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in the Tan-bed, their Roots will run 

 out through the Holes in the Bot- 

 tom of the Pots, and extend to a 

 great Diftance in the Tan : and 

 •when this happens, if their Roots are 

 torn, or cut off, the Plants feldcm 

 furvive it. When the Plants root 

 into theTan, they grow very luxuri- 

 ant, and cannot be kept within rea- 



• fonable Compafs ; but on theirRocts 

 'being dilturb'd, their Branches will 



hang, and their Leaves mrivel up, 

 and drop off. Therefore, to keep 

 'thefe Plants within Bounds, they 

 'mould be drawn up out of the Tan, 

 -at leaftonce in three Weeks, during 

 the Summer-Seafon ; and the Plants 

 fhifted out of the Pots once in two 

 Months : with thisManagementthey 

 may be continued feveral Years. 



WATER is one of :hemoft con- 

 1 fiderable Requifites belonging to a 

 - Garden : if a Garden be without it, 

 it brings a certain Mortality upon 

 ' whatsoever is planted. By Watcr- 



• ings the great Droughts in Summer 

 -arc allay'd, which would infallibly 

 ; burn up moil Flants, had we not 



the Help of Water to qualify the 

 excefiive Heats ; befides, as to noble 

 Seats, the Beauty which Water will 

 add to them in making Jets d'Eau, 

 Canals, and Cafcades : therefore they 

 are fome of the nobleft Ornaments 



• of a Garden. 



WILDERNESSES, if rightly fi- 

 tuated, anfuily contrived, and judi- 

 cioufly planted, are very great Orna- 

 ments to a fine Garden ; but it is 

 rare to fee thefe fo well executed in 

 Gardens as could be wifh'd, nor is 

 it often they are judicioufly fituated: 

 for either they are fo fituated as to 

 hinder a dittant Profpecl, or elfe are 

 not judicioufly planted : the latter 

 of which is fcarce ever to be found 

 in any of our moil magnificent Gar- 

 dens, very few of their Defigners 

 ever iludying the natural Growth of 



Plants, fo as to place them in fuch 

 manner, that they may not oburuft 

 the Sight from the feveral Parts cf 

 the Plantation which are prefented 

 to theView : I fnall therefore briefly 

 fet down what has occurred to me 

 from time to time, when I have con- 

 fidefd thefe Parts ofGardens;where- 

 by a Perfon will be capable to form 

 an Idea of the true Beauties, which 

 ought always to be ftudie'd in the 

 Contrivance of WiidernefTes. 



1. Wilderneffes mould always be 

 proportioned to the Extent of the 

 Gardens in which they are made, 

 that they m?y correfpond in Magni- 

 tude with the other Parts of theGar- 

 den ; for it is very ridiculous to fee 

 a large Wikiernefs planted with tall 

 Trees in a fmall Spot of Ground ; 

 and, on the other hand, nothing can 

 be moreabfurd, than to fee little pal- 

 try Squares orQuarters of Wildernefs- 

 work, in a magnificent large Garden. 



2. As to the Situation of Wilder- 

 neffes, they mould never be placed 

 too near the Habitation ; becauie 

 the great Quantity of Moifture 

 which is perfpired from the Trees, 

 will caufe a damp unwholfome Air 

 about the Houfe, which is often of 

 ill Confequence : nor mould they 

 be fituated fo as to obftruct any di- 

 itant Profpecl of the Country; which 

 mould always be preferved where- 

 ever it can be obtained ; there be- 

 ing nothing fo agreeable to the 

 Mind as an unconfined Profpect of 

 the adjacent Country. But where 

 the Sight is confined within the Li- 

 mits of theGarden from its Situation, 

 then there is nothing fo agreea- 

 ble to terminate the Profpect, as a 

 beautiful Scene of the various Kinds 

 of Trees judicioufly planted ; and 

 if it is fo contrived, that the Termi- 

 nation is planted circularly, with 

 the Concave toward the Sight, it 

 will have a much better Effect, than 



