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Some \you)d have the fize of a bafon to be propor- 

 tioned to the Jet d' Eau, that the water thro-vvn up in 

 tlie air,'n:aynot, by being blown by the air, be car- 

 ried beyond the edge of the bafon, but all fall down 

 without wetting the walk. 



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As -to the depth of bafqns i| is ufcally from two to 

 three feet, this depth being furncicnt to fecure the 

 bottom of the bafonsfrom trod, and to dip watering 



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Jvit if tliey are tp i^\y^ for refervoirs, or to keep fifli 

 in, then they may be made four or five feet d&ep, 

 which will both hold water enough, and be deep 

 tnoufrh for the fifh to breed in, and alfo to bear a 



Deeper than this they need not be, and if they were 

 dpeper, tKcy WQpW be dangerous as to the drowning 

 of perfons who might chance to fall in. .; ■ ,'. ',om 

 In making bafons, great care ought to be taken hi 

 niaking thcin at firft \ for the water always naturally 

 endeavouring to run away, and by its weight and 

 preflure in a bafon, making its way out at the lead 

 Cranny, it ^'JIJ grow coniUntly bigger and bigger ; fo 

 that if it be not well made at firft, it will be very dif- 



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oil, .or bullock's blood, to prevent it from cracking 

 Qr flawing; this being done, the water Ihould be k-t 

 into the bafon as foon as may be.-. ' ^ 



Thofc bafons which are made of lead, are to be thu^ 

 wrought ; the outline^ ouglit to be enlarged one foot 

 of a fide, and digged half a foot deeper than the ba- 

 fqn is to be. 



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ficultto repair it. . . '.iv . 



^afons arc made either with clay, cement, or lead \ 



they are mofl: ufually made of clay \ in making fuch, 



at the m.arking out the dimennons,' the diameter 



ought to be four feet bigger on each fide, yet the 



t^alon will not be the wider, for it will be taken up 



with the walls on each fide ^aiid tfie clay- work, which 



is to fill the fpace between; the bafon muft alio be I .. fons of good tafte, as being no \vays ornamental i 



I'he wall muft be made a foot thick, that it may be 

 able to bear up againft the earth lying againic it ; buc 

 the bottoni will not require to be more than half a 

 fopt thick, ; 



l^hefe \yalls muft be built in rubble laid in mortar all 

 of plafter, becaufe the lime will eat tlie lead, and then 

 the lead. muft' be laid on the walls andbpttom, a^d 



be fe^med with folder. \ y < ' ^ ;,..:... , 



But bafons of lead arc not much in ufe, becaufe of 

 their great charge in making, and the danger of the 



le^d being ftokn. , ,* v.. ..i..' .' i ' -./.r 



Great care ought to be taken to keep the upper edge 

 and fupcrficies of a bafon upon a level, that the wa- 

 ' ter may cover all the walls equally. ^ - '..:■. . 



As tp the watte pipes of bafons, whether at the bot- 

 tom or fuperficies, they ought not to be made too 

 fmall, left they ftiould be choked, iK)twithftanding die 

 cawls that are dr^awn before them. , . v ;.. ' - 

 When this wafte water is only to be loft in finks and 

 common fevvers, it is carried away in drains or eai*then 

 pipes ; but when it ferves to pi y the bafons that lie 

 below it, it muft pafs through leaden pipes. 

 Thcfe bafons are now pretty generally rejected by per- 



dug two feet- deeper than the depth ot the water is 

 t^eligned to be, becaufe it is to be laid over eighteen 



■ inches thick \^'ith clay, and fix inches with gravel and 





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The clay ought to be well wrought with the hands 



and water, and when it is fprcad, fliould be trodden 



ii\ with the naked feet, that the water of the bafon 

 'may not dikite through It, and the roots of any trees 

 that may grow near, may not penetrate into theout- 

 w.-^rd wall, which may be made of Ikards, rubble, or 

 flints, with mortar made of tlie natural earth, and is 

 called the ground v;all, becaufe it is only made lo'tc- 

 fift, the pr^ fu;rc of the ground about it. 'The inward 



wall ought to be made with good rubble ftones that 

 v/ill not fc^le and come off in flaflies in the water, or 

 clfe of flints and ftones from the hills, which wdll 

 niake durable work, but will not look fo neat as the 

 pointed rubble; and there ought to be laid here and 

 tjiere fton.cs, tkQ thicknefs of the wall, to render it 

 the more fubftantial. -. 



