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80 The Theory Part I.
and Returns. Its Middle is adorned with a Spout, in a fmall
Piece of Water bounded with a thin Edging of Stone, and a
red Sand-path, to diftinguifti the Graft. Of the fix Pieces
which inviron it, the two Extremes are O&ogones, becaufe of
the circular Walks that go round them. There are Figures
placed on the four outer Corners, to vary from the fburVafes
which were fet in the Bottom of the foregoing. You may
judge of the Extent and Proportion of thefe different Parts
by the Scale.
I n making Bowling-greens, you fiiould obferve not to
fink them too deep. It is fufficient to allow a Foot and a
half Depth for fmall Bowling-greens, and two Foot at molt
for great ones.
As to the Banks and Slopes which inveft Bowling-greens,
that is, which form their Sinkings, they are allowed fix or
ieven Foot length in the lejQTer, and eight or nine Foot in
the greater ; and for the Bottoms in little Bowling-greens,
we rake them all over, there not being room enough for
Grafs-plots ; but in great ones we make fine Compartiments
of Graft, and lometimes of Cut-work : Then a raked Path
of three or four Foot wide is left between the Slope and the
Flat of Graft, which ferves to leparate and diftinguifti thefe
Pieces each from other.
Tr.Rampes, *Ascents, Beds, and Flats of Turf, differ t>ut little
Tapis, mi from each other, unleft it be the Afcents, which are#fiippofed
Gazon.S to be large Graft-plots upon a gentle Rifing, as thoie along
the fide of a Cafcade, or that ferve to reconcile the Inequality
^eeZaZnyofoi two pieces of Ground. For thofe we call in France,
thefe Afeents Tapis and 'Peloufes^ are one and the lame Thing, and ge-
*t Meudon. neraHy denote all plain Quarters of Graft, or Green-turf, with-
out Cut-work: They are ufed in the Courts of Country-
Houfes, in Groves and Bowling-greens, in Parterres after the
English Manner, and in the middle of great Walks and
Avenues, which, without them, would take up too much
Time to rake and keep in Order.
The Talus and Glacis, as we call them in France, are
often confounded, and taken one for the other ; neverthe-
left, there is a Difference between them, the Talus being
more fteep than the Glacis, which is fuppofed to be a very
gentle Sloping, and almoft imperceptible to the Eye. Let
us
and Returns. Its Middle is adorned with a Spout, in a fmall
Piece of Water bounded with a thin Edging of Stone, and a
red Sand-path, to diftinguifti the Graft. Of the fix Pieces
which inviron it, the two Extremes are O&ogones, becaufe of
the circular Walks that go round them. There are Figures
placed on the four outer Corners, to vary from the fburVafes
which were fet in the Bottom of the foregoing. You may
judge of the Extent and Proportion of thefe different Parts
by the Scale.
I n making Bowling-greens, you fiiould obferve not to
fink them too deep. It is fufficient to allow a Foot and a
half Depth for fmall Bowling-greens, and two Foot at molt
for great ones.
As to the Banks and Slopes which inveft Bowling-greens,
that is, which form their Sinkings, they are allowed fix or
ieven Foot length in the lejQTer, and eight or nine Foot in
the greater ; and for the Bottoms in little Bowling-greens,
we rake them all over, there not being room enough for
Grafs-plots ; but in great ones we make fine Compartiments
of Graft, and lometimes of Cut-work : Then a raked Path
of three or four Foot wide is left between the Slope and the
Flat of Graft, which ferves to leparate and diftinguifti thefe
Pieces each from other.
Tr.Rampes, *Ascents, Beds, and Flats of Turf, differ t>ut little
Tapis, mi from each other, unleft it be the Afcents, which are#fiippofed
Gazon.S to be large Graft-plots upon a gentle Rifing, as thoie along
the fide of a Cafcade, or that ferve to reconcile the Inequality
^eeZaZnyofoi two pieces of Ground. For thofe we call in France,
thefe Afeents Tapis and 'Peloufes^ are one and the lame Thing, and ge-
*t Meudon. neraHy denote all plain Quarters of Graft, or Green-turf, with-
out Cut-work: They are ufed in the Courts of Country-
Houfes, in Groves and Bowling-greens, in Parterres after the
English Manner, and in the middle of great Walks and
Avenues, which, without them, would take up too much
Time to rake and keep in Order.
The Talus and Glacis, as we call them in France, are
often confounded, and taken one for the other ; neverthe-
left, there is a Difference between them, the Talus being
more fteep than the Glacis, which is fuppofed to be a very
gentle Sloping, and almoft imperceptible to the Eye. Let
us