SECT. III. OF A GARDEN. 37 



do. A garden mould be fo fituated, to be as much 

 warmer as poffible, than the general temper of the 

 air is without, or ought to be made warmer by the 

 ring, and fubdivifion tences : This advantage is ef- 

 fential to the expectation we have from a garden lo- 

 cally con fide red. 



As to trees planted without the wall, to break the 

 wind, it is not to be expected to reap much good this 

 way, except from fomething more than a fingle row ; 

 i. e. a plantation. Yet the fall of the leaves by the 

 autumnal winds is troublefome, and a high wall is 

 therefore advifeable. Spruce firs have been ufed in 

 clofe Jhorn hedges ; which as evergreens, are proper 

 enough to plant for a fcreen in a Tingle row, though 

 not very near to. the wall ; but the bell evergreens for 

 this purpofe are the evergreen oak, and the cork tree. 

 The witch elm, planted clofe, grows quick, and has a 

 pretty fummer appearance behind a wall ; but is of 

 little ufe then, as a fcreen, except to the Weft ; where 

 ftill, it may (hade too much (if planted near) as it 

 mounts high : In a dry hungry foil, the beech alfo is 

 very proper ; and both bear cutting. The great maple, 

 commonly called the fycamore, is handfome, of quick 

 growth, and being fit to ftand the rudefl blafls, will 

 protecl a garden well in a very expofed fituation : the 

 wind to be chiefly guarded againft as to ftrength, in 

 mod places, being the wejlerly* 



The form of a garden, may be a fquare, but an ob- 

 long is to be preferred ; and the area rather a level ; 

 or if there be any ilope, it mould be fouthward, a point 

 either to the Eaf, or Weft not much fignifying, but 

 not to the North, if it can be avoided, becaufe crops 

 come in late, and plants do not ftand the winter fo well 

 in fuch a fituation. A garden with a northern afpeft, 

 has, however, its advantages, being cooler for fome 

 fummer productions, as Jlrawberries, fpring fown cau- 

 liflowers , &c. and therefore to have a little ground 

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