ It is farce poffible to make a fine G, fure be Sole atiy andhealthful, and of all the Advantages before mention’d; ftill, if it has not a good Bodyof Earth, that which is fertile in it fc T Isto that whatever is planted in it, will, ina {peéts to be obtain’d, therefhould beVifta’s left. be egregious Folly to plant a Garden where ina bad Soil: And tho’ there are meliorate Ground, they are very expe And { metimes, when the Expence has been beltow’d, of Ing good Earth three Feet deep over the wholle Surface, when the Roots of the Tree have reach’d the Natural Bot a whole Ga has been ruin’d. A good Soil is that which ofits ow® four Flowers, which will {ufficiently anfwer three Feet of good Earth, it will do well, but The Area of a handfom Garden maytake up thirty or forty Acres, not more. Andas for the Difpofition and Diftribution three Steps. This Elevation of the Building i he Head of thefe Steps there will be a P, ofpe& or View of a great Part of the Gar e Garden, the firft thing that fhould {cle to the Sight, fhould be an open ‘full as broad as the r ding; which inded by a Gravel—Walk, for iency of walking in wet Wea- Pieces of Grafs fhould not be divie with a Gravel- Walk (asis y feen), for it is much more to view an intire Carpet of Grafs Wood-work cut into a epoletogk leading into the great Walks, and to fill the Space between the Bafon and the Pallifade with {mall Pieces of Embroidery or Grafs-work, fet off with Yews, Vafes, and Flower-Pots. In Gardens which have Terraffes either in the Side or Front of the Houle, wherether is a delightful Profpe&, fo that you cannot fhut up the Parter ‘byya circular Pallifade ; in order to continue the new View, youfhould lay feveral Compartiments of a Paiterre together, fuch as plain G: plots, after the mo= dérn Fafhion, or Cut-work ; which ought to be divided at coneniEn Diftances by Crofswalks: But the Parterre or plain Gr plot mutt always be next to the Houfe, becaule is very agreeab!le to the Eye. The principal Walk muft be in the Front of the Houfe, and fhould extend from the Grafs-plat next the Houfe, to the End ofthe Garden: If they be very wide, the Sides fhould be turfed next the Borders, and atthe Ends they may be terminated by aFofle, to cot 1e the View. If any Part of the Ground be naturally low and marfhy, and yon would not be at the Expence of filling it, you may in fuch at % Places |
