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DRESSED OR GEOMETRICAL GARDENS. Part III. 



Plates vii. tiii. In the last of these I have given the 

 half of a geometrical garden having a terrace-walk (studded 

 with beds along the sides, and end) raised a few feet above 

 the central part where the principal patterns are laid down, 

 and separated from the walks in that part by a slope of turf; 

 which is repeated round the fountain in the centre. Large 

 vases on pedestals stand in the middle of the lateral beds ; 

 and Irish yews are planted in small circular beds at each 

 corner ; the whole laid out on a level spot, from which it is 

 divided by a sunk fence. 



In fig. 1 of Plate vii. (which I have already noticed, p. 373), 

 the rectangular garden is surrounded by a stone terrace- 

 wall surmounted by a balustrade, bearing on each of its piers 

 a vase; a continuous bed, or border for flowers of different 

 kinds and hues, extends round three sides close to the balus- 

 trade, with a gravelled terrace-walk parallel to it ; and from 

 this a sloping bed planted with flowers, in a zigzag or other 

 pattern, descends to the sunk garden, which is laid out in a 

 geometrical design. This zigzag arrangement, however, is 

 not given as a very eligible one ; it is merely intended to 

 show how the colours may be introduced on that sloping 

 border. And it is even allowable to plant that part with 

 mixed flowers, provided they are bright and well combined ; 

 and masses of blue and scarlet (as salvia and geranium), or 

 other harmonious hues, may with propriety be mingled 

 together there, as in the borders near the balustrades, where 

 they have a very good effect so interspersed ; the geometrical 

 beds having each its own particular colour. In the centre 

 is a fountain, or a vase on a pedestal, and Irish yews, or 

 cypresses, at each corner. 



In fig. 2 of Plate Til. are various patterns ; which may be 

 selected or varied, according to the design of the intended 

 garden ; as its distribution and plan may depend on its size, 

 position, and various circumstances. These patterns are only 



