LAW 
of the fun but during this feafon, they muftbefre- | 
quently reifefhed with water. 
They may be propagated by laying down the young i 
branches in autumn, which flhoukl be treated in the 
lame manner as is before diredted for the 1 Benjamin. 
The tenth fort requires a ftove to preferve it through 
the winter in England ; this is propagated by feeds, 
■which mull be procured from the country where it- 
grows naturally. 
This plant requires the fame treatment as the Coffee- 
tree, fo fliould be planted in a ftove, with that and 
other tender plants of thofe warm countries, and al- 
ways remain there. 
j 
The eleventh and twelfth forts have been generally 
confounded by moft, if not all the writers who have 
treated of them ; though their bark, which is the ma- 
terial part of thefe trees in ufe, is pretty eaftiy dif- 
tinguilhed by the dealers in thefe commodities. 
Dr. Linnaeus is certainly miftaken in referring the 
latter to the figure of Dr. Burman, which he has given 
in his L! Tory of Ceylon plants, by the title of Cin- 
namomum perpetuo florens, &c. which is a true re- 
prefentation of the male Cinnamon-tree, and is not 
the Caftia Lignea ; but as there are plants of all thefe 
forts now in the Bntifh Iflands of America, fo we may 
hope foon to have their fpecies better afcertained. 
The plants of both thefe kinds are not fo tender as 
moft people do imagine, and the treating of thole 
plants which have been brought to England fo ten- 
derly has deftroyed them , for fo far as I have made 
trial of their culture it has appeared, that great heat 
is very prejudicial to them ; therefore I would advife 
thofe perions who may have any of the plants come 
under their care, to treat them in a different manner, 
otherwife there will be little hopes of keeping them ; 
for when the plants have taken new root in the pots, 
they fliould in fummer be placed in a glafs-cafe, where 
they may have plenty of air in warm weather, and in 
winter placed in a ftove kept moderately warm. 
LAURUS ALEXANDRiNA. See Ruscus. 
L AURUS TINUS. See Tjnus. 
L A W N is a great plain in a park, or a fpacious plain 
adjoining to a noble feat. 
As to the dimenfions of it, it fliould be as large as the 
ground will permit •, but never lefs, if poftible, than 
thirty or forty acres •, but this is to be underftood of 
Lawns in large parks, for in gardens a Lawn of fix or 
eight acres is a reafonable fize for gardens of a mo- 
derate extent, ten or twelve acres for thofe of the 
largeft fize. 
As to the fituation of a Lawn, it will be beft to be in 
the front of the houfe, and to lie open to the neigh- 
bouring country, and not pent up too much with 
trees. 
If the houfe front the eaft, or fouth-eaft, it will be 
moft convenient, becaufe the rooms will be {haded in 
the afternoon, and fo the objects to be viewed from 
the houfe will be much better feen, by the fun’s 
fhining upon them at that time of the day ; for if the 
beft room of the houfe front the Lawn, as it always 
fhould do, the afternoon being the moft ufual time 
for people of fafhion to folace themfelves in fuch 
rooms, the fun will not be offenfive to thofe rooms, 
nor will the profped: be interrupted, but rendered 
more pleafant ; whereas, were it on the weft fide of 
the houfe, the fun, by fhining from the objed, and 
directly againft thofe rooms, would, by both, hinder 
the profped:, for the generality of prolpeds are moft 
pleafant when the fun fliines upon the objeds. 
Befides, there is another inconvenience, if the Lawn 
be on the weft fide of the houfe, it will give the more 
way to the weft wind (which is commonly the greateft) 
to injure the houfe, by its having a free paffage 
to it. 
If the Lawn be on the fouth fide of the houfe, it may 
do well enough, for the reafons before-mentioned, for 
the fun’s rays being then darted obliquely, will not 
fo much interrupt the profped, and the fun fhining 
moft part of the day on that fide of the houfe, will 
(till add to the beauty of that front, which ought to 
4 
LAW 
be the beft front in the houfe, therefore aLawn on that 
fide will much help the profped of the houfe. 
