Ch ap. II. of Gardening. ^ 



•ioV a ereat deal of Level, and a- good Quantity of Water; 

 fof if theDefcentbetooquiek, as in a Garden planted on J^^^oM 

 'the Declivity of a Mountam, one iliall otten have the Uil- lemerwdi- 

 r fatisfadion to fee the Trees torn up and carried off by the ^^^^P'^^: 

 Torrents and Floods of -Water, the barth above tumbled on 

 that "below the Walks all fpoil'd, and the Walls thrown pmhper 

 down-; in -a word, there is no keeping a Garden neat alid ^1^^}^^^ 

 in good Order, wliilft it is fubjea to fo many Accidents : i^dius de iie 

 Whereas, where the Declivity is eafy, and infenhble ; and ruftica,Ub. u 



- efpecially where it abounds m Springs, you 11 hnd the molt 

 wholefome and moft agreeable Situation that can be ; bemg rreaiifi of 

 AelterM, by 'the Top qf the Hill, from the Fury of the [J-J-^^^^ 

 Winds and the violent Heats of the Sun, you polieis a tem- - LaCLsinti- 



vperate'Air; the Water tha.t comes down fro ni tiie .upper 2'j'^^6T'' 

 Part of the Hill, makes Fountains, Canals, and, if you ^ ^^ 

 ftleafe Cafcades, for the Ornament of your Garden. The 



Jame Waters having done this Office, find their natural 

 Courfe into the Valleys, and render the Place extremely 

 wholefome too, when they do not ftagnate, or lodge on ffj 

 which is to be underftood as well of Rain as Spring-Water. 



- - The Situation on the Plain, or Flat, has likewije ifs 

 Advanta'^es ; even its Surface is lefs tirefome to walk on, 



^and not & chargeable to Iceep, as that on the Hill-Side : Ter- 

 rafs-Walls, Slopes, and Steps, being no way necelTary her|r. 



:-The Floods' and great Rains make no Spoil in this, which is 

 a Point very conhderable in a Garden. .On the. Flat, one 

 enjoys a fine natural Level, and an Air even more pur e tha.n 

 «pon the Hiil-Side: Vaft Ca-mpains interfered by Rivers, 



■Ponds and Brooks, fine Meadows, and HiUs covered with 

 Buildings, or Wood,, continually pr^fent themlelves 'to 

 Sight and form fo natural and agreeable a Perfpe^tive, tliac 

 w? cln ntwtx fet too high a Value on it ; befides the^Pleafure 

 of Fiiliing it affords us, and the Convcniency of Water- 



^Carriage of whatever we ftand in need of. - 

 The Generality of Men are pretty .much divided upon 



■ this Choice; fome like tlie Hill-Side beft; others preferring 

 the Plaiir.-> I therefore leave the Reader to determine this 

 Point Hmfelf, having recoun|ed^to himthe ieveral Advafi- 

 tages- oft oiie- and th§ Atlier.S.ituation, . I Ikall only aiid, xn 



