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| Augutt. comes more of the Nature of River Water ; and retired Wifits to a Garden ; and even thofe who Auguft. q 
rime that is fofteit and warmeft where there is leaft | have not Underftandings exalted enough for that, a 
Current. * | have in its Place a mufing Sedatenefs.. Nothing 
- The Water of Ponds is warmeft when they are | fo much difpofes to this as one of thefe fhallow 
{halloweft and moft expofed. On thefe Principles | Brooks: a Man may look on them and muf for 
the Gardener is to judge of Water in whatever Hous ie... | | 
State. co eee sg EE ie The Folly of Water-works is over, but that 
For Ornament, nothing can be fo happy as | was a vain and frivolous Attempt of Art: this 
the Choice of fuch a Piece of Ground. as we | 1s Nature. = a 
have recorttmended, where there runs a {mall ‘The Expence of thofe artificial Works was 
River at its Bottom. ¥ | very great, and they were always out of order. 
‘If there be Springs in the higher Ground, If this natural Advantage can be obtained it lafts 
‘their Courfe muft be ‘turned ‘fo as to decorate | for ever. hs | 
and refrefh the feveral Parts of the Garden; and} If there be a Spring upon the higher Part of 
either for the detaining a Part of this, or for | the Ground, this is the next Thing to a River 
lodging and holding’ the Rain Water which runs } at the Bottom: it may be thrown into many 
from the higher Part of the Ground, Ponds muft | Forms, and it will be always ufeful as well as 
be dug in concealed Places, that there never may | pleafing. . ey. 
want a Supply. ar. We fhall clofe this eflential Article of Choice 
If the Bottom will not hold it muft be’ clayed, | of the Spot, with a few Obfervations on the Ad- 
and there fhould be a larger Number of thefe Ponds | vantages and Difadvantages of other Situations, 
in Proportion to the Extent of the Ground; or if and the Ufes to be made of this; and in the 
Gt be fall, one near the Centre. pede | fucceeding Chapters on this Head, fhall attempt 
The Succefs of Plantations, and the thriving | the Difpofition upon rational Principles, 
Growth of almoft all Kinds of Plants, depends on Tf there be not a Piece of Ground in the in- 
Watering in dry Seafons: the Defigner fhould | tended Part of the Country which has thofe Re- 
remember how often this will be neceflary, and | quifites we have named for the Perfection of a 
‘he fhould contrive in Time that the Labour of | Garden, the Choice will fall upon high Grounds, 
carrying it be not too great;- | or Flats, and the Determination is ealy: on high 
In regard to the ornamental Ufe of Water, | Grounds, befide the Bleaknefs and Expofure, 
nothing fhould be introduced for that Purpofe, | there is naturally a Want of Water; Winds 
but the running: Coolnefs is one of the great | have too much Power, and it is almoft impof- 
Recommendatigns of a Garden, and nothing re- | fible to keep up a flourithing and healthy Afpect. 
frefhes the Ait, or gives the Appearance of For this, and for the Convenience of Approach, 
Coolnefs, aswell as the Reality, like running | the Choice falls upon the plain or flat Country. 
Water. | | There will be Water in Abundance, and a mild 
_ Whatever we admire moft in Nature, we fhould | Air ; every Thing will flourifh; and the ereateft 
endeavour to introduce in Gardens; and there is | Defect will be, that of Profpect. eS 
no Summer Sight ‘fo pleafing as a fhallow and] Let the Gardener take Care that though he 
-fwift Rivulet polifhing the Pebbles, and murmur- | fix upon a flat Country, it be not on a low Part 
ing as it runs among them. of its for in the plaineft Countries there is 9 much 
All ftanding Waters are apt to grow foul, ‘and | Choice. ue 
they favour the Produétion of Infeéts. They are Let him obferve how high Floods rife, and 
ufeful, but they fhould be kept ‘out of Sight, 
~and as much as poffible at a Diftance from the 
more elegant Parts of’ the Garden: they look of- 
fenfive when foul, and they taint the Air, and they 
promote Vermin. 
The Coolnefs,: the Frefhnefs, and the flourith- 
ing Condition of a Garden depend in a very great | 
Degree on Water; therefore never let the Place 
be fixed upon that wants this Advantage, though 
take Care that he be not in danger of overflowing 
in Winter; and that the Soil be not too moift 
for the Reception of Plants of every Kind. Mott 
Kinds require Watering at certain Times, but 
few will bear to have the Mould continually wet 
about their Roots. 
If fuch a Difadvantage be found after the 
Choice has been made, and the Work begun, a 
Pond funk in fome proper Place may drain the 
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it have every other we have named: and, on the | reft, and be ufeful in the double Capacity of pre- 
contrary, where there is the Benefit of a running venting Drought in Summer, and overflowing in _ 
Water, it will be worth while to combat Difad- | Winter. In general, with due Regard to other | 
vantages in many other Refpects. It is the Life | Articles; the making of a Garden is eafier and 
and Soul of a Garden, its great Elegance, and cheaper upon a plain or flat Piece of Ground; tho? 
great Ornament: Meditation is the Object in the ! upon a rifing Spot it will be more elegant. | 
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