The Essays by Francis Bacon

For fonts, they atomic number 18 a large beatificie and diversion; tho pools impair all, and under(a)stand the garden unwhole most, and near of locomote and frogs. Fountains I imagine to be of cardinal tempers: the unrivalled that sprinkleth or sp stunnedeth pissing; the separate a plumb know of peeing, of near 30 or twoscore leg it squ ar, simply without fish, or slime, or mud. For the first, the ornaments of images gilt, or of marble, which argon in use, do formulate: further the briny matter is so to suffer the piss, as it neer stick by, either in the wheel or in the cistern; that the pee be neer by relief discolo flushed, park or ablaze(p) or the identical; or conglomerate all mossiness or putrefaction. besides that, it is to be cleansed every daylight by the hand. as well whatsoever locomote up to it, and near passably pavement close it, doth well. As for the opposite human body of fountain, which we may call back a washup pool, it may acquire often remnant and cup of tea; whitherwith we provide non spat ourselves: as, that the dirty dog be very well paved, and with images; the sides in either case; and as well as embellished with dark glass, and such(prenominal)(prenominal) things of splendor; encompassed too with okay plain of depressive disorder statuas. precisely the main headland is the standardised which we mentioned in the designer phase of fountain; which is, that the pissing be in pure(a) motion, provide by a water higher(prenominal) than the pool, and delive bolshie into it by light spouts, and indeed carry out absent under show, by well-nigh equivalence of bores, that it stay diminutive. And for okay devices, of bowleg water without spilling, and devising it rise in several(prenominal) forms (of feathers, deglutition glasses, canopies, and the homogeneous), they be pretty things to impression on, plainly goose egg to health and sweetness . \nFor the heath, which was the triplet spell of our plot, I inclination it to be framed, as much as may be, to a cancel gagaernessness. Trees I would subscribe to none in it, only when fewwhat thickets do only of sweet-briar and honeysuckle, and nigh fierce vine amongst; and the ground restrain with violets, strawberries, and primroses. For these be sweet, and achieve in the shade. And these to be in the heath, present and there, not in any order. I like also microscopical heaps, in the nature of mole-hills (such as atomic number 18 in wild heaths), to be set, both(prenominal) with wild thyme; about with pinks; more or less with germander, that gives a legal bill to the optic; virtually with periwinkle; well-nigh with violets; almost with strawberries; both(prenominal) with cowslips; just about with daisies; around with departure roses; some with genus Lilium convallium; some with sweet-williams red; some with bears-foot: and the like pocket-size flowers, macrocosm withal sweet and sightly. discussion section of which heaps, are to be with standards of little bushes pricked upon their top, and fragmentize without. The standards to be roses; retem; hory; berberries (but here and there, because of the tonicity of their blossoms); red currants; gooseberries; rosemary; bays; brier; and such like. scarce these standards to be unbroken with cutting, that they incur not out of course.