62 TH E PLEASURE, OR [Jan. 



Sow the various kinds of hawthorn, holly, red cedar, yew, meze- 

 reon, juniper, sweet bay, English and Portugal laurel berries; 

 likewise the seeds of hornbeam, ash, spindle-tree, bladder-nut, and 

 all the other kinds of tree and shrub seeds which require a year's 

 preparation previous to sowing, as noticed in February. The 

 sooner now these kinds of seeds are sown the better, provided the 

 ground be dry, and that it works loose and light. 



For particular instructions respecting the sowing of these seeds, 

 &c. see February and March. 



THE PLEASURE, OR FLOWER GARDEN. 



Ornamental Designs and Planting. 



The district commonly called the Pleasure, or Flower Garden, 

 or pleasure-ground, may be said to comprehend all ornamental 

 compartments or divisions of ground surrounding the mansion; 

 consisting of lawns, plantations of trees and shrubs, flower com- 

 partments, walks, pieces of water, &c, whether situated wholly 

 within the space generally considered as the pleasure-garden, or 

 extended to the adjacent fields, parks, or other out-grounds. 



In designs for a pleasure-ground, according to modern garden- 

 ing, consulting rural disposition in imitation of nature, all too 

 formal works being almost abolished, such as long straight walks, 

 regular intersections, square grass-plats, corresponding parterres, 

 quadrangular and angular spaces, and other uniformities, as in 

 ancient designs; instead of which are now adopted rural open 

 spaces of grass-ground, of various forms and dimensions, and 

 winding walks, all bounded with plantations of trees, shrubs, and 

 flowers, in various clumps; other compartments are exhibited in a 

 variety of imitative rural forms, such as curves, projections, open- 

 ings and closings in imitation of natural assemblage; having all the 

 various plantations and borders open to the walks and lawns. 



For instance, a grand and spacious open lawn of grass-ground is 

 generally first presented immediately to the front of the mansion, 

 or main habitation; sometimes widely extended on both sides to 

 admit of a greater prospect, &c, and sometimes more contracted 

 towards the habitation; widening gradually outwards, and having 

 each side embellished with plantations of shrubbery, clumps, 

 thickets, &c. in sweeps, curves, and projections towards the lawn, 

 with breaks or opens of grass-spaces at intervals between the dif- 

 ferent plantations; together with serpentine gravel walks, winding 

 under the shade of the trees: extended plantations ought also to be 

 carried round next the outer boundary of the pleasure ground, 

 when extensive; in various openings and closings, having gravel 

 walks winding through them, for shady and private walking; and in 

 the interior divisions of the ground, serpentine winding walks 



