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<P>THE GARDEN OF PLEASURE, Containing &s;everal Draughts of Gardens Both in Embroyder'd-Ground-Works, Knot-works of Gra&s;s, as likewi&s;e in Wilderne&s;&s;es, and others.</P>
<P>With their CUTS in COPPER.</P>
<P>By <HI>ANDREW MOLLET,</HI> Ma&s;ter of His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Englands</HI> Gardens in His Park of S^t^. <HI>James</HI>'s.</P>
<P><HI>DEDICATED to the</HI> KING.</P>
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<Q>DVM PREMOR ATTOLLOR</Q>
<FIGDESC>printer's seal: two hands working pumps, a fountain in the center</FIGDESC>
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<P>In the <HI>SAVOY.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Printed by</HI> T. N. <HI>for</HI> John Martyn, <HI>at the Bell without</HI> Temple-Barr, <HI>and</HI> Henry Herringman <HI>at the Anchor in the</HI> New-Exchange, 1670.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="dedication">
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<HEAD>TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THo&s;e who&s;e Genius's could penetrate &s;o deep as to com|prehend tho&s;e &s;ublime and profound Knowledges which Your Maje&s;ty doth po&s;&s;e&s;s, in all that concerns <HI>Arts</HI> and <HI>Sciences,</HI> undoubtedly &s;hould not dare to bring any thing before You, but what they believe to be in the height of Perfection. Therefore I do find my &s;elf in a &s;trange confu&s;ion, which makes me waver between the re&s;pect which I owe Your Maje&s;ty, and the Duty which I find my &s;elf obliged to render You in my <HI>WORK.</HI> For, when I con&s;ider, <HI>Sir,</HI> That Your Maje&s;ty looks on Things with eyes which are enlightned with the pure&s;t Lights of the Op|tiques, and mo&s;t regular Per&s;pective; I cannot but condemn the defects of this pre&s;ent <HI>WORK</HI> to &s;hew my re&s;pect. But, notwith&s;tanding I cannot forbear to go on in that re&s;olution which I have taken, to &s;helter them un|der Your Maje&s;ties Protection, &s;ince therein I &s;hew my Duty. I know, <HI>Sir,</HI> that You pick and cull out with an unparallel'd exactne&s;s, and with an extraordinary &s;olidity of Judgment every order of Architecture, and par|ticularly what concerns the Ornaments and Decorations of Gardens. But
<PB REF="4"> I under&s;tand al&s;o on the other &s;ide, that Your Maje&s;ty acts in all things with &s;uch a <HI>Royal</HI> and <HI>Generous</HI> bounty, That following the Example of Your Royal Predece&s;&s;or, You refu&s;e not any of tho&s;e Offerings which are Pre&s;ented to Your Maje&s;ty, with that zeal and &s;incerity which is requi&s;ite. Hence it is, <HI>Sir,</HI> that I am emboldned to <HI>Pre&s;ent</HI> and <HI>Dedicate</HI> to Your Maje&s;ty, that which the Study, the Experience and the Labour, which I have undergone under Your Au&s;pices and el&s;ewhere, have furni&s;hed me with mo&s;t Remarkable, both as to what hath been ob&s;erv'd from Anti|quity, and what hath been acquired of Modern; which are found both in this Work mixt together, as my Re&s;pect and my Duty are, and &s;hall ever be in all things which can make Appear, That I will Live and Die,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your Majesties Mo&s;t Humble, mo&s;t Obedient, and mo&s;t Faithful Servant <HI>ANDREW MOLLET.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>THE PREFACE TO THE READER.</HEAD>
<P>_GOD hath never made him&s;elf better known to Men then by his Works in the Creation, which doth equally prove his Power and his Bounty: But, although that this So|veraign Maje&s;ty hath as it were Limn'd and Character|i&s;ed its &s;elf in all Beings; yet it appears, that the good plea&s;ure of his Will, which is (to &s;peak properly, nothing el&s;e but that which we call Nature) hath in nothing more been pleas'd to &s;et forth &s;o many vari|eties of Beauties, and &s;o many different Species of things, then in that which the whole kind of Vegetables furni&s;hes us with, as namely Trees, Shrubs, and other Plants; with their leaves, flowers, fruits, and &s;eeds, which yield us &s;o much delight in the variety of their Enamel, Colours, plea&s;ant Odors, that there is not one of our &s;en&s;es which finds not it &s;elf charmed by them; and, though Nature furni&s;hes us with all the&s;e things, yet it is with a ru&s;tical confu|&s;ion, which neverthele&s;s doth not want its beauties; But, when Art helps this good Mother, and di&s;po&s;es all the&s;e Vegetable Productions according to the Or|ders which &s;he borrows from the divers &s;ituations and Soiles which the &s;aid Nature provides; It then appears in a regularity, which offends neither the under&s;tanding nor the eye-&s;ight, but affords wonderful &s;atisfaction and plea|&s;ure,
<PB REF="5"> and contributes to the delights of the greate&s;t Monarchs, and Migh|ty'&s;t Princes, which do find no Diverti&s;ement more agreeable, more whole|&s;ome, and of more efficacy, to refre&s;h both the Body and Mind after the toil&s;omne&s;s of Political Studys, and the weighty affairs of State, then Walk|ing under &s;hady covertures, and in Garden-Allies, where the plea&s;ant Green, and unimitable Tapi&s;try, compo&s;ed of fruits and leaves of the (E&s;paliers, (Wall-fruits) the Counter E&s;paliers) and of the Pali&s;&s;adoes, and curious, and plea&s;ant variety of Enamel'd Flowers, doth furni&s;h a wonderful ra|vi&s;hing object, both to the inward and the outward &s;en&s;es, and which in&s;en&s;ibly brings them back to their Palaces with an Appetite, which renders them more capable then before to &s;avour and ta&s;te the delicious Cates of their Table. Hence it was, that <HI>Lewis the Thirteenth,</HI> and the Duke of <HI>Orleans</HI> his bro|ther (Princes of mo&s;t happy Memory) have joyn'd &s;o many fair Ground-Works to their Royal Hou&s;es, where, not contenting them&s;elves with the rare works and contrivances of their Over&s;eers and Directors of their Gardens, and their Workmen, they di&s;dained not to change the Scepter, &s;ometimes for the Pruning Knife; u&s;ing great Art and Dexterity in Cultivating divers curious &s;orts of Plants, and al&s;o in Grafting and Inoculating Fruit-Trees, thereby to ennoble their kind, better their &s;ub&s;tance, and correct their ta&s;te. But, we need look no farther for Examples of a Royal Magnificency, than to what our invincible Monarch, <HI>Charles the Second,</HI> hath, with excellent choice, ac|companied with great &s;olidity of Judgment begun, and with ince&s;&s;ant care and concernment &s;till pro&s;ecutes in his Royal Hou&s;es of St. <HI>James</HI>'s, <HI>Hampton-Court,</HI> and <HI>Greenwich,</HI> where this mighty Prince hath made more notable Changes, and added more Royal Decorations &s;ince the <HI>10</HI> years of His happy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;toration, then any of His Ance&s;tors ever thought on in the &s;pace of a whole Age. It is a&s;&s;uredly (Friendly Reader) this high and rare example of skil|ful curio&s;ity, and of honourable and nece&s;&s;ary expence, which ought to oblige all
