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would rather have Greens and Flowers, he 

 may have recourfe to fome Defigns in this 

 Book, and others. The chief Furniture of 

 this Parterre I fuppofe to be EngliOi Elms^ 

 planted tipon the top of the Terrace Walk, 

 that goes round it, that lies higher than the 

 Parterre, and upon the fame level With the 

 little Fruit Gardens a aa a. And this Parterre 

 we fuppofe to be funk fomething below it's 

 own natural Level, in order to elevate the 

 Building, and to furnilh good Earth for thofe 

 little Fruit Gardens before mention'd, and, 

 with what v/as of a coarftr Nature, to make 

 the Terrace Walks round it : There is no 

 NeceiEty of raifing thofe Quarters quite 

 as high as the Terrace Walks, it is the more 

 variety, if by ealy Slopes (five Foot Hori- 

 zontal to one Foot Perpendicular) one goes 

 up Hill and down. 



And you are to obftrve here too, that 

 this is what one may properly call but half 

 a Terrace, there being no Slopes but next 

 to the Parterre, and this is of fome advan- 

 tage : Becaufe, firft of all, in fb fmall a 

 defign , one has not Ground to fpare to 

 make Slopes on both Sides, and in the nexr^ 

 it faves both the Expence of making, and 

 keeping, and isj in reality, it felf as well 

 as if it had been a whole Terrace, and there 

 had been Slopes on both fides ty for that the 

 Beauty of Terrace Slopes is chiefly towards the 

 Parterre, and would not be fo much feen to-* 



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