THE SCOTS GARDENER 



shade, and also of avenues where the front of the 

 house, jammes, courts, or pavilions are to be ob- 

 served : for the breadth of the court should be at 

 least the whole length of the house-front ; and if 

 two jammes, the middle walke of the avenue may 

 be the breadth of the jammes ; or the mid-walk the 

 breadth of the whole front, and the side walks the 

 breadth of the pavilions, which are on the corners 

 of the court ; or divide the house-front in three, 

 making the middle walk the just breadth of both 

 the side ones : so shall they be every way lineall, 

 but do not mask a fine front or veyle a pleasant 

 prospect. The length of the avenue, it should run 

 so farr as (when we stand at the house) we may 

 lose sight of the farr end, if possible. When it runs 

 over a brae, then to the eye it appears infinitum, 

 and where that cannot be had, it doth very well 

 where the sight terminates in a grove or circle of 

 firrs. 



The distance of trees is sometimes according to 

 the quality of the ground, or trees to be planted ; 

 sometimes to the number of rowes, or as the figure 

 to be planted will best admit. If a good soyl, plant 

 at the wider distance ; if 4 rows, as in an avenue, 

 plant at 5, 6, 7, or 8 ells distance ; if two single rows, 



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