62 THE PLEASURE, OR [Jan. 
Sow the various kinds of hawthorn, hollj, red cedar, yew, meze- 
reon, juniper, sweet bay, English and Portugal laurel berries; 
likewise the seeds of hornbeam, ash, spindle-tree, bladder-nut, and 
all the other kinds of tree and shrub seeds which require a year's 
preparation previous to sowing, as noticed in February. The 
sooner now these kinds of seeds are sown the hQi\.QV , provided the 
ground be dry, and that it works loose and light. 
For particular instructions respecting the sowing of these seeds, 
&c. see February and March. 
THE PLEASURE, OR FLOWER GARDEN. 
Ornamental Designs and Planting. 
The district commonly called the Pleasure, or Flower Garden, 
or pleasure-ground, may be said to comprehend all ornamental 
compartments or divisions of ground surrounding the mansion; 
consisting of lawns, plantations of trees and shrubs, flower com- 
partments, walks, pieces of water, &c., whether situated wholly 
within the space generally considered as the pleasure-garden, or 
extended to the adjacent fields, parks, or other out-grounds. 
In designs for a pleasure-ground, according to modern garden- 
ing, consulting rural disposition in imitation of nature, all too 
formal works being almost abolished, such as long straight walks, 
regular intersections, square grass-plats, corresponding parterres, 
quadrangular and angular spaces, and other uniformities, as in 
ancient designs; instead of which are now adopted rural open 
spaces of grass-ground, of various forms and dimensions, and 
winding walks, all bounded with plantations of trees, shrubs, and 
flowers, in various clumps; other compartments are exhibited in a 
variety of imitative rural forms, such as curves, projections, open- 
ings and closings in imitation of natural assemblage; having all the 
various plantations and borders open to the walks and lawns. 
For instance, a grand and spacious open lawn of grass-ground is 
generally first presented immediately to the front of the mansion, 
or main habitation; sometimes widely extended on both sides to 
admit of a greater prospect, &c., and sometimes more contracted 
towards the habitation; widening gradually outwards, and having 
each side embellished with plantations of shrubbery, clumps, 
thickets, &c. in sweeps, curves, and projections towards the lawn, 
with breaks or opens of grass-spaces at intervals between the dif- 
ferent plantations; together with serpentine gravel walks, winding 
under the shade of the trees: extended plantations ought also to be 
carried round next the outer boundary of the pleasure ground, 
when extensive; in various openings and closings, having gravel 
walks winding through them, for shady and private walking; and in 
the interior divisions of the ground, serpentine winding walks 
