7he PraBice Part II. 



them, there are Checks of Grafs, or Wood, laid at certain 

 Diftances, totiirn the Water off to the Sides. 



The two following Plates afford Examples of all forts of 

 Stairs proper for Gardens : The firft of thefe Plates con- 

 tains four Afcents of Stairs, that are executed in the Royal 

 Palaces ; the Ornament and Beauty of which, may be con- 

 ful'ted on the Place. I have given the Plan, and upright E- 

 levation of each, with the Scale, that you may judge of their 

 Proportion. 



The firft Figure is the great Stairs in the Garden of Mon- 

 fieur the Duke of Orleans at S. Cloudy which leads from the 

 Caftle to the Cafcades. 



The fecond Figure is the little Stair in the Garden of 

 Luxe?nbGurg at Paris y the Plan of which is very ingeniouf- 

 ly difpofed , it is fituated in the middle of the Terralfes, 

 over-againft the Bafon. 



The third and fourth Figures reprefent two Stairs of 

 the Garden of the Tuileries at Paris» The biggeft is feated 

 at the End of the Garden, as you go down from the long 

 Terrafs by the River-fide, to the great Odangular Bafon 

 and the leflTer is upon the Terrafs, by the Side of the Ridingw 

 houfe. 



The fecond Plate contains feven feveral Stairs. The 

 great one differs from the others, in that you go up at each 

 End of it i as you fee by its Plan and Elevation, Tig. i. At 

 three or four Steps high, you have Half-Paces, and a Flight, 

 that leads you to the Terrafs above. The Compofition of 

 it is particular enough , and tho' adorned with plain Pan- 

 nels only, is yet enriched in the Middle, with a fine Bafs- 

 Relievo, and Ruftick-Work : This Stair is proper only for 

 a Place, where the Middle is taken up by a Parterre, or fuch 

 like Work, and where the Alleys lie upon the Sides that 

 anfwer the two Afcents. 



" In the fecond and third Figures, are two Stairs at the 

 Corner of a Terrafs i one is of an oftangular Form, and the 

 other a perfed Square : They are fuppofedto be lipon the 

 Point of a Wood, with a Seat placed where the Angle is 

 chamfered off, and two Terrafs- Walks that meet and make 

 Corner. Thefe Stairs have aDefcent facing each Walk, 



together 



