Chap. III. of Gardening. 



little Channels, and falls foaming into Bafons, where there 

 are Water-Spouts : On the Side of thefe Channels are fmall 

 Stands of Water, which are continivd to the very lower End, 

 as well as the Bafonsand Spouts of this Cafcade,- all which 

 difcharge their Water into the Canal, out of the Middle 

 whereof rifes a very large Jet d'eau. There may be fmall 

 Boats to go upon this Canal^ and it ferves likewife for an In- 

 clofure, and to feparate the Park and Garden. The Foreft- 

 Wood that accompanies this Cafcade is cut with diagonal 

 Walks, and a large circular one, where you find Crofs-Paths 

 and Green-Plots. .The Diagonals lead you by Alleys that 

 return Square into four Cabinets all different. In the two 

 upon the Right you have a great Circle, environed with a Pa- 

 lifade cut into Arcades, with an odangular Bowling-green 

 in the Middle, and a long Hall, with Niches cut for Figures,, 

 and two Sinkings for Shells and Buffets of Water : In the 

 Middle is a Grafs-work after the Englijh Manner, encom- 

 paffed with a Flower-Border. The two Groves on the Left 

 confift of a green Hall, with a Row of Trees that ftand de- 

 tached, and a clofe Walk in Cants, formed by plafliing the 

 Trees into a natural Arbor , the Middle is filled with a 

 Bowling-green fet out with Yews. 'Tis to be obfervM, that . 

 the Level of the Walks of thefe Groves ought to be kept to 

 that of the great Walk in the middle, and of thofe on the 

 Sides, which is fuppofed to be a gentle Sloping, by reafoB 

 of the Cafcade. 



The general Difpofition of the third Plate defcribes a 

 •Garden fituated on theRifingof aHiil, whofc Terraffes are 

 -upon the Side, to diftinguifli it from the foregoing Defign,^ 

 where they are in Front. The Building here is very plain^ 

 and has no Out-Courts, which makes this Delign lefs expen- 

 iive to execute than the others. The Court has two Pavili« 

 ons, with a large Grill between them, and a Bafs-Court 

 furrounded with Buildings, where there is a Dove-Houfe 

 and Watering-Place x Behind the Bafs-Court are four 

 -Squares of Kitchen-Garden, with a Bafon in the Middle^ 

 On the other Side of the Court is a fmall Terrafs, which 

 ^ranges with the Left Pavilion at the Entrance and the Corner 

 '-of -the Houfe, and leads you along by the Court into 



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