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•30hich is fometimes Beli-JJyap'H, and 

 at other times (Jjafd like a Fwanel, 

 Tvith four Stamina (or Threads) fur- 

 rounding the Vointal ; tohich Vointal 

 becomes for the mofl part, an oblong 

 Seed furrounded by the Flower-cup ; 

 To "which may be added. The Flowers 

 fire produced from the Wings of the 

 Leaves. 



The Species arej 



I. Parietaria; ojficinarum, ^ 

 Ttiofcoridos. C. B. P. Pellitory of 

 the Wall. 



2,. Fariltaria,- minor, Ocy mi fo- 

 lio. C.B. P. LefTer Pellitory, with 

 a Balil Leaf. 



The firft of thefe Plants is fup- 

 pos'd to be the true Sort which is 

 recommended by Diofcorides for me- 

 dicinal Ufe : This is the mofl com- 

 mon in Germany, and ibme other 

 Countries i but is very, different 

 from that which grows wild in 

 'England, which is more like the 

 lecond Sort, tho' I can't pofitively 

 affirm it to be the very fame. 

 • Thefe Plants grow wild upon 

 Old Walls and Buildings in great 

 Plenty i but may be cultivated by 

 ibwing their Seeds in Autumn up- 

 on a dry gravelly, or flony Soil, 

 where they will thrive much bet- 

 ter than in a richer Soil, and are 

 preferable lor Ufe to thofe which 

 grow in a moift rich Ground \ for 

 tho' in fuch Places they will often 

 be very rank, yet they are not 

 near fo ftrongly Icented. 



PARSLEY 5 vide Apium. 



PARSNIP ; vide Paftinaca. 



PARTERRE, is a level Divilion 

 of Ground, which, for the mofl 

 part, faces the South and befl Front 

 of an Houfc, and is generally fur- 

 nifji'd vyith Greens, Flowers, 2^;c. 



There are feveral Sorts of Par- 

 terres, as Bowling-green, or Plain, 

 Parterres ot Embroidery, Sec, 



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Plain Parterres are more beauti- 

 ful in England than in any other 

 Countries, by reafon of the Excel- 

 lency of our Turf, and that De- 

 cency and unaffected Simplicity 

 that it affords to the Eye of the 

 Spe6lator. 



Others are cut into Shell and 

 Scroll-work, with Sand-Alleys be- 

 tween them, which are the fined 

 Parterre Works efleemed in Eng- 

 land. 



As to the general Proportion of 

 Parterres an Oblong or long Square 

 is accounted the mofl proper Fi- 

 gure for a Parterre j becaufe by 

 the Rules of PerfpeSiive, or the na- 

 tural Declenlion of the vifual Rays 

 in Opticks, a long Square finks al- 

 moft to a Square, and an exadt 

 Square appears much lefs than it 

 really is ; therefore a Parterre fliould 

 not be lefs than twice as long as 

 it is broad , twice and a half is 

 accounted a very good Proportion, 

 and it is very rare that three times 

 is exceeded. 



As to the Breadth of a Parterre, 

 it is to take its Dimenfions from 

 the Breadth of the Front of the 

 Houfe : If it be not above an hun- 

 dred Feet, 'twill be too narrow; 

 and if the Front be two hundred 

 Feet, the Parterre mufl be of the 

 fame Breadth. 



Some do not approve of making 

 Parterrees very bro^d, becaufe it 

 makes 'em appear too fliort ; when 

 nothing is more pleafing to the 

 Eye, than a contracted, regular 

 Condufl and View, as foon as a 

 Perfbn goes out of an Houfe or 

 Building: And a forward, dived: 

 View is the befl, whether it be ei- 

 ther Parterre or Lawn, or any o« 

 ther open Space, either two, three, 

 or four-fold to the Width : And for 

 that Reafon, thofe Defigns may' 



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