Chap. Ill ' of Gardening. 



The Difpofition of the firft Figure may be performed in 

 the Space of five or fix Acres, and yet comprehends all that 

 can be wifhed for in fo fmall a Garden. You enter in Front 

 of the Building into a Court adorned with Grafs-Plots and 

 Walks, accompanied on the Left with a Bafs-Court, behind 

 which, is a Nurfery: Upon the Right is a Kitchen-Ground 

 walled in. The Houfe ftands detached, and, by the two 

 Grills on the Sides, parts the Garden from the Court. 'Tis 

 a fmgle Range of Building, with different Fronts that on 

 the Court Side breaks out with a Pavilion in the Middle, 

 which has Steps beneath ; the Garden Front has a Pavilion 

 with Steps at each End. On the Sides there are Crofs-walks, 

 terminated by Grills the whole Breadth of the Walk. In 

 Front of the Building is a Parterre, with Walks cut diago- 

 nally, or like St. Andrew' % Crofs, to which you enter at the 

 Ends that anfwer the two Defcents from the Pavilions. On 

 the two Wings of this Parterre there are two Alleys facing^ 

 the Grills of the Court, which are terminated by Figures 

 and Niches made in the Pahfade of Wood. Upon the Side 

 of thefe Alleys are two Groves \ the one a green Hall, with 

 a Bowling-green ; and the other a clofe Walk, , made by a 

 natural Arbor i both of them adorned with Figures that 

 face one another. Beyond thefe Groves you find a large 

 double Crofs-walk, planted with Horfe-Chefnuts^ and 

 Yews between them, anfwering the great Bafon at the 

 End of the Parterre, which is feen from all the Walks^ 

 and chiefly from the great double Walk before the Houfe^ 

 which runs from one End to the other. This Walk is 

 very large, and cuts into a tall Wood ^ in the midft of 

 which is a great Circle, where the Lines of a Star made 

 in the Wood meet and concenter : Thefe are interfered by 

 other ftrait Alleys, with four circular Crofs-ways, aad Dia- 

 gonals, that center vipon the two Bafons at the Ends. The 

 Bafon \hat terminates this great Walk is ii> Cants, and is 

 feen from the Crofs-walk at the End. This whole Line is. 

 terminated by a large Grill beyond the Bafon ; and along 

 the Wall is a thin Gut of Wood, as well to hide it, as to. 

 make the Garden appear the bigger. At each Corner ire 



Niches 



