THE SCOTS GARDENER 



CHAPTER V 



HOW TO MAKE THE PLEASURE-GARDEN 



PLEASURE-GARDENSusethto be divided into walkes 

 and plots, with a bordure round each plot ; and at 

 the corner of each, may be a holly, or some such 

 shrub, train'd up, some pyramidal, others spheri- 

 cal ; the trees and shrubs at the wall well plyed and 

 prun'd, the greens thereon cut in several figures, 

 the walkes layed with gravel, and the plots within 

 the grass (in several places whereof may be flower- 

 pots), the bordures boxed, and planted with variety 

 of fine flowers orderly intermixt, weeded, mow'd, 

 rolled, and kept all clean and handsome. 



Plain draughts are only in use, and most prefer- 

 able : that which I esteem most is, plain straight 

 bordures and pathes running all one way, that is, 

 from the house, with one walke parting it in the 

 middle, leading to the house-door : and if the ground 

 be large, you may make one round by the wall too. 

 Let the bordures and pathes be both of a breadth, 

 viz., six foot ; box the bordures, plant them with 

 flowers ; lay the pathes, as well as the walkes, with 

 gravel ; plant the walls with fruit and flower-bear- 

 ing trees variously. 



Outer-courts have only one bordure at the wall, 

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