for Gardeners, &q i^ 

 CHAP. 11. 



l^iimerical InJtntBions for Gakveneks^ 5Cc<. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



IT will not here be expeded I ftiould go l)ack to 

 Numeration, Addition, G'c. that being in nocafe 

 necefTary, fince there are but few that are fo mean 

 Proficients in Numbers as to require it : I fiiall there- 

 fore comprehend that little I have to fay concern- 

 ing Numbers in our Way of Gardening, v/ith the 

 Goldefi Rule^ oi Rule of Three, Rules of Praclke, and 

 with Ditodecifnah J or the Manner of Meafuring.and 

 calling up Dim.enfions, &c, ufefal, as will hereafter 

 be found, in digging, levelling, and accounting the 

 Expences that accrue in Gardenings becaufe in this 

 both Stewards and Labourers are otttimes at a Lofs, 

 and either the Mafier or Servant is very much the 

 Lofer, which is uniuft to one, and both unjufl and 

 oppreffive to the other. 



Suppoling then that aCardener is beginning to make his 

 Gardens, (tho' I muft confefs myfelf very much an Enemy 

 to the levelling and draining of Nature beyond her due 

 Bounds, that is too often feen in many IJjidertakings) 

 there are feveral Diviiions. that are abfoiutely neceffary 

 to be leveird ,- fuch are all open Compartments of Par- 

 terre, Bowling-greens, Terrace- Walks, and thejike, after 

 the Levels are fix'd, as may be fccn Fig, 7, p. p, it will be 

 then a proper Time for him to fit down and confuk of 

 his Expence. And how to go the neareft Way to work, 

 preparatory to this, being very well inftru^ied in Addition, 

 Subftraclion, Numeration, Multiplication, and Divifion, 

 he ought to learn how to take and caft up Dimei^^ons^ 

 whether it be for the Removal of good Earth for planriiig , 

 or of bad Eartlj for levelling, raifing of Terrace- Wa J ks^ 

 Mounts, or the Jike: And the firil Thing is Duodccimais^ 

 Of Crofs- Multiplication; as follows. 



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