THE 



THEO RYznd PRACTICE 



GARDENING: 



wherein is fully handlecl 



All that relates to Fine Gardens, 



COMMONLY CALLED 



PLEASURE-GARDENS, 



As Parterres^ Groves^ Bo wtiNG-GREEKS^da 



CONTAINING 



Divers P l a n and general Difpofitions of G a d e n s ; 

 new Defigns of Parterres, Groves, Grafs-Plots, Mazes^ Ban-^ 

 queting-Rooms, Galleries, Portico's, and Summer-Houfes of 

 Arbor-Work; Terraffes, Stairs, Fountains, Cafcades, and the 

 like Ornaments, of Ufein the Decoration and Embelliftiment 

 of Gardens^ 



WITH 



The Mann:^r of laying out the Ground^ cutting the Terratfes^ 

 and of Drawing and Executing all forts of Defigns, according to the 

 Principles of Geometry. 



THE 



Method of Planting, and Raifmg, in little time, all the Plants re- 



quifite in Fine GaRDSNSo 

 ALSO 



That of difcovering Water, conveying It into Gardens, and of making Bafonis and 



Fountains for the fame. 



TOGETHER WITH 



Remarks and general Rules in all that concerns the A R T of Q A R D E N I N G« 



Vone from the French Original^ printed at Paris^ Anno 170^, 



By John James of Greenwich 



LONDON.- 



Printed by Ceo^ James, and fold by Maurice At'kins 

 at the Colden- Bdl in S. Pm h Church-Yard. 

 MDCGXIL 



