190 Of the Parterre. 



An Explanation of Plate the 2^th. 



I had once made a Refolution not to have 

 given any Deligns of this Kind in Gardening, 

 intending to have confinM rav felf to that 

 fimple, plain, and unafFefted Method I have 

 propos'd to my felf in the Delivery of what 

 I have to fay concerning Gardening ^ but 

 as the Opinions, and, indeed, the more folid 

 Judgments of Perfons, differ very much as to 

 Defign, I have (as before intimated) in Com- 

 pliance with the Expedations of fo me curi- 

 ous Artifts in thi^ Way, given one Plate of 

 that Kind. 



And firft, of Figures the i ft and 3d. 



As to thefe firil and third Figures, they 

 are certainly the moft eligible, by Reafon of 

 their Length, which, as I have before ob- 

 ferv'd, is what is moft valuable in a Parterre, 

 fomething near thofe Schemes in the Parterre 

 at Hampton-Court^ next the Water- fide 5 as is 

 alfo that of Blenheim, and fome others, that 

 are accounted amongft thebeft of their Kind^ 

 but in order to give them their full Length, 

 'tis neceflary, at the Ends of thofe Qjiarrers, 

 to add a Sweep or Break, to carry the Parter- 

 re to its proper Length .3 thefe Qiiarters ought 

 likewife to be full 80 Foot wide, and of a 

 proportionable Length, otherwife the Work 

 in the Infide would be much too thick. 



Whether 



