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Shrubs, placed in the Middle of 

 large Quarters, under the Dropping 

 and Shade of large Trees, where 

 they feldom thrive; and if they do, 

 the Pleafure of them is loft, becaufe 

 they are fecluded from the Sight. If 

 thefe Quarters are (lightly dug every 

 Winter, it will keep the Ground 

 clean from noxious Weeds, and be 

 a great Benefit to the Trees. And 

 the Expence of doing this, where 

 Labour is cheap, cannot be very 

 confiderable, unlcfs in very great 

 Plantations. 



But, befide thefe grand Walks and 

 Openings (which mould always be 

 laid with Turf, and kept well mow- 

 ed), there fhould be fome fmaller 

 Serpcntme-walks through the Mid- 

 dle of the Quarters, where Perlons 

 may retire for Privacy. There need 

 be nothing but the Ground of the 

 Place made level, and kept hoed, to 

 clear it from Weeds, which will be 

 no great Trouble to do with a Dutch 

 Hoe ; which is broad, and will make 

 great Riddance; and then rake them 

 over to make them handfome. Thefe 

 Walks need not be very broad ; but 

 Ihould be turned in fuch a manner, 

 as not to deviate far from the Mid- 

 dle of the Quarter ; becaufe there the 

 Trees being largeit, will afford the 

 ampleft Shade-, fix or feven Feet will 

 be a iufEcient Width for thefe Walks, 

 in large Quarters ; but in fmall ones, 

 four Feet is full enough. By the 

 Sides of thefe private Walks may al- 

 io be fcattered fome Wood-flowers 

 and Plants, which, if artfully plant- 

 ed, will have a very good Effect. 



In the general Defign for thefe 

 Wildemeffes, it mould not be ftudied 

 to make the feveral Parts correfpond- 

 ent ; for that is fo formal and ftiff, 

 as to be now quite rejected : the 

 greater 'Diverfity there is in the Dif-~ 

 tribution of thefe Parts, the more 



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Pleafure they will afford : and Cince, 

 according to this Method of Defign- 

 ing and Planting, the different Parts 

 never prefent themfelves to the fame 

 Views, it is no matter how different 

 they are varied afunder ; that Part 

 of th,em which is molt in View from 

 the Houfe, or other Parts of the 

 Garden, may be planted with Ever- 

 greens; but the other Parts may be 

 planted with deciduous Trees in the 

 foregoing manner. 



The Part planted with Evergreens 

 may be difpofed in the following 

 manner ; wix. in the firft Line, next 

 the great Walks, may be placed Lau- 

 ruo-tinu?, Boxes, Spurge-laurel, Ju- 

 niper, Savin, and other dwarf Ever- 

 gteens. Behind thefe may be placed 

 Laurels, Hollies, Arbutus's, and 

 other Ever - greens of a larger 

 Growth. Next to. thefe may be pla- 

 ced Alaternus's, Phyllirea's, Yews, 

 Cypreffes, Virginian Cedars, and, 

 other Trees of the fame Growth ; 

 behind- thefe may be planted Nor- 

 way and Silver Firs, the True Pine, 

 and other Sorts of the like Growth ; 

 and in the Middle fhould be planted 

 Scotch Pines, Pinafter, and other of 

 of the largeft-growing Evergreens, 

 which will afford a moll delightful 

 Profpeft, if the different Shades of 

 their Greens are curioufly intermix- 

 ed. And in order to render the Va- 

 riety greater, there may be many 

 Kinds of hardy Ever-greens obtain'd 

 from the North Parts of America ; 

 as there are already fome in England, 

 which are very fit for this Purpofe, 

 and are mentioned in different Parts 

 of this Book. 



This manner of feparating the 

 Ever-greens from the deciduous 

 Trees will not only make a much 

 better Appearance, but alio caufe 

 them to thrive far beyond what they 

 ufually do when intermix d j there- 



