62 THE PLEASURE, OR [Jan. 
These may be sown any time this month, observing to sow them 
in beds four feet wide; cover the stones an inch and a half deep with 
earth, and the kernels, half an inch: the plants will appear in March, 
April, and May; when they must be kept clean from weeds, and mo- 
derate watering in dry weather will be serviceable, when they are 
newly come up. Some of them will be fit for transplanting in nur- 
sery rows next November. 
Sow the various kinds of haw-thorn, holly, red cedar, yew, me- 
zereon, 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 better; 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 com- 
partments, or divisions of ground, surrounding the mansion; con- 
sisting of lawns, plantations of trees and shrubs, flower compart- 
ments, 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 for- 
mal works being almost abolished, such as long straight walks, re- 
gular intersections, square grass-plats, corresponding parterres, 
quadrangular and angular spaces, and other uniformities, as in an- 
cient designs; instead of which, are now adopted, rural open spaces 
of grass-ground, of varied 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, openings, and closings, in 
imitation of a 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 con- 
tracted 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 differ- 
