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Kitchen-Gardens : The firft for Plea- 

 iiire and Ornament, and therefore 

 to be plac'd in the moft confpicu- 

 ous Parts, i. e. next to, or juft 

 againft the Back-front of the Houfe : 

 The two latter for Service, and 

 therefore made in bye Places. 



In the Choice of a Place to plant 

 a Garden in, the Situation and Ex- 

 pofure of the Ground are the moft 

 efTential Points to be regarded j be- 

 caule the Succefs of all depends 

 upon a good Choice : for if a Failure 

 be made in that Point, all the Care 

 and Expence will in a manner be 

 loft ; but if a good Choice be made, 

 the Trees, ^-c. that (hall be planted 

 on it will in a (hort Time thrive, 

 and become both tall and beauti- 

 ful. 



In a Garden, the principal Things 

 to be condder'd, are the Situation^ 

 Torm, Soil, and Afpeci or Expo- 

 fure. 



If the Ground be irregular, it 

 may be made uniform fo as to af- 

 ford a Profpedl no ways inferior to 

 the moft regular. The moft irre- 

 gular Figure may be reduc'd into 

 Order by ftrait Lines. There is 

 Beauty in a Triangle, as well as a 

 ■ Square i and the moft irregular 

 Spots of Ground may be brought 

 to thofe two Figures by Borders 

 and Walks. 



An Irregularity is ealily hid in a 

 large Garden, by long Walks and 

 tall Hedges interrupting a diftant 

 View; And the little Corners and 

 triangular Spaces may be agreeably 

 fiU'd up with Borders of Flowers, 

 Dwarf-Trees, Flowering Shrubs, or 

 Ever-greens. Nor (hould we be 

 ibllicitous to throw the whole Gar- 

 Jen into one fingie View j lince 

 Irregularities and Unevennefles of- 

 tentimes afford many uncommon 

 pretty Devices, ^c, 



I. Sit nation : This ought to be 



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fuch a one as is wholfbme, m a 

 Place that is neither too high, nor 

 too low j for if a Garden be too 

 high, it will be expos'd to the 

 Winds, which are very prejudicial 

 to Trees: if it be too low, the 

 Dampnefs of low and marftiy Places 

 will be very injurious to Health: 

 beiides, the Vermm and venomous 

 Creatures, that breed in Ponds and 

 marfhy Places, add much to the 

 Infalubrity of them : Therefore, 

 Situations in mountainous Places, 

 or in the Bottoms of Vallies, Ihould 

 not be chofeni but thofe which 

 are on the Side of an Hill arc the 

 more happy. 



A Situation on a rifing Ground 

 is moft efteem'd ; and indeed, if ft 

 be not too fteep, has the moft Ad- 

 vantages, if the Slope be eafy and 

 imperceptible, and a good deal of 

 Level may be had. 



If the Declivity be eafy and in- 

 fenlible, and abounds in Springs of 

 Water, the Situation is very happy, 

 and the moft agreeable that can be; 

 for being fhelter'd from the Fury 

 of the Winds, and the violent Heat 

 of the Sun, there a temperate Air 

 will be enjoy'd; and the Water 

 that defcends from the Top of the 

 Hills, either from Springs or Rain, 

 will fupply Fountains, Canals, and 

 Cafcades, for Ornaments of Gar- 

 dens i and beiides this, when it has 

 perform'd its OfKce, will water 

 the adjacent Vallies, and render 

 them fertile and wholfbme, if it 

 be not fuffer'd to ftagnate there. 



Indeed, if the Declivity of the 

 Hill be too fteep, and the Water 

 in too great a Quantity, then a 

 Garden on the Side of it may 

 often fuffer, by having the Trees 

 torn up by the Torrents and Floods, 

 and the Earth above tumbled down 

 on that below, the Walls thrown 

 down, and the Walks fpoil'd. 



If 



