chap • 8, of Woods and Coppices. 271 



Ground, that 'twill fall like Duft in the 

 Spring, and from the moft incorrigible, be- 

 come a very fine and tradable Earth . I have 

 already advis'd Allies and Ditches lying with 

 a Defcent to carry off the fuperfluous Water : 

 The Beds, Ridges, or Lands may be fix, 

 eight, or ten Foot 5 and the Allies or Trenches 

 two or three Foot : But the Beds ought to 

 be level ^ fince one often fees Corn very 

 j)Oor, and fometimes quite kilFd, in Lands 

 flaid Rounding, I mean that Corn which lies 

 next the Furrows, 





ADDENDA. 



Ofthefe- 



Come now to give a fhort Account of'^^/^g ^^[2 

 _ the feveral Ufes I propofe to make of tht of the fore- 

 foregoing Stock of Trees, and of the Woods ^^'"^^'*'^^' 

 and Coppices 1 have been juft now teaching 

 the Manner of Raifing, which is in General 

 for Gardening. The Firfi 



But when I mention Gard'mng^ *tis not'^^'^' 

 not that which has been commonly us'd and 

 utiderftood by that Name 5 I mean, Flowring, 

 Parterre's, Box-work, Clipt Plants, &c. but 

 Wood, Water, and and fuch-like Natural 

 and Rural, yet Noble and Magnificent Deco- 

 rations of the Country Villa. 



Towards? 



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