The Theory -^^ Part IJ 



tie fpoileH'by ihe Torrents, and require a coriftant Charge 

 .to maintain them. 



Garden s with Terraffes have their peculiar Worth and 

 Beauty^ in that from the Height of one Terrafs you difco-' 

 ver all the lower Part of the Garden ; and from others, you 

 fee the Compartimehts, which form fo many Several Gar- 

 dens one under another, and prefent y<5U with very agree- 

 able VieAVS, and different Scenes of Things, provided thd 

 Terraffes are not too frequent, and there be good Length^' 

 of Level between them. Thefe Gardens lie very advanta- 

 geoufly alfo for Water, whi^h mayv be repeated from one 

 to another J but they are a great Charge to kee-p up^ aii^^ 

 doft a great deal the Making. -A bn£ pmcO 3>jT 

 ^ Tis to thefe different Situations, that tlie general Dif- 

 pofition of a Garden, and the Diftributiori of its Parts, 

 ought ever to be accommodated- This is fo evident, that 

 an excellent Defign^ which would be very proper for '-* 

 'Garden flat and upon a perfect Level^ would be good for' 

 nothing in a Ground cut* afunder by divers Terralfes^ which 

 ■break off both the Level and the Continuity. ;^ 



The four following Plates afford Examples of all thefe 

 feveral Situations, and give the Idea of what may be per-^ 

 formed in them of the beft Contrivance. The Dengns may 

 perhaps appear too magnificent, andtoo coftly^ to be put 

 in Execution ; and fo may all the other Defigns of this 

 Work : But you need take thofe only that you like ,* and 

 there is no doubt, but a compofed and elaborate Defign will 

 anfwer your End better than one that is altogether plain: 

 and ordinary. You may therefore take out what you think 

 for your^Purpofe J and for what concerns the Magnificence, 

 as Figures, Fountains^ Arbours, and other Ornaments, you^ 

 may retrench them ; or, in the place of Bafons and Water- 

 works, make ufe of Rounds and Green-Pbts, which ne- 

 verthelefs may do very well. > ^ = ^ 



Although I have determined the Size of thefe general 

 Plans to 60, 30, 20, or 10 Acres, you may neverthelefs 

 make ufe of them for greater or lelfer Grounds, by dimi- 

 ailhing or augmenting the Parts which compofc them;. 



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