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" However, if you would raise Hedges very high, as High 

 fifty or sixty Foot, you should plant tall trees in the 

 line of the Hedge itself, and keep them clipped perpen- 

 dicularly forwards and backwards, so that the Hedge 

 may fill up to about twenty Foot and the Trees make 

 good the rest. And as it would be difficult to cut the 

 tops of these high Trees they may be left with their 

 Tufts with no ill effect. It happens sometimes that 

 these Hedges are unfurnished at Foot, which is reme- 

 died by filling up the lower part with Box or Yew, sup- 

 ported by a small trellis of five or six Foot high as may 

 be seen in many Gardens. 



" As for the Banquettes, they are low Hedges breast LOW hedges, 

 high, seldom exceeding three or four Foot : they serve on 

 the Sides of double Walks, where being also kept under, 

 they are no hindrances to the enjoying a pleasant View 

 between the Trees : they become disagreeable when they 

 are so low as two Foot and a half, and at four Foot they 

 are too high ; their true measure is three Foot and a 

 half. There are some of these Hedges adorned at cer- 

 tain Spaces with small Balls rising out of the Hedge 

 itself, to keep Place with the Trees that are planted in 

 the others : these sorts of Hedges with Balls, are set 

 in Places where one cannot plant large Trees, and 

 where there must be scarcely anything to accompany 

 them because of the View. 



" You may likewise at proper Distances make Niches 



