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niatic plantation of brtdgeman on the same side of 

 of the garden. But these contrivances, though pro- 

 per for a small plan, are too few and simple for a 

 great one. Their repetition tires. By their open- 

 ness too, they make us more sensible of the greatness 

 of the Hat and of the defect of nature ; for which 

 reason, though these may be proper contrivanc«s to 

 join different parts of the garden together, yet, there 

 is no help for it, we must frankly call in the assist- 

 ance of art to make the chief parts of the garden. 

 For this reason, bosquets ^ statues, vases, trees cut 

 into great arches, jets d'eau, cascades forced up 

 and made to tumble down an hundred steps, regular 

 basins, peristyles, temples, long vistas, the star planta- 

 tion &c. are here in taste. All the magnificence of 

 VERSAILLES, without its conceits, or its too-often-re- 

 peated symmetry should be admitted. To supply 

 the defect of natural prospect, the walks should ter- 

 minate in artificial vistas; and in this light, perhaps 

 even painted cascades and buildings, as practised by 

 some of our English gardeners, if pardonable any 

 where, are pardonable here. To get too, as far as 

 can be, the advantage of natural prospects, the artifi- 

 cial mounts of the flat DUTCH gardens should here be 

 introduced ; and even to create the appearance of 

 sncli mounts \Nherc there are none, the trees should 

 i 1 some places be planted in clumps, or in avenues; 

 tile lower species of trees in the first rows, and the 

 liighcr kind rising towering behind them, so as to 

 make the stranger think he is walking round a hill, or 

 between two rising banks. As there is but little 

 pleasure to the imagination, arising from this situa- 

 tion itself, so it should be contrived to give as much 

 pleasure to the senses as possible. For this reason, 

 the flowers should be sown in beds and parterres, to 

 be the more obviously seen, and to throw out their 

 sweets more strongly into the air. Fruits of the finest 

 kinds should be spread through the compartments, 

 the flowering shrubs should be planted in clumps, 

 and assorted in their colours and flowers with all the 