The method of making bafons of cement Is as fol- 

 ^ow5 : aft^r you. have marked out the dimenfions of 

 the bafon, as before, if you enlarge it one foot nine 

 inches, it will be fufiicient, and the fame depth deeper 

 at the bottom will be enough. {■'■ i. . 



l^his being done, you mult begin to back up and 

 raife againft the ground ; cut perpendicularly a wall 

 cf mafonry a foot thick, which muft go to the bot- 

 tom, and Ihould be bulk with fliards and rubble ftones 

 laid in mortar of lime and fand. * 



When the wall is finiflied round" the circumference, 

 then the bottom is to be wrought a foot thick with 

 the fam.e materials ; and tlie folid work or linino- of 

 cement is to be backed up againft the walls nine 

 Jnches thick, including the plaftering and inward fur- 

 Yace. This folid ought to be made of fmall flints, 

 laid in bedn of mortar made of lime and cen?ent. 

 When this folid is tight inches thick, it ought to be 

 plaftered over tlie whole furface of the bottom with 

 cement well fifted before it be tempered with lime ; 

 and with this it fiiould be wrour;ht over fmooiih with 



the trowel. 



The proportion of tlils cement ftiould be two thirds 

 ^( cement qv powdered tile to one third of lime. , 

 I'his cement has the property to harden fo underwa- 

 ter, that It. will, be as Iiard as ftone or marble, and 

 the body will be fo folid as nc\\T to decay. 

 After the finifning of the bafon, the plaftering fliouId 

 be for four cr five days fucceffively anointed over with 



therefore where there is a necefiity to make jtfcrvoirs 

 for water for the ufe of gardens, they are coniinonly 

 dug in the loweft part of gardens, pr where the fpot 



; is moft convenient for receiving the water, which may 

 run from the adjacent grounds in hard rains; tlxele 



■ ponds fliould have their fides nr\ade very eafy, for, if 

 they are too upright, the earth frequently breaks down 

 by the water waftiing, and making it hollow below ; 

 the fides and bottoms of thefe ponds Ihovdd be laid 



. nine or ten inches thick with well wrought clay ; and,- 

 as the clay is finiihed, it ftiould be well covered to 

 prevent the fun and wind from cracking it before the 

 water is let in. The figures of thefe ponjlsj, fhould 

 not be regular, for the fhape of the hollow^ w^here 

 .,tliey are made, ft)ould be followed, which will favc 

 expcnce, and have a better appearance. 



B A S T E R I A. Nov, Qen. AU-fpice. 



As this plant had no proper title given to it, I have 

 given it this in honour of my worthy friend Dr. Job 

 Bafter, F. R. S. of Zurick Zee, in Jlpllaud* who is 

 a gentleman well flvilled in botany, and has a fine 

 garden ftored with rare plants, of which he is very 

 communicative to his friends, as I have many ye; 

 experienced. 



The Characters are, ' \ 

 Tbe empakmcnt of the fiower is jhort^ of one leaf end 

 cut into five narrow fegmcnts at the top. It hath a don- 

 hie feries of narrow petals^ which fprcad open^ and turn 

 inward at their extremity. Under the receptacle is fitu- 

 alcd an oyal gcrmen^ hailing nofyk^ I :it five ftigma reji- 

 t?2g Upon it, and is furrotinded by many (loort ftamina^ 

 crowned by cbtnfe fwnmits, ^he gcrmcn afterward be- 

 ^ comes a roundifi fruity ccmprcffcd at both ends, having 

 cells^ contaijiing oblong feeds. 



We have but one Species of this genus at prefent 

 in England, which is, 

 Basteria foliis ovatis oppofitis, floribus hueralibus 

 caule fruticofo ramofo. Bafteria with oval haves placed 

 cppoftte, flowers coming from the fides of the ft-alks, and a 

 branching fimihhy ft alk, Frutex Corni foliis conjugatis 

 floribus Anemones ftellatcT, petalis crafils rigidis co- 

 lore fordide rubente, cortice Aromatico. Catefi^. Mift, 



Carol. Vol. I. p. 46. commonly called in Carolina AU- 

 fpice, 



This flirub grows naturally in America. Mr. Catefby, 

 who firft introduced it into the Englifti gardens, pro- 

 cured it from the continent, fome hundred miles en 



the back of Charles Tov/n, in Carolina. 



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