HAR VIII. of Gardening. 



•all iParts. If there be arty Hoping Ground in the Garden^ 

 you may there make Caicades and Buffets of Water, con- 

 tinued by feveral Falls, aGCompanied with Spouts and [cc- 

 ?d'eaii«Xi; and, where Water is plenty. Ponds and Caiials 

 may be made, which are moftdeHghtfuLPieces in a Garden. 

 'Uponthefe Canals you may have fmall gilt Gondolas and 

 JPleafure-Boats, and they fliould be very well ftock'd with 

 Hlh, for the Divcrfion of Filhiiig in them. To add ftill 

 farther to the Ornament of the Water, Swans, Gecfe, and 

 Ducks of different Kinds and Colours, are a very agreeable 

 Sight. Fountains are ufually adornM with a Ruftick Order 

 ■^of Ai'chitedure, enriched with Maritime Ornaments, and 

 Figures, proper to the Water ; as lhail be more particularly 

 fpoken to at the End of the Second Part* 



Terr ASSES, when rightly lituated, are likewife of great 

 Ornament in Gardens, for their Regularity and Openings 

 efpecially when they are well built, and beautified with 

 ihandfome Stairs, and fine Afcents. Sometimes there are 

 made under them. Vaults, Grots, Cafcades, and Buffets 

 -of Water, with an Order of Architedure, and a great ma- 

 ny Statues in Niches .J and, on the Coping above, are fet 

 ' Vafes and Flower-pots, orderly ranged and difpofed. 



G R E E N-H ©USES arc large Piles of Building like Galle- 

 ries, which, by their Fronts, add to the Beauty of Gardens ; 

 ibeiSdes that they are of abfolute Neceffity to be built, for 

 :preferving Orange-Trees, and other Plants, in Cafes, -du*^ 

 ri^ig the Winterv. They ought to be placed fo conveniently, 

 that they may Terve as a Gallery in the Summer, to walk in 

 when it raias. They are fometimes made under a vaulted 

 Terrafs, where^the Peers and Arches make a handfome De- 

 ^<)ratioji enough at a Diftance. 



S TATUEs and Vafes contribute very -much to the Em- 

 ^lielliflinient and Magnificence of a Garden, and extremely 

 .advance the natural Beauties of it. They are made of feve- 

 ^ral Forms, and different Materials ^- the richeft are thofe of 

 -Caft-Brafs, LeadgUt^ and Marble 5 the ordinary Sort are of 

 ■common -Stone, or Stucco. Among Figures are diftiuguifli'd 

 ■^Groups, which confift at leaft of two Figures together in 

 •^the iame Biodc -j Figures Infulate^ or ©etachcd^ that is^, 



>L a ' thofe 



