. The Parterre, or, Whole art of forming flower gardens . es are not painted gi-een, similar tothe figures of turf (though, from being formedof box, they will cause the same relief in nature)as it has been judged sufficient to mark themhere, by rather a darker shade than the bor-ders of mould: besides their very easy distinc-tion from other parts, by the nature of theirshapes. The only thing that remains nowunexplained is the space between the differentfigures, which is to be gravelled: the yellowtint of the paper will stand proxy for it. This is all the information that I thought 16 OF THE PA
. The Parterre, or, Whole art of forming flower gardens . es are not painted gi-een, similar tothe figures of turf (though, from being formedof box, they will cause the same relief in nature)as it has been judged sufficient to mark themhere, by rather a darker shade than the bor-ders of mould: besides their very easy distinc-tion from other parts, by the nature of theirshapes. The only thing that remains nowunexplained is the space between the differentfigures, which is to be gravelled: the yellowtint of the paper will stand proxy for it. This is all the information that I thought 16 OF THE PARTERRE. was necessary to be given, previously to themore pleasing part of trying your skill in cut-ting out. You may now proceed to that de-lightful task; and to those who have eman-cipated themselves from the turmoil of theworld, and resolved to spend, amid the plea-sures of a country life, the remainder of theirdays—to such, I flatter myself, I may holdout a no very vain hope of succeeding, bythese few hints— Ducere solicits jucunda oblivia OF THE PARTERRE. 17 PLATE I. THE FIGURE OF A PARTERRE SLIGHTLY EMBROIDERED,WITH CUT WORK AND BORDERS. Where you have a rich collection of geraniumsand other choice flowers, no form of garden canshow them off to better advantage, as, fromits being suited to a middling rather than alarger space of ground, the eye is enabled totake in, at one view, the whole melange ofcolour. The effect of this may be greatly heightenedby double hedges of box, which should beplanted about as wide apart as the breadth ofa single hedge, so as to allow a narrow lineof the same gravel as the rest of the paths tobe inserted. Byway of a yet finer relievo, you may dressoff any flatness in tli*.- area by the branch-work. c 18 OF THE PARTERRE. before spoken of—edging that, of course, whenit is of any considerable size, with single box,and filling up with what earth you please, sothat it be different from that of the cut-workor paths. OF THE PARTERRE. 19
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