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and to fill the space between the Bason and the Pallisade with 

 small pieces of Embroidery or Grass-work, set off with Yews, 

 Vases and flower-pots. 



In Gardens, which have Terrasses, either in the side or front of 

 the house, where there is a delightful prospect, so that you cannot 

 shut up the Parterre by a circular Pallisade ; in order to continue 

 the new view, you should lay several compartiments of a parterre 

 together, such as plain green pots after the modern fashion, or 

 cut-work ; which ought to be divided at convenient distances by 

 Cross-walks : But the parterre or plain Green plot must always 

 be next to the House, because it is very agreeable to the eye. . . . 



When the great lines and chief walks are laid out, and the 

 Parterres and Works about the sides and head of them are 

 disposed so as is most suitable to the Ground, then the rest of 

 the Garden is to be furnished with many different designs, as tall 

 groves. Close walks, Quincunces, Galleries and Halls of Verdure, 

 Green Arbours, Labyrinths, Bowling greens, and Amphitheatres, 

 adorned with Fountains, Canals, Figures, etc. Which sort of 

 Works distinguish a Garden well, and do also greatly contribute 

 to the rendring of it magnificent. . . . 



Before the design of a Garden be put into execution, it ought 

 to be considered what it will be in twenty or thirty years time, 

 when the Pallisades are grown up, and the trees are spread : For 

 it often happens that a design which looks handsome when it is 

 first planted, and in good proportion, becomes so small and 

 ridiculous in process of time, that there is a necessity either to 

 alter it, or destroy it entirely, and so plant it anew. 



The corners and angles of every part of a Garden ought to be 

 sloped, or cut hollow : This will make the cross-paths more 

 agreeable to the eye, and more convenient for walking, than to 

 find points and corners advancing, which look very ill upon the 

 ground, and are very inconvenient. 



There is a peculiar Excellency in Gardens that have terrasses ; 

 because from the height of one Terrass, all the lower parts of the 

 Garden may be discovered ; and from others the Compartiments 

 are seen, which form so many several Gardens one under another, 



