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according as they are either defign'd for Ufe 

 or Beauty. If they are adjoining to the pri- 

 vate Apartments of Ladies and Gentlemen, 

 then Flowers, and Edgings, of Thyme, &c. 

 according to the common Method, or their 

 particular De(]ie5 but if adjoining to the 

 Kitchen, for thofelCind of Herbs that the Cook 

 is wanting on all Occafions : If to the Laun- 

 dry, a Bleaching-Yard 5 and if to the Stables, 

 with Paving, &c. 



And with this I fhall finifti what I have to 

 fay in Relation toCourt-Yards. What I would 

 advife chiefly, is, by all Means to avoid the 

 Expence of long Court- Walls, efpecially in 

 Rural and Foreft Seats. You are but juft en- 

 ter'd upon your Work, and you muft confider, 

 that you have a great many Things to do with 

 your Money 5 but if you do build in a Town, 

 you muft in fome Meafure fubmit to it. 

 (^ But before I quit this Section, I obferve, 

 that as foon as ever you are out of Doors, you 

 are in a Foreft. This a good Defigner would 

 defire by all Means : Wood is of fo charming 

 a Nature, as well as Ufe, that no Man would 

 cut any of it down, except he could not pofli- 

 bly help it, and would only clear it av/ay, 

 that he may have an open Breathing-Place be- 

 fore him, 'with Ridings thro' it. Neverthe- 

 lefs, if it be not already grown, it may be 

 plac'd farther ^ but of this more anon. 



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