. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. Designing Flozvcr Beds 267 author's own quaint language to modifying it in any degree :— •' Description and Use of a New Invention of more speedy Desig7ung of Garden-plats; whereby we may produce more Variety of Figures in an Hour's time, than are to be found in all the Books of Gardening now extant. " Since the instrument I now design to treat of has afforded some pleasure to many of my acquaintance, I have been easily persuaded to make it public. It is of that nature that the best designers or draughtsmen may
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. Designing Flozvcr Beds 267 author's own quaint language to modifying it in any degree :— •' Description and Use of a New Invention of more speedy Desig7ung of Garden-plats; whereby we may produce more Variety of Figures in an Hour's time, than are to be found in all the Books of Gardening now extant. " Since the instrument I now design to treat of has afforded some pleasure to many of my acquaintance, I have been easily persuaded to make it public. It is of that nature that the best designers or draughtsmen may im- prove and help their fancies by it, and may with more certainty hit the humour of those gentlemen they are to work for, without being at the trouble of making many varieties of figures or garden-plats; which will lose time, and call an unnecessary expense, which frequently discourages gentlemen from making up their gardens. In short, the charge of the instrument is so small, and its use so delight- ful and profitable, that I doubt not its favour- able reception in the world. " But, to proceed—We must choose two pieces of looking-glass of equal bigness, of the figure of a long square, 5 inches in length, and 4 in breadth; they must be covered on the back with paper or silk to prevent rubbing off the silver; which would else be too apt to crack off by frequent use. This cover for the back of the glasses must be so put on, that nothing of it may appear about the edges of the bright side. " The glasses being thus prepared, they must be laid face to face, and hinged together, so that they may be made to open and shut at of the two glasses a and b joined together by hinges, c c and d d; so that they may open or shut to any part of a circle. And now the glasses being thus fitted for our purpose, I shall proceed to explain the use of them. •• Draw a large circle upon paper, divide it into three, four, five, six, seven, or eight equal parts; which being done, w^
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