of Woods and Groves^ &c. 209 

 Obfervations on Plate 32, Fig, 4. 



This is the Figure of an open Lawn in a 

 Park or Wood, to which, from fix Centers, 

 are brought eighteen Walks, befidcs the 

 main Walk that runs thro*, which, reckon'd 

 from the Lawn it felf, makes twenty. 



There is little to be obferv'd in thefe grand 

 Centers and Lawns, but that they ought at all 

 Times to be of a confiderable Width 5 and 

 this, in particular, ought not to be lefs than 

 250 Foot long, and if longer, the better, 

 even 500 Foot ^ by which Means the Walks 

 will be all confiderably widen'd in Proporti- 

 on. And 'tis alfo fuppos'd, that this Defiga 

 is for an- open Park or Wood, that lies on the 

 North Side of an Houfe, upon a Flat, and 

 for Ridings only ^ fince,were it us'd for rifing 

 Hills and daly Ground, where there are but 

 itw large Trees, this Method would undoubt- 

 edly fpoil the whole, and make it too pub- 

 lick for a private Walking-Garden, and le* 

 vel to the Ground thofe ancient Trees, which 

 our Fore-fathers had all along preferv^d with 

 much Care. 



It muft be obferv'd,' that there are feveral 

 Niches in the middle Walk, to place Benches 

 and Statues in 5 for thefe add very much to 

 the Beauty, as well as Convenience of any- 

 Garden or Wood 5 and it cannot but be e- 

 fteem'd a confiderable Fault where-ever it is 

 neglefted. If there are any that will be at 



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