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much beautify'd by the Sun's fhining 

 upon them in the Afternoon : For 

 if the beft Room of the Houfe 

 front the Lawn, as it always {hould 

 do, the Afternoon being the moil 

 ufual Time for People of Fafhion 

 to folace themielves in fuch Rooms, 

 then the Afternoon Sun will not be 

 offcnfive to thofe Rooms j nor will 

 the Profpedt be interrupted, but 

 render'd more pleafant : v/hereas, 

 were it on the Weft Side of the 

 Houfe, the Sun by fhining from 

 the Object, and diredlly againft 

 thofe Rooms, would by both hin- 

 der the Proipedl j and the Genera- 

 lity of Profpe6ls are mofl pleafant 

 when the Sun fhines upon them. 



Befides, there is another Incon- 

 veniencyi if the Lawn be on the 

 Weft Side of the Houfe, it will 

 give the more way to the Weft Wind 

 (which is commonly the greateft) 

 to injure the Houfe, by its having a 

 free PalTageto it. 



If the Lawn be on the South 

 Side of the Houfe, it may do well 

 enough, for the Reafons before- 

 mention'd i for the Sun's Rays being 

 then darted obliquely, will not 

 much interrupt the Profpe<ft j and 

 the Sun fhining moft part of the 

 Day on that Side of the Houfe, will 

 ftill add to the Beauty of that Front, 

 which ought to be the beft Front 

 in the Houfe ; therefore a Lawn on 

 that Side will m.uch help the Pro- 

 ipe£t of the Houfe. 



It will not be at all convenient 

 to have the Lawn on the North 

 Side of the Houfe, becaufe it will 

 lay the Houfe too open to the Cold 

 North Winds, (^c. therefore it will 

 be more eligible to plant Wilder- 

 iiefTes and Woods on the Weft and 

 North Sides of the Houfe. 



If the Figure of the Houfe be 

 built in this Form, K, or any other, 

 ^he Front may be on both Sides thq 



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Houfe alike, making an Angle at 

 the Middle of the Front, or at fome 

 Court Gate right before it, and 

 breaking oft^ at a convenient Di- 

 ftance from the Houfe. 



As to the Figure of a Lawn, the 

 Square is a very proper one, and if 

 it be bounded with Walks it may 

 not be much amifs, though I ra- 

 ther recommend an open Lawn; 

 but if Perfons chufe to have it 

 bounded, a lingle Row of Ehn Trees 

 fet at a good Diftancc one from 

 another, will not look amifs, and 

 being fo placed, they will the better 

 fhew the Shape of their Heads, but 

 however, the Front ot the Lawn 

 fhould be left open, except the 

 Lawn fall very much from the 

 Houfe. 



If Perfons will, there may be 

 three Avenues breaking out at three 

 Angles j or one at the Angle oppo- 

 fite to the Houfe, and if the Lawn 

 be a riiing Ground to the Houfe, 

 fome Trees fet thin upon it will 

 not look unplcafant. If the Lawn 

 be a Circle, it may not be amifs; 

 but then it ought to break off 

 before it comes againft the Front. 



Neither is a Triangle a very im- 

 proper Figure for a Lawn, but if lb, 

 the Angle which leads to the Front 

 muft not be too acute j but it 

 fhould rather be obtufe or right- 

 angled, at the Angle that is next to 

 the Front. 



If the Lawn be bounded with 

 Treeis, Lime Trees are very proper 

 for that Purpofe, becaufe they are 

 Trees that will grow well in any 

 Soil, if Care be taken in the Plant- 

 ing of them i and befides that, all 

 the Trees will grow in a very fine 

 Shape, appearing as though they 

 were cut, if they arc not too thick 

 planted, and you will have a Pro- 

 fpedt of the adjoining Country be- 

 tween their Stems, efpecially if 



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