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The Corners and Angles of every 

 Part of a Garden ought to be flop'd, 

 or cut hollow : This will make the 

 Crofs-paths more agreeable to the 

 Eye, and more convenient for 

 walking, than to find Points and 

 Corners advancing, which look very 

 ill upon the Ground, and are very 

 inconvenient. 



The feveral Sorts of Gardens may 

 be diftinguifh'd under three Heads: 

 1. Gardens on a pcrfe6t Level. 

 1. Gardens on an cafyAfcent. And 

 3. Gardens whole Ground and Le- 

 vel are leparated and interrupted 

 by Falls and Tcrrafles, Banks, Slopes, 

 Flights of Steps, ^c. 



Gardens on a perfect Level are 

 the befl, as well for the Conve- 

 niency of walking, as that their 

 long Allies and Glades have no Ri- 

 lings nor Fallings, and are not fo 

 chargeable to maintain as the other. 



Gardens on a gentle Afcent are 

 not quite £0 agreeable and conve- 

 nient, altho' the Shelving be fo 

 little as not to be perceiv'd ; for it 

 fatigues and tires a Perlbn to walk 

 either up Hill or down Hill, with- 

 out finding fcarcely a refting Place: 

 Thefe iloping Grounds are allb liable 

 to be fpoii'd by Torrents. 



There is' a peculiar Excellency in 

 Gardens that have TerralTes ; becaufe 

 from the Height of one Terrafs, all 

 the lower Parts of the Garden may 

 be diicover'd ; and from others, 

 the Compartiments are feen, which 

 form fo many feveral Gardens one 

 under another, and prefent us with 

 very agreeable Views, and different 

 Scenes of Things, if the Terraffes 

 are not too frequent, and there be 

 good Lengths ot Level between 

 them. 



Thefe Gardens alfb lie advanta- 

 geoudy for Water, which may be 

 repeated from one another j but 

 they are a great Charge to keep 



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them up, as well as that they ccft 

 a great deal the making. 



The general Diftribution of a 

 Garden, and of its Parts, ought to 

 be accommodated to thefe different 

 Situations j for an excellent Defign 

 which would be proper for a Gar- 

 den that is flat and upon a Levels 

 would not ferve for a Ground cut 

 afunder by divers Terraffes, which 

 break off both the Level and the 

 Continuity. 



There are, befides thefe, many 

 other Rules relating to the Propor- 

 tions, Conrbrmity and Place of the 

 different Farts and Ornaments of 

 Gardens 5 of which more may be 

 feen under other Articles. 



GENISTA JUNCEA j Spanifli 

 Broom. 



The CharaSiers are ; 



It hath -very fl'mnt Branches: 

 The Leaves are plac'U alternately, 

 or in Whorles : The Flowers are of 

 the 1?^ a- bloom kind, -which are fuc^ 

 ceedeJ by fmooth Tods, containing 

 feveral Kidney -Jljafd Seeds in each. 

 The Species are j 



1. Genista Jukcea; J. B. The 

 yellow Spanifh Broom. 



2. Genista j hortenfis, major ^ 

 Lufitanica. Vir. Lujit, The greater 

 Portugal Broom. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in the Nurferies near 

 London, and is generally fold by the 

 " Gardeners amongft other flowering 

 Shrubs for Wildernefs- Quarters 5 

 where, by its long Continuance in 

 Flower, together with its Sweet- 

 nefs, it affords an equal Pleafure 

 with mod other flowering Shrubs. 



This Plant is eafily propagated 

 by fowing the Seeds (which are 

 annually produced in great Quanti- 

 ties upon the old Plants) in the 

 Spring of the Year, upon a warm 

 dry Soil, and in an open Expofiire, 

 obferving not to cover the Seeds 

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