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if It end in flrait Lines or Angle;, 

 which are never fo agreeable to the 

 Mind. 



3. The Plants mould, always be 

 adapted to the Size of the Plantation; 

 for 'tis very abfurd to Tee tall Trees 

 planted in fmall Squares of a litile 

 Garden; and fo likewife, if in large 

 Defigns are planted nothing bat 

 fmall Shrubs, it will have a mean 

 Appearance. It fliould a'.fo be ob- 

 fei'ved, never to plant Ever-greens 

 among!! deciduous Trees ; unlefs it 

 be toward the Front or Borders of 

 the Plantation chiefly in Sight ; be- 

 caufe thefe afford a continual Plea- 

 fure both in Summer and Winter, 

 when in the latter Seafon the deci- 

 duous Trees do not appear fo agree- 

 able : therefore, if the Borders of 

 W:ldernefs-quarters are fkirtcd with 

 Ever-green, they will have a good 

 Effect 



4. The Walks mult alfo be pro- 

 portion^ to the Size of the Ground, 

 and not make large Walks in a 

 fmall Wildernefs (nor too many 

 "Walks, though fmaller), whereby 

 the greatcft Part of the Ground is 

 cmployM in Walks : nor mould the 

 grand Walks of a large Wildernefs 

 be too fmall, both of which are 

 equally faulty. Thefe Walks fhould 

 not be enter'd immediately from 

 thofe of tne Fleafure-garden ; but 

 rather be led into by a fmall private 

 Walk, which will render it more en- 

 tertaining : or if the large Walk be 

 turned in Form of a Serpent, fo as 

 not to {hew its whole Extent, the 

 Mind wiil be better pleas'd, than if 

 the Whole were open to the Vew. 



The ufual Method of contriving 

 .WilderneiTcs is, to divide the whole 

 Cornpafs' of Ground, either into 

 Squares, Angles, Circle^ or other 

 Figures, making the Walks corre- 

 fpondeiirto them ; planting theSides 

 of the Walks with Hed^ei of Lime, 



Elm, tlornbeam, &c. and the Quar- 

 ters within are planted with various 

 Kinds of Trees promifcuoufly with- 

 out Order. But this can by no means 

 be efteemed a judicious Method ; be-- 

 caufe hereby there will be a great 

 Expencein keeping the Hedges of a 

 large Wildernefs in good Order, 

 which, inftead of being beautiful, 

 are rather the reverfe ; for as thefe 

 Parts of a Garden fhould, in a great 

 meafure, be defign'd from Nature, 

 fo whatever has the ftiff Appearance 

 of Art does by no means correfpond 

 therewith. Befides, thefe Hedges 

 are generally trained up fo high, as 

 to obfi:ruc~t the Sight from the Trees 

 in the Quarters, which ought never 

 to be done. 



In the next place, the Walks are 

 commonly made to interfett each 

 other in Angles ; which alfo (hews 

 too formal and trite for fuch Plan- 

 tations, and are by no means com- 

 parable to fuch Walks as have the 

 Appearance of Meanders or Laby- 

 rinths, where the Eye cannot d'feo- 

 ver more than twenty or thirty Yards 

 in Length ; and the more thefe 

 Walks are turn'd, the greater Plea- 

 fure they will afford. Thefe mould 

 now- and -then lead into an open cir- 

 lar Piece of Grafs ; in the Centre of 

 which may be plac'd either an O'oe- 

 li/k, Statue, or Fountain ; and if in 

 the middle Part of the WildernciTes 

 there be contrived a large Opening, 

 in the Centre of which may be erect- 

 ed a Dome or Binqueting-houfe, fur- 

 rounded with a green Plot of Grafs,, 

 it will be a conquerable Addition to 

 the Beautv of the Place. 



From the Sides of the Walks and 

 Openings, the Trees mould rife 

 gradually one above another to the 

 Middle of theQoarters, where mould 

 always be planted the largeit grow- 

 ing Trees, fo that the Heads of ail 

 the Trees will appear to the View ; 



