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The Theory 



Part I. 



lu Arbrif- 



ing Shrubs, as 



Ifoyiey-fucklesy 

 Perfian Li- 

 lacks y 5cc. 

 V)hich are kept 

 to four or five 

 Foot high at 



the Garden.' In Front of the Houfc, you find upon a long- 

 Terrafs fix Quarters of Parterre^ with a large Alley in the 

 Middle^ and one on each Side, with Crofs Alleys to divide 

 the Quarters ; two of which are of Embroidery, two of 

 Compartiment, with a great Bafon in the Middle ; and the 

 two others after the EngUJh Manner, furrounded with a 

 Border cut, and garniihed with Flowers, Yews, and 

 Shrubs. ' The End of this Terrafs is terminated by an 

 Opening, which the French call a Ckire-voi'e^ or an Ah, Ah, 

 with a dry Ditch at the Foot of it. From this Terrafs 

 you go up Steps at each End, and againft the Bafon, to a 

 higher Terrafs, where you have a large Wood-work cut in- 

 to a Star, with a circular Alley, and eight Crofs-ways ; in 

 the Middle is a Water-work, with ajetd'eau, which ferves 

 for a Refervoir, or Confervatory, for the other Bafon be- 

 low ; on the Side is a green Gallery, compalfed about with 

 Standards and Grafs-Plots with Figures. This Gallery is 

 accompanie^d with a large double Walk, and a Green-Plot 

 in the Middle, which leads to the Houfe. 



As to the Gardens below, you go down from the Ter- 

 rafs before the Houfe by two Defcents of Steps, which 

 bring you on another Terrafs, that has two Bowling-greens 

 with Oval Bafons, an open Grove in Compartiment, and 

 a Quincunee all of them fet out with Figures and Green- 

 Plots, and divided by Alleys, anfwering thofe of the up- 

 per Terraifes. This Terrafs is fupported by a Slope of 

 Grafs^ in which are three feveral Defcents to another Ter- 

 rafs, half of which is taken up by a Canal, or large Square 

 of Water, with a Jet in the Middle of it. The reft is a 

 Wood-work, planted in a very handfome Compartiment : 

 This Terrafs is fuftained, as the other^ by a Slope of Grafs, 

 with a Ditch at the Foot of it, which lies without the Gar- 

 den. Thefe four Terraifes are bordered with Yews, Cafes, 

 and Flowering-Shrubs ; and are fet off with many other Or- 

 naments, as may be eafily conceived, without farther Ex- 

 plication. - 



The fourth Plate contains two different Difpofitions of 

 fmall Gardens^ fit for the Houfes of Private Perfons. 



The 



