iZ6 . Of the Parterre. 



Of the Breadth. 



Parterres generally receive their Width 

 from the Breadth of the Front of an Houfe 5 

 and v/here-ever the Houfe is above aoo Foot 

 wide, v/eare oblig'd to follow it ^ but if the 

 Houfe be not above, an hundred Foot, or, 

 fometimes, lefs, it would be too narrow for a 

 Parterre 5 and f^r that Reafon an exad Mea- 

 fure ought, in tnis refpeft, to be fix'd 3 every 

 Perion is at Liberty to chufe for himfelf^ 

 bur, according to the Obfervations I have 

 made on this Subjed:^ Parterres are, generally 

 fpeaking, too larq;e, by which Means the Ex- 

 pence of Gardening is not a little rais'd, 

 and that which is the moft valuable of any 

 Part of a Garden, I mean Wood, and, confe- 

 quently. Shade, very luuch dinainiih'd. As 

 one would iherefore never make the Flat of a 

 Parterre, betwixt Terrace- Walk and Terrace- 

 Walk fwhich ought to be made on each Side, 

 for an Elevation proper for View) above 500 

 Foot, or 100 Yards, fo one cant, by any 

 Means, make it lefs than 140 or 150 Foot 3 

 by which Means the Length, at two times 

 and an half the Width, will be 550 Foot, or 

 fomething more, which is certainly a very 

 handfome Proportion. I have been the more 

 particular as to this Length of a Parterre, in 

 as much as it is very often a Miftake in De- 

 iigners, to make their Parterre too wide, and, 

 confequently, they appear too fiiort 5 and in 



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