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iFlants. Thefe Plants being ever-^ 

 green, and growing in a pyramidal 

 Form, do make a pretty Variety 

 amongfl: other Exoiick Plants, and 

 will fometimes produce their Flow- 

 ers and Fruit in this Country. 



BONUS HENRICUS'i i;/Ve 

 Chenopodium. 



BORDERS: The Ufc of thefe 

 in a Garden is to bound and in- 

 clofe Parterres, to prevent them 

 being injur'd by walking in them : 

 Thele are commonly render'd very 

 ornamental by means of the Flow- 

 ers, Shrubs, ^-c. that are planted 

 in them, 



Thele ought to be laid with a 

 Riling in the Middle, becaufe it^ 

 they are flat, they are not agree- 

 able to the Eye. 



As for their Breadth^ five or fix 

 Feet are often allow'd for the 

 largeO:, and four for the lellcr. 



Borders are of four Sorts i and 

 thofe are the mofl common that 

 arecontinu'd dhoMtParterres without 

 any Interruption, and are wrought 

 with a iliarp Riling in the Middle 

 like an Afs's Back, and planted with 

 low Shrubs and Flowers. 



The fecond Sort oi Borders are 

 fuchas are cut into Compartimenrs, 

 at convenient Diflance^, by fmall 

 PalTag.es j and being alio raised in 

 the Middle, as before mentioned, 

 are hkewife fet off with Shrubs. 

 . The third Sort are fuch as are 

 iaid even and flat, without Flow- 

 ers, having only a Verge of Grafs 

 HI the Middle, being edg'd with 

 two fmall Paths rak'd fmcoth and' 

 fanded : Thefe are fometimes gar- 

 nifh'd with flov/cring Shrubs and 

 Flowers of large Growth, or with 

 Vafes and Flower-pots plac'd regu- 

 larly along the Middle of the Verge 

 of Grafs. 



The fourth Sort are quite plain, 

 ^J are only fanded, as in the TAr- 



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terres of art Orangery, and are filled 

 with Cafes rang'd in a regular Or- 

 der along thofe Borders which arc 

 edg'd with Box on the Sides next 

 to the Walks, and on the other, 

 with Verges and Grafs-work next 

 the Parterre : Sometimes a Yew is 

 planted between each Cafe, which 

 makes the Border appear richer, 

 and the Parterres handfomer during 

 the Winter Scaion . 



Borders are made either ft rait, cir- 

 cular, or iti Cants, and arc turn'ci 

 into Knots, Scrolls, Volutes, and 

 other Compartiments. 



Florifts do alio make Borders 

 either along Walks or detach'd, 

 and in thele they raife their iineft 

 and choiccft Flowers: Thefe are 

 frequently encompafs'd with Bor- 

 der-boards paintad Green, which 

 makes them look exceeding neat. 



But in large Parterres this, is not 

 to be expected i which if they ha 

 ftock'd with Flowers, fuccceding 

 one another in their fcVcral Scafons, 

 it is fiifficient, fb that nothing ap- 

 pears bare and naked. 



It is uliial to difcontinue the 

 Borders at the Ends next to the 

 Houfc, that the Embroidery and 

 Rife of the Parterre may not be? 

 hidden by the Shrubs and dowering 

 Plants, and that the Delign may bo- 

 better judged of. 



And ibmc'timcs there are branch'ci 

 out of it Foliage, Palm-leaves anJ 

 Shells fporting among the Sands. 



BORAGO'i Borage. 

 TliC Characiers are ; 



The Leaves are hroad and rough ; 

 the Florvers cop/iji of one Leaf, are 

 of A M%eel'JJjape, and divided ir.td 

 five Segments fAn/of to the Bottof^, 

 which end in fjjarp Points tike n Star; 

 the Apices in *he Middle of the Flower 

 are fljarp-poinied, and a-dhcre tpge- 

 ther i the Seeds are rough, ai:d ap* 

 pear Ulc a riper\- Il?/iiL 