<PB REF="5"> the chief Gentry and Nobility of this Kingdom, to follow, as much as in them lies, the Tracks which His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> hath markt them out, &s;ince the Climate, and the goodne&s;s of their Soyle, affords them at home that agreeable variety of Fruits, Herbs, Pul&s;e, Grain, and other nece&s;&s;aries belonging to Gardinage, without being obliged to buy or beg them from their neighbours from beyond-Sea. Hereupon it is that I have compo&s;ed this <HI>Book,</HI> who&s;e de&s;igns are all of my own invention, and drawn with my own hand, and that al&s;o at large, to the end, that they might be made the more intelligible to the curious. I &s;hall believe to have attained the end I propo&s;ed to my &s;elf, if I can in any wi&s;e be u&s;eful to the Pub|lick, and particularly to the Reader, whom I intreat to receive with a good will the &s;incerity of my intentions, and to excu&s;e my defects.</P>
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<HEAD>To the Author.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>_THat <HI>Nomenclator Adam,</HI> who&s;e great skill</L>
<L>Gave to all Bea&s;ts their Names, (not to his will,</L>
<L>But &s;uiting with their Nature, Virtue, Form)</L>
<L>To dreadful Thunder, Lightning, Tempe&s;t, Storm,</L>
<L>To all the Minerals in Natures Store,</L>
<L>To the ba&s;e Mettals and the co&s;tly Ore!</L>
<L>Gave al&s;o to each Plants its proper name,</L>
<L>That &s;peaks its quality and Virtues fame.</L>
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<L>And that great King who was &s;urnam'd the wi&s;e,</L>
<L>That in all learning carry'd the whole pri&s;e</L>
<L>From all the World; that under&s;tood all Plants,</L>
<L>And could without Inju&s;tice make his Vants,</L>
<L>That he did know, from the Hy&s;op on the Wall,</L>
<L>To <HI>Libanon's</HI> proud Cedar &s;trong and Tall</L>
<L>Each Vegetable; What did the&s;e two know</L>
<L>More then was meerly natural and low?</L>
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<LG>
<L>But our Learn'd Author adds to Nature, Art,</L>
<L>And in that point does act the better part.</L>
<L>For, What is Nature without Art in proof</L>
<L>But a wild skitti&s;h Colt, with un&s;hod hoofe?</L>
<L>A hard mouth'd <HI>Philly,</HI> that at every check,</L>
<L>Her Rider puts in danger of his neck?</L>
<L>Till by the Bit, the Spur, and Switch of Art,</L>
<L>This wanton's brought to play a wi&s;er part.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Therefore end thy Carier without delay,</L>
<L>Brave <HI>Andrew Mollet,</HI> thou ha&s;t won the day.</L>
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<BYLINE>Belon.</BYLINE>
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<HEAD>THE GARDEN OF PLEASURE.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Garden of Plea&s;ure con&s;i&s;ts in Ground-works, Wilderne&s;&s;es, choice Trees, Pali&s;&s;ado's, and Alleys or Walks; as al&s;o in Fountains, Grotto's, Statues, Per|&s;pectives, and other &s;uch like Ornaments; without which it cannot be perfect: Neverthele&s;s it will be ea&s;ily granted, that all the&s;e things confu&s;edly and ill-di&s;pos'd, cau&s;e no plea&s;ant effect; therefore we &s;hall &s;trive to di&s;po&s;e them each in its proper place, according to that which Experience hath taught us herein: To which purpo&s;e the follow|ing De&s;ignes will very much conduce.</P>
<P>In the fir&s;t place, we &s;ay, That the Royal and Lordly Hou&s;e ought to be &s;ituated in an advantagious place, thereby to be &s;upply'd with all the requi&s;ite things for its Embelli&s;hment, of which the Water has the fir&s;t place, be it of Spring or otherwi&s;e; for it is with a great deal of rea&s;on that Water is &s;aid to be the Soul of Gardens, &s;ince that without it they &s;eem alwayes to be dying.</P>
<P>The &s;econd thing requi&s;ite to the decoration of Hou&s;es of Plea&s;ure, is to have the conveniency to plant before them a great Walk of double or tre|ble rank, either of female Elms, or of Lime Trees, which are the two &s;orts of Trees which we e&s;teem the fitte&s;t for this purpo&s;e; which Walk ought to be drawn by a Perpendicular Line to the Front of the Hou&s;e, and of a convenient and proportionable breadth to the Hou&s;e; and for the Ba&s;is of the &s;aid Walk, may be made a large Demy-circle, or Square; and in ca&s;e the place will allow it, there may be al&s;o drawn large Walks on the Right and Left of the &s;aid Front, which mu&s;t be Parallel to the &s;aid Hou&s;e. As al&s;o at the end of the Garden another Walk in a direct Line to the great Walk, in the mid&s;t whereof there may be with conveniency a Door of Railes or Pali&s;ado's, through which, when the doors of the Hou&s;e are
<PB N="2" REF="7"> open'd, one may &s;ee from one end to the other, as far as our &s;ight will extend. Such outward Works are mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary to the Adorning of Hou&s;es; and as I put them here in the Front, and before the In-works; it is al&s;o by them, that one ought to begin to Plant even before the Build|ing of the Hou&s;e, that the Trees may be come to half-growth when the Hou&s;e &s;hall be built.</P>
<P>Let us come to the inward embelli&s;hments, which we commonly call Garden; which ought to be compo&s;ed of Imbroider'd Ground-works, knots of Gra&s;s, Wilderne&s;&s;es, fine Alleys in Terra&s;&s;es, and flat Walks, &s;o ordered, that they may &s;till end at &s;ome Fountain or Statue, and at &s;ome of the extremities of the&s;e Alleys, ought to be &s;et up &s;ome fine Per&s;pect|ives painted on Cloth, that they may be removed at will, to pre&s;erve them from the injuries of the Weather. In fine, to fini&s;h our Work, the Sta|tues ought to be erected upon their Piede&s;tals, and the Grotto's built in the mo&s;t convenient places; as al&s;o the Fountains, Spurts, Ponds, Falls of Waters, Bird-cages, and &s;uch like Ornaments, which being well order'd and placed, will give the la&s;t Perfection to the Garden of Plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>We come now to give &s;ome In&s;tructions touching the following De|&s;igns, that they may be put in practice as it is befitting, and with tho&s;e pro|portions thereto required.</P>
<P>But fir&s;t of all is to be noted, that all Ground-works ought to be framed as near as po&s;sible may be to the Hou&s;e, that they may be perfectly &s;een from the Windows, without the ob&s;tacle which might be cau&s;ed by Trees, Pali&s;&s;ado's, or any other high Work. It is to be ob&s;erved al&s;o, that the Ground-works the mo&s;t remote from the eye, ought to be drawn of a larger Proportion, then tho&s;e that are nearer; for it is certain, that if they be very exactly proportion'd to the di&s;tance of the &s;ight, they will thereby appear much more beautiful: And, before I go any farther, it will not be ami&s;s to &s;ay a word or two concerning the Knots in Embroidery. They may be made in two manners, <HI>viz.</HI> with Box, or with Turff. Tho&s;e of Box are more fit for the neat and &s;mall Embroidery, becau&s;e that the Box can be planted and clipped into what &s;hape one will, and that there is le&s;s pains required in the pre&s;erving and keeping of it then that of Turff, which is to be often Mow'd and Roll'd. The Turffs are more fit for the Great works, and for Knots, then for Embroidery: yet for curio|&s;ity &s;ake, there may be &s;ome of them made in the Garden of Plea&s;ure, that it may want nothing of what Nature and Art can be&s;tow on it of beauty; which is the rea&s;on we have &s;et &s;ome down here for the &s;atisfaction of the Curious.</P>
