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Chap. IV. of Gardening. 43
Breadth, for they always fore-ftiorten themfelves fiifficiently
to the fight; and Figures ibmewhat oblong, appear better
upon the Ground than thole that are Square. The Branch-
Work fhould not be made too long, that the Eye at one
View may not lofe the general Intention of the Embroidery;
in a large piece therefore, the FJefign mould be cut aiunder
by Cartoozes, Knots, and Shells of Turf to break this great
Length ; and the Rife or Springing of the Stalks, Palm-
Branches, &c. fhould be always made with Ibme kind of
Reafon, and iffue without confufion from the Knots of the
Scroll-work and Volutes upon the Sides, or from the Flowers
and Cartoozes in the Middle ; otherwife they have a very ill
Erfed.
When thefe principal Lines are drawn, the reft of the
Ground is to be filled up with Tendrels, Beads, Chips, Husks,
with their Backs againft the Borders, and Cartoozes ; ib that
leaving no great Vacancies, the Parterre may look pretty
equally difpofed throughout. It is beft to put in but little
Turf, becaufe it is a conftant Charge to keep. In fmall pieces,
you may make, inftead of Grafs, two double Lines of Box,
the Path between which may be of red Sand, and the Middle
of black Earth, or Smith's Duff, to diftinguifh it; but it is
the Faihion at prefent to put in a pretty deal of Turf, and
Ibme fancy a Parterre has no Beauty without it: But this
is mere Prejudice ; there are fine Parterres that have no Graft,
and there are others where there is an ablblute need of having
it, to break off the too great Length or Extent of the
Branches.
I t rauft be obferved, that at prefent we do not fuffer the
Box to grow high, and that large Yews, and the like Shrubs,
are no longer made ufe of in Parterres, becaufe thefe differing
very much from the Woods and Walks of tall Trees, that
make the Relief of a Garden, fhould be flat, even, and dif-
engaged, as open Places; for when large Yews are fet in it,
a Parterre looks like a Wood, clouds the View, and hides
the Beauty of the Buildings that are ufualiy near it. Yews
and Shrubs therefore, on a Parterre, fhould never be per-
mitted to grow above four or five Foot high at moft.
Parterres like wife differ much from other parts of
a Garden, in that they are finer at their firft planting than
G 2 they
Breadth, for they always fore-ftiorten themfelves fiifficiently
to the fight; and Figures ibmewhat oblong, appear better
upon the Ground than thole that are Square. The Branch-
Work fhould not be made too long, that the Eye at one
View may not lofe the general Intention of the Embroidery;
in a large piece therefore, the FJefign mould be cut aiunder
by Cartoozes, Knots, and Shells of Turf to break this great
Length ; and the Rife or Springing of the Stalks, Palm-
Branches, &c. fhould be always made with Ibme kind of
Reafon, and iffue without confufion from the Knots of the
Scroll-work and Volutes upon the Sides, or from the Flowers
and Cartoozes in the Middle ; otherwife they have a very ill
Erfed.
When thefe principal Lines are drawn, the reft of the
Ground is to be filled up with Tendrels, Beads, Chips, Husks,
with their Backs againft the Borders, and Cartoozes ; ib that
leaving no great Vacancies, the Parterre may look pretty
equally difpofed throughout. It is beft to put in but little
Turf, becaufe it is a conftant Charge to keep. In fmall pieces,
you may make, inftead of Grafs, two double Lines of Box,
the Path between which may be of red Sand, and the Middle
of black Earth, or Smith's Duff, to diftinguifh it; but it is
the Faihion at prefent to put in a pretty deal of Turf, and
Ibme fancy a Parterre has no Beauty without it: But this
is mere Prejudice ; there are fine Parterres that have no Graft,
and there are others where there is an ablblute need of having
it, to break off the too great Length or Extent of the
Branches.
I t rauft be obferved, that at prefent we do not fuffer the
Box to grow high, and that large Yews, and the like Shrubs,
are no longer made ufe of in Parterres, becaufe thefe differing
very much from the Woods and Walks of tall Trees, that
make the Relief of a Garden, fhould be flat, even, and dif-
engaged, as open Places; for when large Yews are fet in it,
a Parterre looks like a Wood, clouds the View, and hides
the Beauty of the Buildings that are ufualiy near it. Yews
and Shrubs therefore, on a Parterre, fhould never be per-
mitted to grow above four or five Foot high at moft.
Parterres like wife differ much from other parts of
a Garden, in that they are finer at their firft planting than
G 2 they