ISO OF RURAL GARDENING. SECT. XI 



and then break into open views of; the country, and 

 to parts of the internal space, made pleasing, if not 

 striking, by some work of art, or decoration of na- 

 tural production. 



Water should only be introduced where it will run 

 itself clear ', or may be easily kept so, as also in full 

 sight, and some fall of it should be contrived, (if 

 possible) for the sake of giving it motion and sound, 

 because a lively scene of this element is always much 

 more pleasant than a dead one. Every spying of 

 water should be made the most of, and though foun- 

 tains, &c. are out of fashion, something of this kind 

 is agreeable enough. Near some pieces of water, 

 as a cool retreat, it is desirable that there should be 

 something of the summer-house kind, and why not 

 the simple rustic arbour, embowered with clematis, 

 woodbine, the sweetbriar, the jasmine, and the rose. 

 Pole arbours are tied well together with bark or 

 ozier twigs. 



" Before the design of a rural and extensive gar- 

 den be put in execution, it ought to be considered, 

 or anticipated, what it will be" in twenty or thirty 

 years time ; 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 pro- 

 cess of time, that there is a necessity cither to alter 

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

 This observation of Mr. Miller's justifies the ad vies 

 given of employing the most skilful in planning and 

 directing pleasure grounds. To proportion the 

 breadth of walks, the size of carpets, casting and 

 levelling of grounds, parterres, &c. ; the disposal of 

 fountains, statues, vases, dials, and other decorations 

 >of magnificence, to most advantage, requires & parti- 

 iCiilar address, says Mr. Evelyn, or, to speak more 

 emphatically, a prophetic eye ; and though the taste 

 is not now what it was in Mr. Evelyn'* time, yet, 