<P>Let us give now &s;ome In&s;tructions concerning the &s;aid Draughts, ac|cording to their proportions. To perform them, we &s;hall give them a common Mea&s;ure, <HI>viz.</HI> of &s;ix foot called a Toi&s;e; that the Arti&s;t's Mea|&s;ure may be di&s;tingui&s;h'd from the Merchants. This Toi&s;e is di&s;tingui&s;h'd into &s;ix equal Parts, which are called Feet, and the&s;e Feet are &s;ubdivi|ded
<PB N="3" REF="7"> into twelve equal parts, called inches, and each inch into twelve Lines.</P>
<P>This Mea&s;ure being well under&s;tood, it will be very ea&s;ie to practice all our De&s;igns on Earth, with their Proportions; and, to render the thing more feazable to the le&s;s skilful in the Decoration of Gardens, we &s;hall make a particular Article of each De&s;ign.</P>
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<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN1">The Fir&s;t De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>THe fir&s;t De&s;ign is a General Draught, to be done on the back-&s;ide of &s;ome great Palace, or Hou&s;e of Plea&s;ure, which is of about 310 Toi|&s;es in length, and 220 in breadth, which is &s;omewhat near the true Propor|tion requi&s;ite to all Gardens, that is about a third part longer then wide; that &s;o all the Partitions which are to be made in the &s;aid General Draught, may have a Parallelogramick Form, as may be &s;een in our hindmo&s;t Draught, except the Knots, which we have made &s;quare by rea&s;on of their cro&s;sing Alleys, which we have drawn Diagonally, to vary the ordinary cu&s;tom. The &s;aid Knots are of 60 Toi&s;es &s;quare, in the Main-work, that is to &s;ay without the outward Walkes; all the Alleys from 4 to 5 Toi&s;es in breadth: the which Knots we have &s;et down in large, that they might be the ea&s;ier comprehended and performed in the Working: They fol|low the two General Draughts, <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN3"><HI>Fol.</HI> 3</REF>, and <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN4">4</REF>. The fir&s;t is, the Knot in Embroidery: The &s;econd is, the Compartiment of Turff, in which the four half ovals are on the out-&s;ide, which we have done for variety, and as that which may &s;erve to be put alone in &s;ome other place. The half|ovals may be al&s;o plac't inwardly, to an&s;wer to the &s;ymmetrie or proporti|ons of the Knot in Embroidery; and that by taking away the four Foun|tains out of the four Triangles, and placing there Statues upon their Piede|&s;tals, according as they are marked in the &s;aid Draught.</P>
<P>After the&s;e Knots follow the Wilderne&s;&s;es, Plants of Trees, Ponds, and Gra&s;s-plots; in the mid&s;t of which may be erected Arbors, and Summer Banquetting-Hou&s;es, for &s;everal diverti&s;ements: As concerning the Trees to be planted; Lime-Trees &s;hould be u&s;ed and not Elmes, by rea&s;on that the Lime-trees &s;pread not their roots &s;o wide in the Earth, as Elms do; which I hold fit to be bani&s;hed ab&s;olutely from Gardens, for the in|conveniency that their great Roots bring to Gardens, to the damage of what&s;oever is therein planted of curious, except it be in the outward Al|leys, of which we have made heretofore mention.</P>
<P>But now let us come back to the deduction of all the parts of our fir&s;t ge|neral Draught, to which, if it be po&s;sible, water &s;hould be brought through channels of 10 Toi&s;es breadth, who&s;e Alleys on each &s;ide &s;hould be two or three foot lower then the others, and the Water almo&s;t even with the brim of the &s;aid Alleys, with &s;teps at every meeting of the Capital or chief Al|leys;
<PB N="4" REF="8"> which there jutt out, and which ought to be planted with a double rank, with a Pali&s;&s;ado of Beech in the la&s;t rank, not higher then tvvo or three foot; though for variety it may be &s;uffer'd to grow higher in &s;ome convenient places, provided, that &s;till the proportions be ob&s;erved. In fine, the half Circle ought to be framed at the end, with its &s;prout of Water; all according to the mea&s;ure of our &s;aid General Draught.</P>
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<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN2">The Second De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>THis &s;econd De&s;ign is a general Draught, but le&s;&s;er then the former, con|taining about 200 Toi&s;es in length, and 150 in breadth; the Hou&s;e be|ing environ'd with Water, as al&s;o the whole Plat-form of the &s;aid place, if it be po&s;sible, with a half-moon and large Alley in the front; and on the back part may be made the Knot in Embrodery, <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN5"><HI>Fol.</HI> 5.</REF> to who&s;e &s;ides may al|&s;o be added the Wilderne&s;&s;es de&s;cribed in our fir&s;t General Draught. Moreover, on the two wings of the Hou&s;e may be made the Knot in Em|brodery, and Compartiments of Turf, <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN16"><HI>Fol.</HI> 16.</REF> and <REF TARGET="B43461-KNOT7">24.</REF> otherwi&s;e in lieu of the&s;e &s;aid Knots there may be put in one of tho&s;e Wings (which will be judg'd the fitte&s;t for that purpo&s;e) Orange-trees, Myrtles, Ja&s;&s;e|mins, and other choice Trees: but on the other, the rare&s;t of Extoic Plants, and ever green, dwarf-Trees, planted in order of Compartiment an&s;wera|ble to the de&s;igns of the Wilderne&s;&s;es, to ob&s;erve the ju&s;t proportion which is required in all &s;uch like Works, adding thereunto Fountains and Statues in their proper places. Then, at the end of the Grand Parterre, or Knott, there are to be 3 Alleys i&s;&s;uing forth from the &s;ame Center, and the&s;e &s;hould be planted with rows of Beech, which &s;erve for high Pali&s;&s;ado's; and within the &s;pace of &s;ix Foot are marked the places where to plant Cy|prus-Trees, which mu&s;t be kept alwayes cropt neatly in a Pyramidal form, and not &s;uffer'd to grow above &s;ix or &s;even foot at the mo&s;t in height. In &s;tead of Beach, the &s;aid Pali&s;&s;ado's may be planted of Alaternus's, Holly, or Cherry-Laurels, which would produce yet a far more plea&s;ing effect; and in the Partitions which tho&s;e Alleys make, may be planted dwarf-fruit-Trees, or a Kitchin-Garden, who&s;e deformity may be hid by high Pali&s;&s;ado's; for we do not allow that the Garden of Plea&s;ure &s;hould admit of common Herbs; nor yet of Fruit-Trees, except they be planted as Wall-fruit, but rather that tho&s;e Gardens or Orchards be by them&s;elves. In fine, the circumference of our Draught is a large Alley double with its basket-handle, or half-oval, at the end whereof there is another great Alley or Walk Tran&s;vers, to an&s;wer to that before the Hou&s;e, all environ'd with Water, which is to be communicated from one part to the other, as it may be &s;een in the Draught.</P>
<P>It remains now to treat of the Parterres, Compartiments of Gra&s;s, Wilderne&s;&s;es and Labyrinths each of them in particular. And fir&s;t of all
