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C h a p. III. of Gardening.
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ters, with a f'mall Balbn in the middle, and inclofed with
Walls on all fides. You enter this alio by a Grill fronting the
Walk of the great Wood, which is made for continuing the
Vifta. As you go out of the Houfe, you have a Parterre
after the Englijh manner in one piece, the Ends of which
are adorned, one with a Shell of Graft or Flowers, the other
with a Bafbn inclofed by the Parterre, the Border of which is
cut and furmfhed with Yews and Flowers,
For the Enlargement of the View, there are two fmall
Quineunces regularly planted on ttxe Wings of the Parterre;
one with a little piece of Wood filled in behind it fhuts out
the Sight of the Garden-Wall too near the Houfe; the other
takes off nothing from the Regularity of the Hall in the great
Wood: for the Thicket on the back of it is cut to anfwer the
other fides. The Croft-Walk which runs parallel to that be-
fore the Houfe, and ranges with the Bafbn of the Parterre, to-
gether with the Walk from end to end, which runs from the
Grill of the Kitchen-Garden, cuts this Wood into four parts;
the Center of which is filled with an Octangular Grafs-plot,
with a Figure feen from all the Walks, and the feveral Halls
made in the Wood. The Halls are fufficiently varied; that
on the fide of the great Walk againft the Houfe is the largeft;
at the head of it is let a Figure, which is feen from the Grill
at the lower end of the Garden, and from the Rife of Steps
which is made againft the Walk in the Wood. On the other
fide of the great Walk is another different Hall, one Outlet of
which terminates upon this Grill; where the Ground is opened'
with a Goofe-foot, as regular as the place would permit. The
Seats put in thefe Halls are either in the Lines which come
from the Grills and from the Bafon of the Parterre, or from
the two Figures; fb that the View is agreeably terminated
every way.
It is not improper to obferve here the Contrivance in
difpofing this Garden, and corre&ing its Biafs. The Houfe
is placed near one Corner, and the great Walk in front of it
is thrown out of Square, to give it the whole length of the
Ground, which in any other place muft have been fhorter;
the Bafbn is made to fhut into the .Parterre, to get room for
this great Walk, which would have been fhorten'd, had there
been aWalk made round an infular Bafbn. The Walls of the
F z Baft-
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ters, with a f'mall Balbn in the middle, and inclofed with
Walls on all fides. You enter this alio by a Grill fronting the
Walk of the great Wood, which is made for continuing the
Vifta. As you go out of the Houfe, you have a Parterre
after the Englijh manner in one piece, the Ends of which
are adorned, one with a Shell of Graft or Flowers, the other
with a Bafbn inclofed by the Parterre, the Border of which is
cut and furmfhed with Yews and Flowers,
For the Enlargement of the View, there are two fmall
Quineunces regularly planted on ttxe Wings of the Parterre;
one with a little piece of Wood filled in behind it fhuts out
the Sight of the Garden-Wall too near the Houfe; the other
takes off nothing from the Regularity of the Hall in the great
Wood: for the Thicket on the back of it is cut to anfwer the
other fides. The Croft-Walk which runs parallel to that be-
fore the Houfe, and ranges with the Bafbn of the Parterre, to-
gether with the Walk from end to end, which runs from the
Grill of the Kitchen-Garden, cuts this Wood into four parts;
the Center of which is filled with an Octangular Grafs-plot,
with a Figure feen from all the Walks, and the feveral Halls
made in the Wood. The Halls are fufficiently varied; that
on the fide of the great Walk againft the Houfe is the largeft;
at the head of it is let a Figure, which is feen from the Grill
at the lower end of the Garden, and from the Rife of Steps
which is made againft the Walk in the Wood. On the other
fide of the great Walk is another different Hall, one Outlet of
which terminates upon this Grill; where the Ground is opened'
with a Goofe-foot, as regular as the place would permit. The
Seats put in thefe Halls are either in the Lines which come
from the Grills and from the Bafon of the Parterre, or from
the two Figures; fb that the View is agreeably terminated
every way.
It is not improper to obferve here the Contrivance in
difpofing this Garden, and corre&ing its Biafs. The Houfe
is placed near one Corner, and the great Walk in front of it
is thrown out of Square, to give it the whole length of the
Ground, which in any other place muft have been fhorter;
the Bafbn is made to fhut into the .Parterre, to get room for
this great Walk, which would have been fhorten'd, had there
been aWalk made round an infular Bafbn. The Walls of the
F z Baft-