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under the GlafTes, may be iet into 

 the Green-houfe, or in fome well- 

 defended Part of the Garden, that 

 it may ripen its Seeds, There is no 

 great Beauty in the Flower, but for 

 the lingular Appearance of the Plant, 

 it may deferve a Place in all curious 

 Collections of Plants. 



BASILICUM, or Bafil j vide 

 Ocymum. 



BASONS, or Fountains, &c, 

 which ferve either for the Orna- 

 ment or Ufe of Gardens, are made 

 ijj divers Forms, fomc round, fome 

 oblong or oval, others Iquare, oc- 

 tangular, ^c. but their moft com- 

 mon Form is circular ; and, if the 

 Ground will permit, the larger they 

 are, the better : and when they ex- 

 ceed in Size, they are called Pieces 

 of Water, Canals, Mirrors, Fiih- 

 ponds, Pools, and Refervoirs. 



In making thefe, Care ought to 

 be taken to avoid both the Ex- 

 tremes, and not to make them 

 either too big or too little} that a 

 Water-work may not take up the 

 beft Part of a Imall Spot of Ground i 

 nor to make too little a Bafon in a 

 large Spot. This muft "depend in- 

 tirely on the Judgment of the De- 

 figner of the Garden. 



Some would have the Size of a 

 Bafon to be proportion'd to the 

 ye( d' Eau, that the Water thrown 

 up in the Air, may not, by being 

 blown by the Air, be carried be- 

 yond the Edge of the Bafbrii but 

 all fall down without wetting the 

 Walk. 



As to the Depth of Bafons, it is 

 ufually from two Feet to two Feet 

 and a half at moft: This Depth 

 being fufficient to fecure the Bot- 

 tom of the Bafons from Froft and 

 to dip Watering-pots. 



But if they are to ferve for Re- 

 fervoirs, or to keep Fifh in, then 

 they may be made four or five 



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Feet deep, which will both hold 

 Water enough, and be deep enough 

 for the Fifh to breed in, and alfo to 

 bear a Boat. 



Deeper than this they need not 

 be; and if thy were deeper, they 

 would be dangerous as to the 

 drowning of Perfbns, who might 

 chance to fall in. 



In making Bafons, great Care 

 ought to be taken in making them 

 at fir ft ; for the Water always na- 

 turally endeavouring to run away, 

 and by its Weight and PrefTure in 

 a Bafon, making its Way out at 

 the leaft Cranny, it will grow con- 

 ftantly bigger and bigger, fb that 

 if it be not well made at firft, it 

 will be very difficult to repair it. . 



Bafons are made either with Clay, 

 Cement, or Lead; they are moft: 

 uilially made of Clay: In making 

 fuch, at the marking out the Di- 

 menfions, the Diameter ought to 

 be four Feet bigger on each Side; 

 yet the Bafon will not be the wider, 

 for it will be taken up with the 

 Walls on each Sidej and the Clay 

 Work, which is to fill the Space 

 between tht Bafon, muft alfo be 

 dug two Feet deeper than the 

 Depth of the Water is delign'd to 

 be, becaufe it is to be laid over 

 eighteen Inches thick with Clay, 

 and fix Inches with Gravel and 

 Paving. 



The Clay ought to be well 

 wrought with the Hands and Wa- 

 ter, and when it is fpread, fhould 

 be trodden in with the naked Feet, 

 that the Water of the Bafon may 

 not dilate through it, or the Roots 

 of any Trees that may grow near, 

 may not penetrate into the outward 

 Wall 5 which may be made of 

 Shards, Rubble, or Pints, with 

 Mortar made of the natural Earth, 

 and is called the Ground-wall, be- 

 caufe 'tis only made to refift the 

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