<PB N="5" REF="8"> let us come to the Ground-works in Embroidery, for the con&s;tructions of which we find nothing more convenient, as we have already &s;aid, then the Box, of which there are three &s;orts, <HI>viz.</HI> great Box or Wood-Box, which groweth high enough if it be let alone, but that may be as well kept very low; for being cropt and clipt every year twice according to Art, it will not grow above three or four inches in ten years &s;pace; and this is it which is required in our Embroidery Ground-works. The &s;econd &s;ort of Box is called dwarf-Box, which never grows higher then one foot and a half, but it is much tenderer then the other, not capable to endure too neer a crop. It is convenient to &s;et the Knots, who&s;e clipping is differing from the Em|broidery, <HI>viz.</HI> only &s;quare. The la&s;t kind of Box is between both the for|mer, both in re&s;pect of its leaf and growth, but doth not afford &s;o plea&s;ing a Green; therefore we &s;hall lay it a&s;ide. I know that in this Country mo&s;t part have an aver&s;ion to all kind of Box, by rea&s;on of its &s;trong &s;cent, and chiefly the bigge&s;t; but that happens onely when it is &s;uffer'd to grow high; for being kept &s;hort and low, it &s;carce &s;mells at all, e&s;pecially the dwarf-Box. Therefore tho&s;e curious per&s;ons may make u&s;e of either, but &s;everally, and not together.</P>
<P>The&s;e Premi&s;es con&s;idered, we &s;hall continue to treat of our De&s;igns each in particular; having fir&s;t adverti&s;ed the Reader, that the third and fourth De&s;igns are &s;pecified in the fir&s;t general Draught, and the fifth in the &s;econd general Draught.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN6">The Sixth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>THe &s;ixth is a Ground-work in Embrodery, containing 42 Toi&s;es &s;quare. The Li&s;ts of the outward Walks of the &s;quares of &s;ix foot in breadth, are for low flowers: and, at each external Angle of the &s;aid Squares is de&s;cribed a quarter of a Circle, in who&s;e Center, a Statue or Figure is to be &s;et up, or in &s;tead thereof there may be planted a Cyprus-Tree, which may be left to grow at di&s;cretion. The Fountain contains &s;e|ven Toi&s;es in Diameter. This &s;ort of Ground-works we made at <HI>Stock|holme,</HI> before the Palace of the late Queen Mother of <HI>Sweden.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN7">The Seventh De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>THe &s;eventh is al&s;o a Ground-work in Embroidery of about 47 Toi&s;es &s;quare in the in-work: Its fountain hath eight Toi&s;es in Diameter; the cro&s;s-Alleys and the outward VValks are to be four Toi&s;es, and the Li&s;ts &s;ix foot; in the mid&s;t of which are marked down from &s;pace to &s;pace the places where to lay &s;quare &s;tones, fit to bear Flower-plots, or &s;mall boxes of choice green Trees, &s;ome clipt and cropt like Globes, and the others in a Piramidal form. We have not &s;et down in this pre&s;ent De&s;ign
<PB N="6" REF="9"> the outward-walks, (to prevent confu&s;ion) no more then in many others, which however are to be alwayes &s;et out, and proportion'd in all Ground|works and other De&s;igns; as may be noted in our general Draughts.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN8">The Eighth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>THe eighth is a Ground-work in Embroidery of 40 Toi&s;es &s;quare in the in-work; who&s;e eight-&s;quare Fountain is to be 7 Toi&s;es in Dia|meter; the Li&s;ts 6 foot, with the quarters of Circles in the middle Angles, in who&s;e Centers Statues may be &s;et up, or Cyprus Trees planted, and in the mid&s;t of the Li&s;ts of the out-walks of the &s;quares, may be plant|ed &s;mall choice green Trees, kept as the former, yet with this di&s;tinction, that they mu&s;t be carefully covered in Winter during ill weather, by rea|&s;on that they cannot be removed into the green-hou&s;es as the former: be|tween tho&s;e Trees may be &s;et all &s;orts of low Flowers.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN9">The Ninth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS a Ground-work in Embroidery of 36 Toi&s;es &s;quare in the in-work, with a half-moon at the end, partly in Embroidery, partly in Knots of Gra&s;s; the Li&s;ts are to be of 6 Foot in breadth, with a &s;pace of Gra&s;s in the middle. The work of this De&s;ign is to be in large, to be &s;een from far off, in ca&s;e the Hou&s;e &s;hould be remote from the Garden, but if it &s;hould be nearer the Hou&s;e, it would not be ami&s;s to add more work to it.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN10">The Tenth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS another Ground-work in Embroidery of 28 Toi&s;es &s;quare in the in-32work; the Fountain of 4&frac12; in Diameter; its Li&s;ts between 4 or 5 foot in breadth, and a &s;lip of gra&s;s in the great &s;troke of the Embroidery, as al|&s;o the Statues and Cyprus-Trees &s;ituated in their due places, as is de&s;cribed in the De&s;ign.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN11">The Eleventh De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS a Ground-work in Embroidery, containing 30 Toi&s;es &s;quare taking in the outward walks; the Li&s;ts are of 4 foot in breadth, adorned as in the &s;eventh De&s;ign, and at the end is de&s;cribed a half-oval of gra&s;s, planted round with Cyprus-Trees in a convenient di&s;tance one from the other, and neatly clipped into a Pyramidal Form. It is to be noted, that to keep Cyprus-Trees very well, they &s;hould not be tyed, (as many u&s;e to do,)
<PB N="7" REF="9"> by rea&s;on that being without Air within-&s;ide, they wither, and become full of dead wood: Moreover, the binding of them cau&s;es them to grow too high, and without &s;upport; in &s;o much, that there would be a nece&s;&s;ity to &s;upport them by a Pole fixt through the middle of the branches, which cau|&s;es more and more their inward dryne&s;s and rottenne&s;s; therefore they ought alwayes to be left at their natural liberty, onely cut and clipt both round about and at the top from time to time; and that if it be nece&s;&s;ary, twice a year, <HI>viz.</HI> towards the Month of <HI>May</HI> and <HI>September.</HI> Thus they will &s;trengthen them&s;elves towards the root, and be made fit to re&s;i&s;t all the injuries of bad weather.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN12">The Twelfth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS a Ground-work in Embroidery, of an Oblong Square, containing a|bout 40 Toi&s;es in breadth in the in-work, and 43 in length from one Angle to the other: at the end of which is to be made a large proportion of a Circle, in who&s;e center is al&s;o de&s;cribed a Fountain of 10 Toi&s;es in Diameter, and in the middle of the Ground-work an Eight-Square of gra&s;s &s;omewhat rai&s;ed, in the Center whereof is to be erected a Statue, or curious Sun-dyal, with a fillet of Gra&s;s in the middle of the Li&s;ts, as is de&s;cribed in our &s;aid De&s;ign.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN13">The Thirteenth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS a Ground-work al&s;o in Embroidery, of an Oblong Square, but diffe|rent from the former, by rea&s;on that it mu&s;t be &s;een on the long &s;ide; it contains 50 Toi&s;es in Front, and 40 Toi&s;es of depth; its Fountain has 7&frac12; Toi&s;es of Diameter; the Li&s;ts 6 Foot, planted with all &s;orts of low-Flowers, and the great or Ma&s;ter-&s;troke of the Embroidery with a &s;lip of gra&s;s in the middle.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN14">The Fourteenth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS another Ground-work in Embrodery, of an Oblong-&s;quare, different from the former, by rea&s;on that it may &s;een on both &s;ides; it contains 45 Toi&s;es in length, and 33 in breadth in the in-work: in the middle of which may be made an Eight-&s;quare of gra&s;s, on which is to be &s;et a Statue or Sun|dyal; the li&s;ts and the Ma&s;ter-&s;trokes of the Embrodery are 6 Foot in breadth.