C H A P. III. of Gardening. li j 



The T^hird Way is, to make no Terraffes in ftrait 

 Lines, nor long Flats between i but only to contrive Land- 

 . ing-Places, or Refts, at feveral Heights, and eafy Afcents 

 and Flights of Steps for Communication, with "^Foot-Paces, * Eftrade/j 

 Counter-TerrafTes, Volutes, Rolls, Banks, and Slopes of iW'^^^^ J^!?^ 

 Grafs, placed and difpofed with Syinmetry, which are cal- ^tlfsd^s^ 

 led Amphitheatres. Thefe Foot-Paces and Counter-Ter- inmAkove^ 

 ralTes, arefuftainedby low Wallsof Mafonry, or by Stakes I'ZTn^t^' 

 drove at the Corners of them. The Amphitheatres are d.^ mfed, 

 dornM with Flowring-Shrubs, Yews, and Horn-beam- 

 Hedges Breaft-high, with Vafes, Cafes, and Flower-Pots, 

 fet upon Plinths of Stone. Nor muft Figures and Fountains 

 be iiere left out, as making the Perfetftion of thefe Pieces^ 

 whofe Diverfity, as well in the difpofing, as in what they 

 Gonfift of, yields a very agreeable Profped to the Eye, as e i g. IVl 

 may be feen in the Defign here given. 



Of thefe three Manners, that with the Slopes is the leaft' 

 Expence, and that of the Amphitheatre the moft magnifi- 

 cent i fo that Terrafs-Walls may be reckon'd to hold aMe-- 

 dium between the other two : That always ought to be 

 chofen, which agrees beft with the Situation of the Place^ . 

 . and the Charge one would be at in the Performance. 



The Architect, or he that is to give the Defign of a Gar- 

 den, fliould carefully confider the Slope and Winding; of 

 the Hill, and raife and defcribe the Profil of it very corred:- 

 ly i that by making the beft Advantage of the Situation, andv 

 diftributing its Terraffes, with Husbandry and Difcretion, 

 there may not be a great deal of Earth to remove, but that 

 wliat is taken from Places that are too high, may ferve to raife 

 and make good thofe that are too low, which ftiould be done 

 with fuch Prudence and Circurafpe^iion, that you fhould: 

 neither be obliged to bring in Earth, nor have any to carry. 

 away,_ when your Terraffes are finiftied. 



I SHALL obfervethe fame Order here, as I have done in, 

 the_ foregoing Chapters; explaining certain Terms, and 

 making fome neceifary Obfervations, before I enter upon 

 the Pradice'of the Conftrudion of Terraffes. The Obfer- 

 vations that are in thefe three Chapters, though feparated^ 

 liave fuch Relatipn to each other, that they may equally ferve 



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