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Deligners ever ftudying the natural 

 Growth of Plants, fo as to place 

 them in fuch manner, that they 

 imay not obftrudl rhe Sight from 

 the feveral Parts of the Plantation 

 which are prefented to the View : 

 Therefore I fliall briefly fct down 

 what has occurred to me from 

 time to time, when I have con- 

 tidered thefe Parts of Gardens, 

 whereby a Perfon will be capable 

 to form an Idea of the true Beau- 

 ties, which ought always to be 

 fludied in the Contrivance of Wil- 

 (krnejfes, 



1. WiUerneffes fliould always be 

 proportion'd to the Extent of the 

 Gardens in which they are made, 

 that they may correfpond in Mag- 

 nitude with the other Parts of the 

 Garden j for it is very ridiculous 

 to fee a large Wilderncfs planted 

 with tall Trees in a fmall Spot of 

 Ground j and on the other h:ind, 

 iiothing can be more abfurd than 

 to fee little pauitry Squares, or 

 Quarters of IViUemeft-woik in a 

 magnificent large Garden. 



2. As to the Situation of Wil- 

 dsrnsjfes, they fliould never be placed 

 too near the Habitation, bccaule the 

 great Quantity of Moifture which 

 is perfpired from the Trees, will 

 caufe a damp unwholfome Air 

 about the Houfe, which is often 

 of ill Confequencc. Nor il-.ould 

 they be lituated fo as to obftrucl 

 any diilant Profpeft of the Country, 

 which {liould always be preiervcd 

 where-ever it can be obtained, 

 there being nothing fo agreeable to 

 the Mind as an unconfined Profpe^t 

 of the adjacent Country. But 

 where the Sight is confined within 

 the Limits of the Garden from its 

 Situation, then there is nothing fo' 

 agreeable to terminate the Profpcct, 

 as a beautiful Scene of the various 

 l<;.inds of Trees judicioufiy planted i 



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and if it is fo contrived, that the 

 Termination is planted circularly, 

 with the Concave toward the Sight, 

 it will have a much better Eft'e6t 

 than if it end in ftrait Lines or 

 Angles, which are never fo agreea- 

 ble to the Mind. 



3. The Plants fhould always be 

 adapted to the Size of the Planta- 

 tion; for 'tis very abfurd to fee 

 tall Trees planted in fmall. Square.; 

 of a little Garden i and folikewifc, 

 if in large Defigns are planted no- 

 thing but fmall Shrubs, it wiil have 

 a mean Appearance: It fhould alio 

 be obferved, never to plant Ever- 

 greens amongll deciduous Trees, 

 but always place the Ever-greens 

 in a IVildernefs, or a feparate Part of 

 the IViUernefs by themlelves;, and that 

 chiefly in Sight, becaufe thefe afford 

 a continual Pleafure both in Sum- 

 mer and Winter, when in the latter 

 Seafbn, the deciduous Trees do not 

 appear fo agreeable. 



4. The Walks mufl: alfo be pro- 

 portion'd to the Size of the Ground, 

 and not make large Walks in a fmall 

 IViUemefs, (nor too many Walks 

 tho' fmallcr) whereby the greatcil 

 Part of the Ground is employ'd in 

 -vWaiks : Nor fliould the grand Walks 

 ot a large IViUsrnefs be too fmall i 

 both of which are equally faulty. 

 Thefe Walks (hould not be entered 

 immediately from thofe of the Plea- 

 fure-Garden, but rather be led into 

 by a fmall private Walk, which 

 will render it more entertaining: 

 Or if the large Walk be turned m 

 Form of a Serpent, fo as not tor 

 (hew its whole Extent, the Mind 

 will be better pleaftd than if tliQ 

 Whole were open to the View. 



The ufual Method of contriving 

 W'dds>nef[es is, to divide the whole 

 Compafs of Ground, either inta 

 S.]uares, Angles, Circles, or other 

 Figures^ making the Walks corre- 



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