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<PB N="8" REF="10">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN15">The Fifteenth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS a Ground-work in Embroidery, of an Oblong-&s;quare, to be &s;een only upon its Ba&s;is; it differs from the others by rea&s;on it has no cro&s;s Alleys, and is of 30 Toi&s;es in breadth, and 40 in length, with an half-oval at the end; the li&s;ts are of 6 Foot in breadth, as al&s;o the chief &s;troke of Embroi|dery.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN16">The Sixteenth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS finally another Ground-work in Embroidery, of an Oblong Square, (without cro&s;s-Alleys) containing 40 Toi&s;es in length, and 33 in breadth, with the outward Alleys; in the middle of which may be plac't a Foun|tain, and in the 4 outward Angles, Statues upon their Piede&s;tals, or el&s;e Cy|prus-Trees Planted; the Li&s;t is of &s;ix foot in breadth, adorned with a &s;lip of Gra&s;s in the middle: this De&s;ign may be contrived for its view which way one plea&s;es, yet it will be more delightful to be &s;een breadth-wayes.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD><REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN17">The Seventeenth De&s;ign.</REF></HEAD>
<P>IS a certain kind of Frize, which may be continued as long as one will; it is of 12 Toi&s;es in breadth, partly Embroidery, and partly Knots of Gra&s;s and Flowers.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="design">
<HEAD>The <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN18">Eighteenth</REF> and <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN19">Nineteenth</REF> De&s;igns.</HEAD>
<P>ARe two &s;mall Ground-works in Embroidery, with their Li&s;ts turffed, the bigge&s;t is of 6 Toi&s;es in breadth, and about 9&frac12; of length; it is be&s;t to be &s;een length-wayes, the &s;malle&s;t contains about 10 Toi&s;es in front, and 4&frac12; in depth, and is be&s;t to be view'd in the &s;ame manner.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="section">
<P>This is in &s;hort and in general concerning our De&s;igns and Ground|works in Embroidery of Box; It remains to give &s;ome Direction to the le&s;s skilful in them, how to perform them well on the ground, which is done by the means of &s;everal lines &s;trait drawn, both upon our &s;aid De&s;igns, and on Earth, and proportionally inter-cutting each other thereby to frame Squares of &s;ix Foot every way in De&s;igns of a moderate bigne&s;s, but of 9 Foot in the bige&s;t, to prevent confu&s;ion; and then ob&s;erving the places where each Leaf cuts or cro&s;&s;es the &s;aid Lines, of which an exact mea&s;ure mu&s;t be taken with a Compa&s;s, which being placed upon the Scale, will &s;hew us the preci&s;e mea&s;ure, which is to be transferr'd upon the Ground by the means of our common Mea&s;ure of &s;ix foot, and &s;o proportion'd to the De&s;ign. Thus one may ea&s;ily attain to the contrivance of all &s;orts of
<PB N="9" REF="10"> De&s;igns, as it is de&s;cribed upon our two De&s;igns in Embroidery of Gra&s;s, <REF TARGET="B43461-GROUND1"><HI>Fol.</HI> 26</REF> and <REF TARGET="B43461-GROUND2">27</REF>, where the lines are traced upon one of the Squares.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<P>After the Ground-works in Embroidery, follow the Compartiments of Turff-work, and of Flowers, which, being kept as they ought to be, will make a glorious &s;hew; they are more proper for this Country then any other Country of the World, by rea&s;on that the Gardeners are more ex|pert and skilful in laying and keeping of Turff then any other Country Gardiners. Neverthele&s;s, &s;ince it may be this Books fate to cro&s;s the Sea, we &s;hall give &s;ome &s;hort directions to the Out landi&s;h Gardiners, how to chu&s;e the fitte&s;t Turff for this u&s;e, as al&s;o how to keep and order it after the Engli&s;h manner.</P>
<P>In the fir&s;t place, that Turff mu&s;t be cho&s;en on which Sheep commonly feed, which ought to be free from all other Herbs, except Camomile; then you mu&s;t have a &s;licer with along and crooked handle, to cut the &s;aid Turff in direct Lines, &s;till remembring to &s;lope your hand whil&s;t you cut, that if the Turff chance to be rai&s;ed, it may be neatly rejoyned and put to|gether again, &s;o that it may &s;eem as if it was made long &s;ince. This cut|ting of the Turff mu&s;t be made &s;quare one foot in breadth, and three in length, of the thickne&s;s of an inch at the mo&s;t, that it being rai&s;ed with the &s;lice of Iron &s;omewhat bended, and with a handle of a convenient length, it may be roll'd like a &s;heet of Paper, to be tran&s;ported where 'tis nece&s;&s;ary, and plac't with Art according to the Traces of our Ground-works. The be&s;t &s;ea&s;on for this work is after <HI>Michaelmas;</HI> for, if you &s;tay till the Spring, there happen then &s;ometimes Droughts, which do endamage extreamly the &s;aid Turff, &s;o that one is &s;ometimes forced to water it, and yet notwith|&s;tanding it hinders not the good gra&s;s from dying, and nothing remains on our Turffs but ba&s;e Herbs and Weeds. But, let us come to the means to maintain and keep the &s;aid Turff, which is done by often Mowing and Rowling of it; fir&s;t with a Rouler of Wood, to take off the Worm-ca&s;t; then afterwards with the &s;tone Rouler, to render it the firmer and more tite: This rouling mu&s;t be done every day, or at the lea&s;t every other day; and it mu&s;t be Mowed at the lea&s;t twice a week, that the gra&s;s may grow the thicker, and the Knots lie alwayes clo&s;e cut and &s;mooth: the &s;ithe mu&s;t be made accordingly, and &s;o &s;tockt, that it may be laid flat upon the gra&s;s, &s;o as to cut it the more even.</P>
<P>There remains yet a word to &s;ay concerning the Garden-Alleys, which are the chiefe&s;t Ornaments of a Garden, and wherein <HI>England</HI> excelleth other Countreys, as well as by its art in Turffing; wherefore we &s;hall give &s;ome &s;mall in&s;tructions therein, which may be of u&s;e in Forreign Countreys: which is, that, to have fair Walks, in which one may walk in all weathers with ea&s;e, there mu&s;t be cho&s;en a firm gravelly Sand, without the lea&s;t mix|ture of any earth, except Clay, in ca&s;e the gravel be too &s;tony; and after it has been &s;ifted &s;omewhat gro&s;ly, let the bigge&s;t be laid in the bottom of the Walks, and that which is &s;ifted on the top, very even, but only three or four
<PB N="10" REF="11"> inches higher in the middle then on the &s;ides, ju&s;t enough to drain the wa|ters and no more; for I do not approve &s;o great &s;lopings which &s;ome u&s;e to give to Alleys, which are trouble&s;ome to tho&s;e that walk, by their over|roundne&s;s. The Walks being thus gravelled, they mu&s;t be neatly kept by Weeding and Rouling of them daily with a &s;tone Rouler: Note by the by, that the &s;aid &s;mall gravel or cour&s;e &s;and mu&s;t be laid as thick as may be, that the Worms may not pierce through; to that purpo&s;e it will not be ami&s;s to lay all &s;orts of rubbi&s;h in the bottom of the &s;aid Alleys.</P>
