Chap. IV. of Gardening. 



that inclofe the Ground to be complete and finifhedj it not 

 being my Purpofe to treat of Architedure. 



T H E Example I here propofe, is the general Difpofition 

 of aGarden, where there are Parterres^ Groves^ Bowling- 

 greens, and in a word, all that can make up a hand- 

 fome Garden, as is here Ihewn in this Plate, where the 

 Plan is fuppofed to be defigned upon a Roll of Paper^ 

 Fig. I. 



The fecond Fig, by the Side of it, where the plain Tracks 

 are marked, reprefents the Ground, and what ought to be 

 done in order to draw upon it, and defcribe to a Truth the 

 feveral Parts of the fmaJI Plan, that is to &y, to place them 

 right, and give them theii' juft Dimenfions. 



'Tis tobeobferved, that in order to ftrike out all the 

 Parts and Dimenfions of this Plan to an Exadnefs upon the 

 Ground, you muft precifely follow thofe you find with the 

 Compaffes upon the Scale, at the Bottom of this Roll of 

 Paper, as has been alixady mention'd in the firft Cliapter of 

 this Part. 



When you read in the following Pradiccs, according 

 to the /^th^ -^thy or 6th Practice ^ you are to underftand the 

 Pradiees that are in the firft Chapter of this Part, and not 

 thofe that are in the 2d and 3 d Chapters aforegoing, 



T o proceed to the Praftice of tracing this general Plan 

 iipon the Ground, you begin with prolonging the Front of 

 the Building Fig. 2. by Stakes fet on each Side at proper 

 -Diftances, in the Range of the Building, as the Line B 

 according to the third Pra(2ice. Meafure, with the Com- 

 paffes upon the Scale of the Plan, how many Fathom there 

 are from the Fabrick A to the Parterre Cjand yoif Ufind this 

 Crofs-Walk is five Fathom wide,- fet this Meafure off, by 

 the Fathom upon the Ground^ from the Foot of the Build- 

 ing, and drive a Stake at the End of it, as at D. Then find 

 the Middle of the Front of the Building A, and fix a Pole 

 before it, as E , and meafuring, in like manner, the Mid- 

 dle of the other Front on the Court-fide, fix another Pole 

 there, as in a Line one with another acrofs the Veftibule. 

 This done, fet the Semi-circle as was mentionM before^ 

 upon the Place of the Stake P, £0 that the Sights of the 



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