The Theory Part L 



Partekres of Cut-workj tho' not fo fafliionable at 

 prefent^ are however not unworthy our Regard. They dif- 

 fer from the others^ in that all the Parts which compofe 

 them fhould be cut with Symmetry^ and that they admit 

 neither of Grafs nor Embroidery, but only Borders edged 

 with Box, that ferve to raife Flowers in ^ and by means of 

 a Path of convenient Breadth that runs round each Piece^ 

 you may walk through the whole Parterre without hurting 

 any Thing : All thefe Paths fliould be fanded. 



Parterres of Embroidery, being the fineft, fliould 

 poffefs the principal Place, and lie next the Building : Thofe 

 of Compartiment fliould accompany them ; and the Par- 

 terres after the Englijh Fafliion may ferve to fill up the 

 greater Spaces and in the Orangeries, and then we call it 

 Parterre d'Orangerie. Thofe of Cut-work are proper for 

 fmall Places where you would raife Flowers, and then 'tis 

 called, likewife. Parterre Fleurifte. 



I HAVE already mentioned, that the proper Place for 

 Parterres is near the Building, as they are the richeft Pieces 

 of a Garden ; and their Breadth fliould be that of the whole 

 Excent of the Body of the Houfe, or fomewhat more ; as to 

 their Length, they fliould not exceed a jufl: Proportion, but 

 that the Eye being near the Building, may from thence dif- 

 cover all the Embroidery and Compartiments. 



You may difp^f^ Parterres feveral ways, as the Place 

 lhall require ; either by cutting them into two long Quar- 

 ters repeated with an Alley between them, or making only 

 one Square of Embroidered-work, with Walks upon the 

 Sides; or cutting it by Diagonal Walks, in Form of S.An-^ 

 drew^s Crofs ; and fometimes into Quarters arched at one 

 End y of all which you have Examples in the following 

 Plates. 



It muft be obferved, that at prefent large Yews, and the 

 like Shrubs, are not made ufe of in Parterres, becaufe thefe 

 dififering very much from the Woods and Walks of tall 

 Trees, that make the raifed Works of a Garden, fliould be 

 fiat, eaven, and difengaged, as open Places ; for when large 

 Yews are fetin it, a Parterre looks like a. Wood, dims the 

 Sight,^ and hide5. the Beauty of the Buildings that areufually 