<P>This is in brief what was to be &s;aid concerning the Turff-works, and the Alleys belonging to the Garden of Plea&s;ure; there may be added ano|ther bed or couch upon the &s;urface of the &s;aid Alleys, <HI>viz.</HI> &s;mall &s;hells, which are commonly found on the Sea-&s;hore; which &s;hells mu&s;t be bea|ten very &s;mall, and &s;trewd lightly over the &s;aid &s;urface, the more to prevent the Worms from piercing through, and add a greater Ornament to the Walks.</P>
<P>We &s;hall now come to the di&s;tingui&s;hing of Ground-works and Knots of Gra&s;s, each in their place and order; the fir&s;t is to contain 60 Toi&s;es &s;quare in in-work; the cro&s;s-Alleys, from one Angle to the other, between four and five Toi&s;es, with the Fountain in the middle of 8 Toi&s;es in Dia|meter, and the four other Fountains at the four Angles; All, as is de&s;cri|bed in our De&s;ign, &s;et down at the beginning of the Ground-works in Em|broidery, <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN4"><HI>Fol.</HI> 4.</REF> as being intended to be drawn upon our great General Draught; but before we go on with the particulars of the&s;e &s;aid gra&s;s-Knots, it will not be ami&s;s to give a word of advice concerning our intention in the &s;tructure of the &s;aid Knots, which is, that the Ma&s;ter-&s;troke which forms the De&s;ign be planted of Box, and clipped &s;quare; the &s;pace from one bor|der to the other is the path-way, which is to be of nine foot in breadth in the great De&s;igns, but of &s;ix foot in the le&s;&s;er; in the middle of which path ought to be made a Li&s;t of gra&s;s, which will make a lovely &s;hew from on high: Then, in the middle of the cut pieces &s;hould be made a Li&s;t to &s;et Flowers in, which mu&s;t be rai&s;ed &s;ome three or four inches higher then the level of the ground, exactly fallow, according to the order of the Knots; then, in &s;ome places lay the cut pieces of Turff, in others plant Camomile and matted Pinks; above all, &s;till ob&s;erving the exact Symmetry and true proportion; In &s;tead of &s;etting Flowers in the Li&s;t, it may be &s;anded or gravel'd with another colour'd Sand then that of the Paths, but of an even Level: As al&s;o tho&s;e that will not make u&s;e of Box, may make u&s;e of Boards or Planks Pitch'd within &s;ide, and Painted without, that they may la&s;t the longer; which Planks being aptly di&s;po&s;ed according to our De|&s;igns, will give no &s;mall &s;atisfaction to the curious. The&s;e things above|mention'd being well under&s;tood, it will be, I believe, ea&s;ie enough to contrive all manner of De&s;igns for the greater Perfection of the Garden of Plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>Now we &s;hall go on with the Particulars of our Gra&s;s Knots, the
<PB N="11" REF="11">
<REF TARGET="B43461-KNOT2">&s;econd of which in <HI>Fol.</HI> 19.</REF> contains 40 Toi&s;es &s;quare in in-work; its Fountain is to be 7&frac12; in Diameter, and the 24 Statues to be &s;et up upon their Piede&s;tals, or el&s;e half-Statues and half Cyprus-Trees, all in proportion with the gra&s;s Li&s;t in the middle of the Paths, as they are de&s;cribed in the De&s;ign.</P>
<P><REF TARGET="B43461-KNOT3">The third <HI>Fol.</HI> 20.</REF> is an Oblong &s;quare Knot, of 50 Toi&s;es in length, and 38 in breadth in in-work, the eight-&s;quare Fountain 6 in Diameter, and the Alleys 4&frac12; in breadth, with Statues and Gra&s;s-Li&s;ts in the middle of the Paths, as may be &s;een upon the De&s;ign.</P>
<P><REF TARGET="B43461-KNOT4">The Fourth, <HI>Fol.</HI> 21.</REF> is another Oblong &s;quare-Knot of 38 Toi&s;es in length, and 30 in breadth, in in-work; its Fountain of 6 in Dia|meter, and the Alleys 4 in breadth, the Statues and Gra&s;s-Li&s;ts placed in their due places as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><REF TARGET="B43461-KNOT5">The fifth, <HI>Fol.</HI> 22.</REF> is al&s;o a gra&s;s-Knot, but without cro&s;s-Alleys, containing about 28 Toi&s;es &s;quare, with the outward Walks, which are of three Toi&s;es, or 20 Foot in breadth, the Fountain of 4 in in-work, the whole accompanied with Statues, and adorned with a Gra&s;s-Li&s;t in the middle of the Paths, with a half-oval at the end, and a Terra&s;&s;e or high Walk on the Front, as it may be noted on the De&s;ign.</P>
<P><REF TARGET="B43461-KNOT6">The Sixth, <HI>Fol.</HI> 23.</REF> is an Oblong &s;quare Knot, without cro&s;s-Alleys, containing about 29 Toi&s;es in Front, and 22&frac12; in depth, the whole in-work, adorned with Statues and Gra&s;s-Li&s;ts in the middle of the Paths. This De&s;ign differs from the others, by rea&s;on that there is neither &s;trait lines nor compa&s;s-&s;trokes in it; We made it in one of the Ca&s;tles belonging to the late Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> called <HI>Hon&s;clerdeck.</HI></P>
<P><REF TARGET="B43461-KNOT7">The &s;eventh and la&s;t gra&s;s-Knot, <HI>Fol.</HI> 24.</REF> is al&s;o an Oblong|&s;quare, without cro&s;s-Alleys, containing 40 Toi&s;es in length, and 26 in depth; the Statues and Cyprus-Trees being di&s;po&s;ed with due pro|portion, as al&s;o the Gra&s;s Li&s;ts in the middle of the Paths, as is de|&s;cribed upon the De&s;ign.</P>
<P>This is in &s;hort what I thought fit to &s;ay concerning the Embroider'd Ground-works, which ought to be planted with Box, as al&s;o touch|ing the Gra&s;s and Box-Knots: Now it remains that we Treat of the Embroider'd Turff-ground-works, as al&s;o of the Knots without Box; and finally of Wilderne&s;&s;es and Labyrinths or Mazes: And we &s;hall begin with the Royal-Garden, which we have contrived by His Ma|je&s;ties Order in His Park at St. <HI>James</HI>'s.</P>
<P><REF TARGET="B43461-ROYAL1">This Royal <HI>Garden, Fol.</HI> 25.</REF> contains 200 Toi&s;es in length, and 50 in breadth; and whereas there is no place near it from which it may be view'd from on high, we have therein omitted all Embroi|dered ground-works, and Knots of gra&s;s, and have contrived it into
<PB N="12" REF="12"> &s;everal Parallelograms, according to its length; and in regard it falls out, that at one end there happens to be a wild Wood, we have contrived another of green Trees over again&s;t it, of which the great Tree which was found &s;tanding there in the middle makes the Head, both of the green Wood and the re&s;t of the Garden; which Tree we thought fit to leave as a remembrance of the Roy|al Oak. The Li&s;ts in the &s;aid Parallelograms are Planted with dwarf-fruit-Trees, Ro&s;e-Trees, and &s;everal &s;orts of Flowers; the circumference is planted with Cyprus-Trees and other green Plants, to make Pali&s;&s;ado's of about five foot high, with two perforated Gates to every &s;quare; the &s;aid Li&s;ts are parted with Gra&s;s in the manner of Knots. Finally, the Alleys are of five Toi&s;es in breadth, with their Li&s;ts, in the middle of which are planted dwarf-fruit-Trees and Vines; the great Walk on the Right-hand is rai&s;ed Terra&s;s-like, and Turff't; having a Fountain of five Toi&s;es in Di|ameter, and a Round of Gra&s;s whereon to &s;et up a Dial or Sta|tue, as al&s;o in &s;everal places Cut-Angles, as may be &s;een upon the De&s;ign.</P>
