THE SCOTS GARD'NER 



CHAPTER I 



HOW TO MAKE THE WORKS ABOUT A HOUSE 

 REGULAR 



As the sun is the centre of this world ; as the heart 

 of man is the centre of man ; as the nose is the centre 

 of the face ; and as it is unseemly to see a man want- 

 ing a leg, one arme, &c., or his nose standing at one 

 side the face, or not streight, or wanting a cheek, 

 ane eye, ane ear, or with one (or all of them) great 

 at one side and small on the other ; just so with 

 the house-courts, avenues, gardens, orchards, &c., 

 where regularity or uniformity is not observed. 



My designe, by contrivance, is to prevent the con- 

 sequences of inadvertency, or the abrupt procedure 

 in inclosing and planting. Here in the entrance you 

 may take a view of a house which I have invented. 

 It is but little, yet very commodious and cheap. 

 There are only four rooms on a floor (you may have 

 closets within the wall), all of which have their 

 entry from the stayr (yet communication betwixt), 

 and the door is in the middle ; and there are ten 

 steps up to the first story (which is hall or dining- 



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