zo The Theory Part L 



You fiiould obfervc^ in placing and diftributing the fe- 

 veral Parts of .a Garden^ always to oppofe them one to the 

 other : For Example ; A Wood to a Parterre, or a Bowling- 

 green,- and not to put all the Parterres on one Side, and all 

 the Wood on the other nor to fet a Bowling-green againft 

 a Bafon, which would be one Gap againft another : This 

 muft be conftantly avoided, by fetting the Full againft tht 

 Void, and Flat-works againft the Raifed^ to make a Con- 

 trariety. 



And this Diverfity fhould be kept not only in the gene- 

 ral Defign of a Garden^ but likewife in each diftin£t Piece ^ 

 as, if two Groves are upon the Side of a Parterre, tho' 

 their outward Form and Dimenfions are equal, you ftiould 

 not, for that Reafon, repeat the fame Defign in both, but 

 make them different within. For it would be very difagree- 

 able to find, the fame Thin^ on both Sides and, when a 

 Man has feen one, to have Noth-ing to invite his Curiofity 

 rhe Garden of to fee the Other ; . which makes a Garden, fo repeated^ juftly 

 f.Jr Sf.« reckoned no .more than half a Defign. This Fault was for- 

 both side's. merly very common ^ but is notfo of late, every one being 

 now convinced^ that the greateft Beauty of Gardens is Va- 

 riety. The' feveral Parts of each Piece fliould alfo be di- 

 versify ed, as, if aBafon be circular^ the Walk that furrounds 

 it fhould be Oilangular and fo of Bowling-greens, and 

 Grafs-Plots^ that are in the midft of Groves. 



The fame Works fliould never be repeated on both Sides ' 

 but in open Places, where the Eye, by comparing them to- 

 gether, may judge of their Conformity, as in Parterres^ 

 Bowling-greens, Groves opened in Compartiments, and 

 Quincunces. But in Groves formed of Palifades and tall 

 Trees, the Defigns and Out-parts fliould be always varied; 

 which^ thoVdifferent^ ought, however, to have luch Rela-^ 

 tion and Agreement with each other in their Lines and 

 Ranges, as to make the Openings^ Glades^ and Viftas^ re- 

 gular and agreeable. 



In the Bufinefs of Defigns^ you fliould ftudioufly avoid 

 the Manner that is mean and pkiful, and always aim at that 

 which is great and noble not making little Cabinets and' 

 M^^S ^^^^^ ijke Bowl-diflics, and Alleys fo narrow, 



that 



