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of the Parterre, ^91 



Whether ihefe Quarters are fet ofF with 

 Lead or Stone, Urns and Statues, or witii 

 Greens, as has been the prevaiJhig Method 9 

 or whether the Borders (hould be of Grafs'*^ 

 Earth, is left to the Choice 6f the Marfer^; 

 and to this Plate I need fay but little more 



The 2d Figure, being entirely Dutch ?cnA 

 French^ I leave to the Choice and Refufkl of 

 all Defigners. 



Obfervatio7i on Flate 30. 



I have already mention'd (and both the 

 Books, and other Accounts we have from 

 France^ (hew) that the French liave therr fet- 

 terres of Water, as well as Gtafs and Ennbroi- 

 dery 5 and it is, in Truth, fonie of the fa^au- 

 tifulleft Furnituresof the beft Parterres. 



This plain Defign I drew fome Years finc$, 

 for a Gentleman that had a( floping Piece ;ijf 

 Ground, that lay Side-ways of his Hoiiit, 

 which Slope is apt to fpoil the, dired View 

 from any Building, and ought ^tiot to be .ad- 

 mitted, efpecially in any main Front ^■, fht 

 which Reafon I thought it incumbent oti me, 

 to find out fome Method toregufate this great 

 Defect in Nature^ and to that End, having' a 

 great Command of Water, i defign'd this l^ar- 

 terre d^ Eau^ as the Frefuh term it ^ by which 

 Invention the digging of the Bafins would 

 have plentifully lupply'd the Terraces on the 

 lower Side, and have made an handfome re- 

 gular 



