Chap. VIII. 



Of PortiCGSy BouoerSy and Cabinets of 

 Arhor-nxiork, Figures^ and other Or- 

 namentSy ferving to the Decoration 

 and Embellijhment oJ Gardens. 



LTHOUGH I have juft now^fpoke^ in ge- 

 neral, of all the Parts that conftitute a fine 

 Garden, I ought not, however, to omit fay- 

 ing fomewhat alfo of what ferves to its De- 

 coration and Embellifhment. In this I fhall 

 be very circumfpeft, being unwilling, here, 

 to propofe Examples out of the Reach of private Perfons, 

 who might poffibly find Difficulties that would hinder the 

 Execution of them. 



The Charges I am now going to fpeakof, demand a 

 Royal Purfe^ and are to "be undertaken only by Princes, 

 Minifters of State, and Perfons of the higheft Quality. 

 'Tis not fo much the Fafliion at prefent, to make Por- 

 *Treiiiage. ticos. Arbors, and Cabinets of Lattice-work, in Gardens, 

 yet they ought flill to be made in fome Places j and 'tis cer- 

 tain, thefe Pieces of Architecture, well difpofed, have 

 fomething in them very beautiful and magnificent ^ they 

 vraife and improve the natural Beauty of Gardens extremely ^ 

 but as they are very chargeable to make and keep up, and 

 continually liable to decay, moft People are out of Conceit 

 with them. 



AsattheWo- There have been Works of this Kind done in fome 

 ^^d^l^lf^^' Gardens formerly, that coft at leaft twenty thoufand 

 Louyois/ Crowns, which are now almoft entirely ruin'd, there being 



nothing 



