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beauty, convenience, and variety, with some degree of novel ly 



in the plan. 



Every part of a modern pleasure-ground is alike; and un- 

 less varied by views into the adjoining country, we soon tire of 

 the sameness of gravel walks, in serpentine lines, with broad 

 margins of grass and flowers and shrubs, every where promis- 

 cuously mixed and repeated; and therefore I ventured boldly 



to go back to those ancient trim Gardens, which 1'ormerly de- 

 lighted the venerable inhabitants of this curious spot, as appears 

 from the trim box hedges of the monks garden, and some large 

 yew trees still growing in rows near the site of I he monastery. 



I delivered my opinion, elucidated by many drawings, some 

 of which have since been realised, and with some I had hoped 



to enrich this volume, but I am informed the book has been 

 mislaid, and I can therefore only describe the general princi- 

 ples of what I had the honour to suggest, by a reference to the 

 map, and a sketch from memory of the Rosary and the Conduit 

 or Holy Well, for which a Gothic design is given, with a hint of 

 its relative situation, shewing the rosary and enl ranee to the 



monks' garden. 



No less than fifteen different kinds of Gardens were pro- 

 posed in the Map, of which N° 1, % 3, 14, and 15, belong to 

 the modern style of pleasure-ground, but the others are all dif- 

 ferent, viz. in 



N° 4, I proposed a Conduit, or Holy Well, in an enclosure of 



rich masonry, and decorated by flowers in vases, &c. This 

 is supposed to front the centre of the conservatory. 





