Chap. VIII of Gardening. 



Sinking, crownM with an Arch,, which has the fame Cor- 

 nice and Ornament of Borders continued round it. The 

 lower Part of this Hollow is filled with a Bafon that pof- 

 felTes the whole Breadth of it, out of which rifes a Water- 

 fpout of fix or feven Foot high^ between two fmall Figures 

 that lie upon Scrolls, fet upon a high Step or Plinth, from 

 whence the Water falling, makes a round Sheet, thatisalfo 

 accompanied with two other Spouts on the Sides. At the 

 two Extremities of this Portico, are two circular Niches, 

 each of them filled widi a Salver of Water fet upon a Stand, 

 which is adorned with three Mask-heads, that throw the 

 Water into the Bafon below. All this Trellis is beautified 

 with Rounds, Lozenges, Moldings, Fillets, and other very 

 rich Ornaments, the Proportion oF which may be found by 

 the Scale. I fliould have given you the Plan of this, would- 

 the Size of the Plate have permitted. This Portico may 

 ferve very well at the Bottom of a City-Garden, or at the 

 End of a long Walk, the two Niches at the Ends being 

 made to face the Counter-walks. 



The Portico rcprefented in thefecond Figure is lefs con- 

 fiderable, both in its Extent and Ornaments, having no Or- 

 der of Architecture in it j notwithftanding which, it will 

 look very well, when executed. It would be proper, like- 

 wife, at the lower End of a Garden, or of a long Walk, 

 placing a Seat in the Hollow of it i or, if you will, it may 

 ferve for the Entrance of a Wood, opening the middle 

 Arch, as you fee in one Half of the Defign. This Portico 

 confifts only of upright Jambs, or Peers, and Pannels of 

 Lattice, with the fame Cornice as that of the great Portico 

 before-defcrib'd. Its Frontifpiece is a great Arch, with a 

 triangular Pedament over it, which is fuftain'd at the Ends 

 by Spandrels and Scrolls i it is fet off below with tv/o 

 Stands, or Pedeftals, that carry Bufts. The Scale of the 

 great Portico is common to both, and will inform you in 

 what you require farther. 



Ik the third Figure is a Cabinet, or Summer-Houfe of 

 Lattice-work, proper to be fet in a Grove, or at the End of 

 an open Walk. Its Figure is in Cants, and of a Defign 

 fomewhat particular. 'Tis ornamented with plain Pannels 



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