OF GARDENS BY LORD BACON 



penters' work. I would also have the alleys spa- Fountains 

 ciousandfair. You may have closer alleys upon ^tyand 

 the side grounds, but none in the main garden, refresh- 

 I wish also, in the very middle, a fair mount, n 

 with three ascents, and alleys, enough for four 

 to walk abreast; which I would have to be per- 

 fect circles, without any bulwarks, or emboss- 

 ments; and the whole mount to be thirty feet 

 high ; and some fine banqueting house, with 

 some chimneys neatly cast, and without too 

 much glass. 



For fountains, they are a great beauty, and 

 refreshment ; but pools mar all, and make the 

 garden unwholesome, and full of flies andfrogs. 

 Fountains I intend to be of two natures: the one 

 that sprinkleth or spouteth water; the other a 

 fair receipt of water, of some thirty or forty feet 

 square, but without fish, or slime, or mud. For 

 the first, the ornaments of images gilt, or of mar- 

 ble, which are in use, do well; but the main mat- 

 ter is. so to convey the water, as it never stay 

 either in the bowls, or in the cistern ; that the 

 water be never by rest discoloured, green, or 

 red, or the like; orgatherany mossiness or putre- 

 faction. Besides that, it is to be cleansed every 

 day by the hand. Also some steps up to it, and 



