S 2 Of rural and ex ten five Gardening. 



(jarden Front, which is much better, can it 

 be procured , but 'tis eafy to be obfcrvM, it 

 could not there, for that the Ground fell 

 away too much on the North, and the Build- 

 ing could not be plac'd, on that account-, fur- 

 iher Northwards, than it is. 



This nfing Wood may eafily be imagin'd to 

 afford feme of the greateft Beauties in Nature, 

 both from the Houfe, and as you afcend the 

 Hill ; and when you are up, gives fuch a No- 

 ble Profpedl: of all that lies round one, that 

 it very much exceeds, all that ran be ima- 

 gined cr thought of, in common Gardening. 

 . "But, to come to the Defign, and the Me- 

 thod of ending, it is to be obferv'd, there is 

 ^ little Walk, that leads quite round on the 

 brow of the Hill, which I call a Natural 

 Walk, or Terrace, and which I do always 

 lay down as a (landing Rule, in all (loping 

 Hills 5 the under W^ood is all fuppos'd to be 

 ciear'd away, and only the Timber Trees left i 

 JFor this gives an eafy open View to the WaU 

 ker, and he fees, with the utmoft 1 leafure,- 

 3|1 diftant Profpefc, and particularly, that 

 delightful Valley, with all its turnings, and 

 windings, that lies under, which is always an 

 sdjunft to fuch rifing Hill^o 



The Diftribution and Figure of this Wood 

 Is by no m.eans Regular 5 were it fo, there 

 would be an end' of all its Beauty ; bur, 

 walking round it you have, alK the Natural 

 ¥icwi fortheinfide is fo irregular, that 'tis 



