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as is moft fuitable to the Ground, 

 then the reft of the Garden is to be 

 furnifh'd with many different De- 

 ligns, as Tall Groves, Clofe Walks, 

 Quincunces, Galleries and Halls of 

 Verdure,Green Arbours, Labyrinths, 

 Bowling-greens and Amphitheatres, 

 adorn'd with Fountains, Canals, 

 Figures, &c. Which Sort of Works 

 diftinguilh a Garden well, and do 

 alfo greatly contribute to the ren- 

 dring of it magnificent. 



It ought always to be obferv'd 

 in placing and diilributing the feve- 

 ral Parts of a Garden, to oppofe 

 them the one to the other : As for 

 Example, a Wood to a Parterre or 

 Bowling-green, and not to place all 

 the Wood on one Side, and all the 

 Parterres on the other : Nor is a 

 Bowling-green to be fet againft a 

 Bafon, tor this would be one Qip 

 againft another, which is always to 

 be avoided, by fetting the full 

 againft the void, and the rais'd 

 Works againft the flat, in order to 

 caufe a Variety. 



This Diverlity fhould always be 

 kept, not only in the general Deiign 

 of a Garden, but alfo in each di- 

 ftinct Piece ; as if two Groves are 

 upon the Side of a Parterre, al- 

 though their outward Forms and 

 Dimeniions ftiould be equal j yet 

 for that Reafon the fame Defign 

 muft not be repeated in both, but 

 they {hould be made fo as to be dif- 

 ferent within, becaufe it would be 

 very disagreeable to find the fame 

 Deiign on both Sides : For that 

 when one has been feen, there is 

 nothing to invite the Curiolity to 

 fee the other j fo that fuch a Gar- 

 den fb repeated would be no more 

 than half a Deiign, the greateft 

 Beauty of Gardens conlifting in 

 Variety. 



Alfo the feveral Parts of each 

 Piece ought to be diverlify'd : If 



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a Bafon be round, the Walk ouglit 

 to be oftangular : And the like 

 is to be obferv'd as to Grafs-Plats 

 and Bowling-greens, which are in 

 the Midft of Groves. 



The fame Works ought never to 

 be repeated on both Sides, except 

 in open Places, where the Eye, by 

 comparing them together, msfy 

 judge of their Conformity, as in 

 Parterres, Bowling-greens, Groves, 

 open'd inCompartiments and Quin- 

 cunces : But in fuch Groves as a?e 

 form'd ot Pallifades and tall Trees, 

 the Defigns and out Parts ought 

 always to be varied } but tho' they 

 are to be different, yet however 

 they ought always to have fuch 

 Relation and Agreement one to the 

 other in their Lines and Ranges, as 

 to make the Openings, Glades and 

 Vifta's regular and agreeable. 



In the Bulinefs of Defigns, a 

 mean and pitiful Manner ought to 

 be ftudioufly^voided, and the Aim 

 fhould always be at that which is 

 great and noble ; not to make Ca- 

 binets and Mazes fmall, and Balbns 

 like Bowl-Diftics, and Allies fo nar- 

 row, that two Perfons can fcarce 

 walk in them. It is much better 

 to have but two or three Things 

 pretty large, than four times the 

 Number of fmall ones, which are 

 but Trifles. 



Before the Defign of a Garden be 

 put in Execution, it ought to be 

 confider'd what it will be in twen- 

 ty or thirty Years time, when the 

 Pallifades are grown up, and the 

 Trees are fpreadj for it often hap- 

 pens, that a Defign, which looks 

 handfome when it is firft planted, 

 and in good Proportion, becomes 

 fo fmall and ridiculous in Procefs of 

 Time, that there is a Necelfity ei- 

 ther to alter it, or deftroy it entirely, 

 and {o plant it anew. 



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