50 Of rural and exten five Gardening. 



der fully hinder the Sun in Summer from era- 

 dicating the natural and genial Moiftjre of 

 the Earth, to which we may add the Defence 

 they yield to Cattle, in the Extremity either 

 of Heat or Cold. And now 



The next Plate, that I (hall prefent the 

 Reader with, is the general Dlftribmion of 

 all thofe OiEces, Yards, Gardens, &c. that 

 iienext to the Manfion Houfe, and, after that, 

 fome few extenfive Defigns 5 in which, I 

 hope, will plainly appear the DiJpofition of 

 all the other Parts of an Eftate, and that 

 harmonious Agreement, that there ought to 

 be of one Part with another, and how the 

 fame may be ft be efFefted. 



When, therefore, you have fix'd upon the 

 Center of a Defign, (viz.^ the Place where 

 the Houfe is to be, and have from thence ta- 

 ken the Survey of your Ground round, and 

 the fame is plotted on Paper ; you are to be- 

 gin to caft it fir ft on a Method on Paper, I 

 mean, that Part that lies next the Houfe, 

 which is intended to be divided into Court 

 Yards, Parterres, &c. 



A Defign of this Kind is in the next Plate, 

 and will ktVQ in aimoft any Place, where 

 there arc 10 or 12 Acres of Level Ground 

 on one Spot, which Quantity one can leldom 

 fail of 5 and it muft be alfo obferv'd, that 

 tho' this Defign, by fuppofing the Front of 

 the Building to be 200 Foot, will yet ferve 

 to a Building of 100 Foot, or 150 Foot, 



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