Chap. IL of Gardening;. 



the Cord, as was juft now ihewn in the foregoing Praiftice, 

 with this Difference oiil^^ that the Pattern-Lines mufl: be 

 floping* 



The Second Observation. 



I MUST not omit to mention here^ that the Place you 

 defign for a Parterre, after having been dreffed as above- 

 mentioned, requires ftill another Work, which is to clear 

 it of the Stones, and to run the upper Part of the Earth 

 through the Screen, and to fmooth it afterwards with a 

 fine Rake : Without this it will not be fit to be checquer'd^, 

 and to trace out the Branch-work of the Embroidery. 



Th IS is the beft way that I know, to level and to drefs 

 Ground, and the eafieft and leaft puzzling in the Execution. 

 Here are none of the ill Cuftoms that are ordinarily followed 

 by Levelers 5 as amongft others, that of lying along upon 

 their Bellies, digging Holes in the Ground to fit in, and 

 kneeling down to the Height of the Ruler. 



Having now deliver'd thePra<S:ice of Dreffing Ground, 

 fituate either upon the Flat, or an eafy Slope ; there now re- 

 mains only to fpeak of the Manner of making a Ground 

 feared upon a Mountain or Hill-Side, which can be done no 

 otherwife, than by the Help of Terraffes ^ and this is what 

 is to be found in the following Chapter. 



Chap. 