<P>The <REF TARGET="B43461-GROUND1"> fir&s;t Ground-work in Embroidery of Gra&s;s, <HI>Fol.</HI> 26.</REF> con|tains fifty Toi&s;es &s;quare in in-work; the Fountain eight in Dia|meter, and the Alleys four in breadth, the Li&s;ts of gra&s;s which en|viron the 4 Triangles, have 4 foot in breadth, and may be border'd with Boards in &s;tead of Turffs, and &s;et with low-Flowers; likewi&s;e at each Angle there may be Cyprus-Trees neatly kept and cut. We made this and the following De&s;ign much like unto tho&s;e in <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN3"><HI>Fol.</HI> 3.</REF> and <REF TARGET="B43461-DESIGN16">16.</REF> that thereby all the foregoing De&s;igns which are in Em|broidery, may be the more ea&s;ie to the le&s;s skilful in De&s;igns, for to add or dimini&s;h according as it will be thought convenient, when they come to be put in Practice.</P>
<P>The <REF TARGET="B43461-GROUND2">&s;econd Ground-work, <HI>Fol.</HI> 27.</REF> is of Gra&s;s-Embroidery, of a Parallelogramick form, containing 36 Toi&s;es in front, and 29 in depth; the outward Li&s;t four Foot in breadth, with four Cut-Angles, wherein may be &s;et up, either Statues, or Cy|prus-Trees, be&s;ide what is placed in the center of the &s;aid De|&s;ign.</P>
<P>The <REF TARGET="B43461-GROUND3">third Ground-work in Embroidery of gra&s;s, <HI>Fol.</HI> 23.</REF> con|tains about 35 Toi&s;es in breadth, and 40 in length, from one Angle to the other, with a half-oval, both upon the Ba&s;is, and at the end of the &s;aid ground-work: There may be &s;et up in it four Statues, <HI>viz.</HI> one in the middle of the Li&s;t of the half-oval up|on its Ba&s;is, two upon the inward great &s;trokes over again&s;t one another, and the Fourth in the Center of the double C. there re|maining yet four places in which Cyprus-Trees may be Planted.</P>
<PB N="13" REF="12">
<P><REF TARGET="B43461-GROUND4">The Fourth De&s;ign, <HI>Fol.</HI> 29.</REF> is a Gra&s;s Ground-work, contain|ing 50 Toi&s;es in in-work; its eight-&s;quare Fountain &s;even in Dia|meter, and the Alleys four in breadth; in each &s;quare there may be &s;et up three Statues, and four Cyprus-Trees planted, or el&s;e but one &s;ingle Statue in the Center of each &s;quare, as al&s;o at the four external Cut-Angles of the &s;aid Squares, and all the other places planted with Cyprus-Trees; it is to be noted, that all tho&s;e marked with &s;mall points, ought to be gra&s;s, and the re&s;t gravel, which mu&s;t be renew'd every year, by rea&s;on that the Worms ca&s;ts take away its lovely colour, which is one of the chiefe&s;t ornaments of Gra&s;s Ground|works; the &s;ame may be under&s;tood concerning the De&s;igns in Em|broidery in general.</P>
<P><REF TARGET="B43461-GROUND5">The Fifth, <HI>Fol.</HI> 30.</REF> is al&s;o a gra&s;s Ground-work, containing 40 Toi&s;es in breadth, and fifty in length, from Angle to Angle, with a quarter of an oval at each &s;ide of the upper end, in who&s;e Center is an eight-&s;quare of gra&s;s to &s;et a Statue on; as al&s;o at the four outward Angles, and likewi&s;e in the four Parallelograms of our De&s;ign, with the Cyprus-Trees planted in order, all according as it is de&s;cribed in the De&s;ign. It is to be noted, that one of the &s;aid Parallelograms of our De&s;ign, may be al&s;o contrived &s;ingly on ground, and that in making of it bigger or le&s;s as need requires; as likewi&s;e, it may ea&s;ily be turned into a Wilderne&s;s, giving a conve|nient breadth to the gra&s;s-Li&s;ts; which mu&s;t be changed into Al|leys with Pali&s;&s;ado's on each &s;ide, and the re&s;t filled confu&s;edly with Wood.</P>
<P>This is &s;ufficient as for the Ground-works in Embroidery, and gra&s;s-Knots in general; there remains now to treat concerning the Wilderne&s;&s;es, which are di&s;tingui&s;hed two-fold, <HI>viz.</HI> Wilderne&s;|&s;es planted of wild Trees, and tho&s;e that are planted with all &s;orts of ever-greens. This la&s;t kind is fitte&s;t in the Gardens of Plea&s;ure, and the fir&s;t are mo&s;t convenient in Parks, and more remote places, as growing higher and thick, which would not &s;ute well with the inclo&s;ure of the Garden of Plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>The <REF TARGET="B43461-WILDERNESS1">fir&s;t Wilderne&s;s, <HI>Fol.</HI> 31.</REF> contains 44 Toi&s;es &s;quare, the Al|leys three in breadth, and the Fountain &s;ix in Diameter; the four inward Walks, as al&s;o the four large Arbors at the Angles of them may be made of Timber, vaulted at the top, &s;o as to joyn neatly there to the Pali&s;&s;ado's, that, during the violent heat of Sum|mer, one may have the conveniency of cool &s;hades, under which to &s;it &s;helter'd from the parching Rayes of the Sun, either for &s;tu|dious Retirement, or the enjoyment of Society with two or three Friends, a Bottle of Wine and a Collation: Neverthele&s;s, I do not &s;o much approve of this kind of Covering, for two Rea&s;ons;
<PB N="14" REF="13"> The fir&s;t, becau&s;e it is unwhol&s;ome for want of Air; The Second, by rea&s;on that the Green cannot well grow in the in&s;ide of them, and by con&s;equence the Pali&s;&s;ado's, though of Quick-&s;et, and ve|ry green without, &s;eem but like dead Wood within; therefore if the Curious are de&s;irous to have of them in their Gardens, it will be requi&s;ite they &s;hould have great <HI>Gaps,</HI> or <HI>Windowes</HI> made in the top at &s;ome convenient di&s;tance, through which the Air may come in, and by this means prevent &s;uch inconveniences.</P>
<P>The Second Wilderne&s;s, <HI>Fol.</HI> 32. contains 40 Toi&s;es &s;quare in in-work, the Alleys two in breadth, and the Fountain eight in Di|ameter; what is fill'd with &s;mall points ought to be gra&s;s, and the re&s;t Sand or gravel and Flowers, as may be &s;een in the De&s;ign. The great &s;troke which forms the De&s;ign is to &s;et a Pali&s;&s;ado in, which may be &s;uffer'd to grow &s;ome five foot high at the mo&s;t, which mu&s;t be under&s;tood of all the other De&s;igns of Wilderne&s;|&s;es.</P>
<P>The <REF TARGET="B43461-WILDERNESS3">third Wilderne&s;s, <HI>Fol.</HI> 33.</REF> is a Parallelogram, containing 36 Toi&s;es in length, and 26 in breadth; the outward Walk three, and the other inward ones two; the Fountain &s;ix in length and four in breadth, the Li&s;t of flowers and gra&s;s in their proper places; the whole according as it is de&s;cribed in the De&s;ign.</P>
<P>The <REF TARGET="B43461-WILDERNESS4">Fourth and la&s;t Wilderne&s;s, <HI>Fol.</HI> 34..</REF> is al&s;o a Parallelogram, containing 42 Toi&s;es in length, and 28 in breadth; the Arbors joyn|ing one to another, and the Statues and Trees &s;et in their places in order, as may be &s;een in the De&s;ign.</P>
<P>We &s;hall end our De&s;igns with the Labyrinths or Mazes, who&s;e Pali&s;&s;ado's are to be planted in double ranks, that they may be thereby the &s;tronger and thicker, to hinder the going through them. The <REF TARGET="B43461-LABYRINTH1">fir&s;t, <HI>Fol.</HI> 35.</REF> is of an eight-&s;quare form, containing 36 Toi|&s;es &s;quare in in-work, the Alleys are to be 12 foot in breadth or more.</P>
<P>The <REF TARGET="B43461-LABYRINTH2">&s;econd Labyrinth, <HI>Fol.</HI> 36.</REF> is an Oblong &s;quare, containing 36 Toi&s;es in breadth, and 44 in length in in-work; this is wholly without all proportion, neverthele&s;s it will make a pretty &s;hew on Ground. It is to be noted, that the mo&s;t of &s;pace that can be given to Labyrinths is the be&s;t; therefore it will be nece&s;&s;ary to chu&s;e &s;ome convenient place out of the Garden to contrive them in, where one may have &s;pace enough, as 60 or 80 Toi&s;es in &s;quare.</P>
