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necessary than that of Gardens, on account of being 

 the more usual place of Dwelling and of Land bear- 

 ing a higher Value. The country we court chiefly 

 to have our Gardens in it more spacious and 

 magnificent." 



Funda- These fundamental maxims were to be observed in 



maxims. laying out a garden. " First to make Art give place to 



Nature ; secondly, never to cloud and darken a garden 



too much. Thirdly, not to lay it too open ; and fourthly, 



to always make it look bigger than it really is." In 



detail these maxims are explained as follows: "In 



Planting a Garden we ought to have more regard 



to Nature than Art, making use of the latter only to 



set off the beauties of the former. In some Gardens 



Arttogirc we see nothing but what is uncommon, forced, and 



place to 



nature. preternatural, everything done by Dint of Money; 

 such as high Walls to terraces, Great Stairs of stone 

 like as many Quarries, Fountains cluttered with 

 Ornaments, and abundance of Arbours, Cabinets, and 

 Porticoes of Lattice work filled with Figures, Vases, 

 and so forth, which shew more manual Art than 

 anything else. 



Open spaces " Gardens should not be made dull and gloomy by 

 clouding them with Thickets and too much Cover. 

 Fine openings should be preserved about the Build- 

 ing and in other places where the Prospect of the 

 Country can be seen to advantage : for which reason 



