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Of the Wtfpofition and general Difiri- 

 but ion of Gardens. 



O make a complete Difpofition and Diftribution 

 of a general Plan, Refped niuft be had to the 

 Situation of the Ground : For the greatefc Skill 

 in the right ordering of a Garden is, throughly 

 to vinderftand, and confider the natural Advan- 

 tages andDefeds of the Place 5 to make ufe of the one, and 

 to redrefs the other : Situations differing in every Garden. 



The Variety and Diverfity of the Compofition con- 

 tributes no Icfs to complete a Garden, than the mofi: dif- 

 creet and well-contriv'd Diftribution; fince, in the Opinion 

 of every one, the Gardens thai: aiEford the greatefl Variety^ 

 are the mofi: valuable and magnificent. 



'Tis, therefore, the great Bufinefs of an Architedi, or 

 Defigner of Gardens, when he contrives a handfome Plan^' 

 with his utmoft Art and good OEconomy to improve the 

 natural Advantages, and to redrefs the Imperfedlions, Shel- 

 vings, and Inequalities of the Ground. With thefe Pre- 

 cautions he iliould guide and reftrain the Impeixi-ofity of 

 his Genius, never fwerving from Reafoii, but conftar/dy 

 fubmitting, and conforming himfelf to that vi^-Iiich fuits 

 beft with the natural Situation of the Place* 



This is no fuch erfy Task, as fome imadne, a fine 

 Garden being no lefs difficult 10 contrive and order well^ 

 than a rood building 5 and that which makes a great many 

 Architeds, and faeh as take upon them to give Deligns of 

 Gardening, often mifcarry, is, that mofc of them form 

 Defigns ia/che Air, no v/ay proper for the Situation of the 

 Place, and at bcfcbut ftoln^ and pick'd hereaxid diere from- 

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