But the moft defirable afped for aLawn is that of the 
fouth-eaft, which is generally the moft favourable 
point in England •, for as the fun rifes upon the front 
of the houfe facing this point, fo it will add a chear- 
fulnefs to the rooms in the morning, and by noon the 
rays will be oblique to this front, and in the afternoon 
will have entirely left thefe apartments. 
It will not be at all convenient to have the Lawn on 
the north fide of the houfe, becaufe it will lay the 
houfe too open to the cold north winds, &c. therefore 
it will be more eligible to plant wildernefies and woods 
on the weft and north hides of the houfe, by way of 
fcreen to it, provided thefe do not fhut out agreeable 
cbjeds. 
As to the figure of the Lawn, fome contend for an 
exad fquare, others an oblong iquare, fome an oval, 
and others a circular figure •, but neither of thefe are 
to be regarded, for it will be much better if con- 
trived fo as to fuit the figure of the ground ; and as 
there fhould be trees planted for fhade on the boun- 
daries of the Lawn, fo the fides may be broken by ir- 
regular plantations of trees •, for if there are not fome 
good profpeds beyond the Lawn, it will be proper to 
have it bounded on every fide by plantations, which 
may be brought round pretty near to each end of the 
houfe, fo that perfons may foon get into fhade, which 
is a very defirable thing in hot weather ; for where 
that is wanting, few perfons care to ftir abroad when 
the fun fliines warm. 
If in the plantations round the Lawn, the trees are 
placed irregularly, fome breaking much forwarder on 
the Lawn than others, and not crowded too clofe to- 
gether, they will make a much better appearance than 
any regular plantations can poffibly do ; and if 
there are varieties of trees properly difpofed, they will 
have a good effed ; but it fhould be obferved, that 
no other but thofe which make a fine appearance, and 
that grow large, ftrait, and handfome, fliould be ad- 
mitted here, as they are placed in the conftant view 
from the houfe. 
Many perfons have preferred the Lime-tree for this 
purpofe, on account of their regular growth ; but as 
the leaves of this tree often change their colour, and 
begin to fall very foon in autumn, occafioning a great 
litter in the garden-, and from the end of July the 
trees make but an indifferent appearance, fo they are 
not to be efteemed for thefe plantations. 
The Elm, Oak, Beech, and Cheftnut, among the 
deciduous trees, are to be preferred to all others, as 
they keep their leaves late in autumn ; and thefe are 
all of them large growing trees, fo are very proper for 
this purpofe. 
If there are fome clumps of Evergreen trees intermixed 
with the deciduous trees in this plantation, if they are 
properly difpofed, it will add to the beauty, efpecially 
in the winter feafon the beft forts for this purpofe 
are Lord Weymouth’s Pine, the Silver and Spruce 
Firs, which will grow faft, and become large, trees; 
and as the two latter forts always grow pyramidically, 
fo they will have a good effed to the fight, if they are 
rightly placed, but they fhould not be intermixed in 
the fame clumps with the deciduous trees; but as thefe 
generally feather out their branches near the ground, 
they fhould be planted where they do not obftrud the 
view of any diftant objects. 
But as moft perfons who take pleafure in beautifying 
their feats in the country, are in hafte for Iliade, they 
generally plant the trees too clofe together, and often 
in fuch a manner as to render it difficult when the 
trees are advanced to reduce their number, without 
injury to the defign ; therefore thofe trees fliould be 
firft planted, which are defigned to remain, and then 
there may be fome few others planted for prefent 
fhade, whiph may afterward be taken away. When 
perfons who are beautifying their feats meet with full 
grown trees on the fpot, it is a great pleafure, for thefe 
fliould not be deftroyed, if they can poffibly ftand 
without prejudice. 
LAW. 
l 
