Chap. VIIL of Gardening. 71 



nothing but the Abundance of Iron that can keep them up 

 any confiderable Time* 



Arbors are diftinguifli'd into two Sorts, Natural, and 

 Artificial : Natural Arbors are formed only by the Branches 

 of Trees artfully interwoven, and fuftain'd byftrong Lat- 

 tice-work, Hoops, Poles, &c. which make Galleries, Por- 

 ticos, Halls, and green Villas, naturally covered. Thefe ne Arbors 

 Arbors are planted with Female-Elms, or Dutch Lime-Trees, ^ariy 

 with Horn-beam to fill up the Lower-part i thefe Sorts of ^'^(^1 

 Trees eafily yielding, and, by the great Quantity of their 

 fmall Boughs, forming a very thick BruHi-wood, You ' 

 Ihould obferve, above all Things, never to bend thefe Trees 

 till the fecond or third Year after they are planted, left, in 

 fo doing, you difturb their Roots too much, and hinder 

 them from ftriking firmly into the Earth. 



Artificia l-A r b o r s and Cabinets are made wholly 

 of Lattice-work, fupported by Standards, Crofs-rails, Cir- 

 cles and Arches of Iron. For this Purpofe they make ufe 

 of Fillets of Oak, fomewhat more than an Inch fquare eve- 

 ry way, which being well plained and made ftrait, are 

 wrought into Checkers of fix or feven Inches fquare, 

 and faften'd together with Iron-Wire. They make ufe 

 likewife of Wainfcot for the Moldings and Ornaments 

 of Cornices, and of Quarter-Stuff for large Plinths and 

 Facias. 



With this Wood and Iron are compofed Arbors, Porti- 

 cos, Galleries^ Cabinets, Summer-Houfes, Salons, Ban* 

 quetting-Rooms, Niches, and Shells, adorn'd with Columns, 

 Pilafters^ Cornices, Pedaments, Jambs, Pannels, Vafes^ 

 Corbels, Copings, Domes, Lanterns, and other Ornaments 

 of Architedure j in which Defigns, a juft Proportion 

 ought to be obferved, and every Part of the Ordonance 

 fliould be regulated and determined by a Module^ as though 

 it were a Building* 



'Tis to be obferved, that the richeft Ornaments are not 

 the moft proper for Lattice-work, becaufe they are too dif- 

 ficult to be executed in Wood i there are fome that are 

 more peculiarly appropriated to them^ which do exceeding 



