FART VI. 



ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



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CHAPTER III. 



OF THE SUBJECTS OP ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



These are, Parterres of different kinds ; Botanic Gardens ; 

 Hot-houses ; Conservatories, &c. Small Groups of Shrubs and 

 Flowers placed upon Lawn ; Shrubberies, and Pleasure-grounds. 



1. Parterres. — The form, extent, and kinds of these are 

 various, from the general flower-garden to be met with in seve- 

 ral places of England, as at Nuneham, Beaumont Hall, &c. 

 to the remains of the antient French parterre, containing the 

 arms of the family cut out in box, divisions of sand and shell 

 work, and trees shaped into men and animals, as at Wentworth 

 Castle and Levens Park*. 



In ornamental gardens or parterres of every kind, the soil 

 should be unmanured, and rather poor than otherwise ; but 

 the situation and exposure should be good, and the surface of 

 the ground beautifully varied. Their extent must be in propor- 



* Laid out by King James the Vlth's Gardener, 

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