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44 The Theory Part I.
they are afterwards; nothing but a great Attendance and con-
tinual Care taken of them can prevent this Decreale of their
Beauty : For the Box in growing deftroys the Delicatenefs of
the Deflgn ; the Earth wafhed by the great Rains no longer
keeps its level Surface ; the Sand lofes its Colour in being
mix'd with the Earth by Raking ; and theGrals becomes full
of Mofs. The Box therefore muft be kept very low, and be
neatly clipp'd twice a Year, left the Contour of it be alter'd
by an unskilful Hand ; the Sand ihould be often renewed,
that the Embroidery may be better diftinguiihed ; and, above
all, the Turf Ihould be mowed and edged every Month, be-
fides being changed every three or four Years. This is the
Excellency of Parterres, and that in which their chief Beauty
confifts. Thefe are not commonly the moft neglected parts
of a Garden, they are too near the Mailer's Eye for that.
The Borders of Parterres ierve to bound and fecure them-,
that they be not hurt by walking in them. They become
likewife ornamental to them by the Yews, Shrubs, and
Flowers that are raifed in them. Four Foot is ufually allow'd
for the Breadth of the fmaller, and five or fix Foot for that
of the larger Borders ; they are always made riling in the
Middle, like an Afs's Back, being no way agreeable to the
Eye when they are fiat: they are generally edged with a.
Line of Box; but in the parts that are cut, they are often
bounded with Dalies, Sea-thrift, Panfys, &c.
O f Borders there are four Sorts: The moft common are
fhofe that are continued about Parterres without any Inter-
ruption, and are wrought like an Als's Back, and fet out.
with Flowers, Shrubs, and Yews.
The iecond Kind is a Border cut into Compartiment, at
convenient Diftances, by fmall Paflages, and is likewifs
adorned with Flowers and Shrubs, being raifed in the Middle
as before-mentioned.
The third Sort has its Borders all even and flat, without
Flowers, having only a Verge of Grafs, in the Middle, bounded
* senders ra- by two imall * Paths raked f mooth and fanded. Thefe are
teffes, vid. j5)metimes garnifhed with Yews and flowering Shrubs, or
with Vafes and Flower-Pots fet regularly along the Middle of
the Verge of Graft.
The
they are afterwards; nothing but a great Attendance and con-
tinual Care taken of them can prevent this Decreale of their
Beauty : For the Box in growing deftroys the Delicatenefs of
the Deflgn ; the Earth wafhed by the great Rains no longer
keeps its level Surface ; the Sand lofes its Colour in being
mix'd with the Earth by Raking ; and theGrals becomes full
of Mofs. The Box therefore muft be kept very low, and be
neatly clipp'd twice a Year, left the Contour of it be alter'd
by an unskilful Hand ; the Sand ihould be often renewed,
that the Embroidery may be better diftinguiihed ; and, above
all, the Turf Ihould be mowed and edged every Month, be-
fides being changed every three or four Years. This is the
Excellency of Parterres, and that in which their chief Beauty
confifts. Thefe are not commonly the moft neglected parts
of a Garden, they are too near the Mailer's Eye for that.
The Borders of Parterres ierve to bound and fecure them-,
that they be not hurt by walking in them. They become
likewife ornamental to them by the Yews, Shrubs, and
Flowers that are raifed in them. Four Foot is ufually allow'd
for the Breadth of the fmaller, and five or fix Foot for that
of the larger Borders ; they are always made riling in the
Middle, like an Afs's Back, being no way agreeable to the
Eye when they are fiat: they are generally edged with a.
Line of Box; but in the parts that are cut, they are often
bounded with Dalies, Sea-thrift, Panfys, &c.
O f Borders there are four Sorts: The moft common are
fhofe that are continued about Parterres without any Inter-
ruption, and are wrought like an Als's Back, and fet out.
with Flowers, Shrubs, and Yews.
The iecond Kind is a Border cut into Compartiment, at
convenient Diftances, by fmall Paflages, and is likewifs
adorned with Flowers and Shrubs, being raifed in the Middle
as before-mentioned.
The third Sort has its Borders all even and flat, without
Flowers, having only a Verge of Grafs, in the Middle, bounded
* senders ra- by two imall * Paths raked f mooth and fanded. Thefe are
teffes, vid. j5)metimes garnifhed with Yews and flowering Shrubs, or
with Vafes and Flower-Pots fet regularly along the Middle of
the Verge of Graft.
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