<P>I hope I have rendred my &s;elf &s;ufficiently to be under&s;tood for the De&s;igning of all General Draughts, Ground-works, Wilder|ne&s;&s;es, and other De&s;igns which may make up a Garden of Plea|&s;ure; the which I have done, that the le&s;s skilled in the adorning
<PB N="15" REF="13"> of Gardens, may reap thereof both u&s;e and plea&s;ure in their Deco|rations; the whole <HI>WORK</HI> being the Product of my many years Practice and Labour, and the Skill which I have acquired there|by; Therefore I entreat all Lovers of the Art of <HI>Gardening,</HI> to take in good part this &s;mall <HI>WORK</HI> of mine, which I have Pub|li&s;hed for the Publick good.</P>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="list of illustrations">
<PB REF="14">
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN1">
<PB REF="15">
<PB REF="16">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the first garden design, Fol. 1</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN2">
<PB REF="17">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the second garden design, Fol. 2</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN3">
<PB REF="18">
<PB REF="19">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>Knot in Embroidery for the first garden design, Fol. 3</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN4">
<PB REF="20">
<PB REF="21">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>Compartiment of Turff for the first garden design, Fol. 4</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<PB REF="22">
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN5">
<FIGDESC>Knot in Embroidery for the second garden design, Fol. 5</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN6">
<PB REF="23">
<PB REF="24">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the sixth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN7">
<PB REF="25">
<PB REF="26">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the seventh design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN8">
<PB REF="27">
<PB REF="28">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the eighth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN9">
<PB REF="29">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the ninth design, a ground work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN10">
<PB REF="30">
<PB REF="31">
<FIGDESC>the tenth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN11">
<PB REF="32">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the eleventh design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN12">
<PB REF="33">
<PB REF="34">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the twelfth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN13">
<PB REF="35">
<PB REF="36">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the thirteenth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN14">
<PB REF="37">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the fourteenth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN15">
<PB REF="38">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the fifteenth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN16">
<PB REF="39">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the sixteenth design, a ground-work in embroidery, Fol. 16</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN17">
<PB REF="40">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the seventeenth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<PB REF="41">
<PB REF="41">
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN19">
<FIGDESC>the nineteenth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
<HEAD>19</HEAD>
</FIGURE>
<FIGURE ID="B43461-DESIGN18">
<FIGDESC>the eighteenth design, a ground-work in embroidery</FIGDESC>
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
</FIGURE></P>
<PB REF="42">
<PB REF="42">
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-KNOT4">
<HEAD><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">9</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the fourth grass-knot, Fol. 21 in the text</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<PB REF="43">
<PB REF="43">
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-KNOT3">
<PB REF="44">
<HEAD>2<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"></HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the third grass-knot, Fol. 20</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-KNOT5">
<PB REF="45">
<PB REF="46">
<HEAD>22</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the fifth grass-knot, without cross-alleys, Fol. 22</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-KNOT6">
<PB REF="47">
<HEAD>23</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the sixth grass-knot, without straight lines, Fol. 23</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-KNOT7">
<PB REF="48">
<HEAD>24</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the seventh grass-knot, an oblong without cross-alleys, Fol. 24</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-WILDERNESS1">
<PB REF="49">
<HEAD>25</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the First Wilderness. Fol. 31 in the text.</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-GROUND1">
<PB REF="50">
<HEAD>26</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>First ground-work in grass embroidery, Fol. 26</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-WILDERNESS3">
<PB REF="51">
<HEAD>27</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the Third Wilderness. Fol. 33 in the text.</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-WILDERNESS4">
<PB REF="52">
<HEAD>28</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the Fourth Wilderness. Fol. 34 in the text.</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-GROUND4">
<PB REF="53">
<HEAD>29</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the Fourth Design, a Grass Ground-Work, Fol. 29</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-GROUND5">
<PB REF="54">
<HEAD>30</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the Fifth Design, Grass Ground-Work</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-ROYAL1">
<PB REF="55">
<PB REF="56">
<FIGDESC>design for Royal-Garden, Fol. 25</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-GROUND2">
<PB REF="57">
<HEAD>27</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>Second Groundwork of Grass-Embroidery, Fol. 27</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-GROUND3">
<PB REF="58">
<HEAD>28</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>third Ground-work in Embroidery of grass; number is mirrored; Fol. 23 in the text</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-KNOT2">
<PB REF="59">
<HEAD>29</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the Second Grass-Knot, with 24 statues</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-LABYRINTH1">
<PB REF="60">
<HEAD>29</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the first labyrinth. Fol. 35 in the text.</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE ID="B43461-LABYRINTH2">
<PB REF="61">
<HEAD>30</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>the second labyrinth. Fol. 36 in the text.</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE>
<PB REF="62">
<PB REF="62" MS="y">
<FIGDESC>outline of a garden</FIGDESC>
<P><ADD>appears hand-drawn</ADD></P>
</FIGURE></P>
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