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the front approach. A very convenient locality would be such as to 

 have easy access to the domestic offices for culinary purposes, and to the 

 stables and farm buildings for manure. 



The Orchard. — The situation of the orchard — all other circumstances 

 being suitable — might be near the gai'den ; and where a gardener or 

 overseer is kept, his house, together with the fruit house, and other 

 receptacles for the winter storage of roots and vegetables, might be very 

 properly placed between them. 



The Road, or Approach. — When of any material length, the approach 

 should be formed so as to reveal gradually any natural or artificial 

 beauties the place affords, and each turn should be produced by some 

 gentle variation of the surface, a clump of shrubs or single trees. The 

 first or most distant view of the house, should be as favorable as 

 possible ; and the nearest or close view, to comprehend the front entrance 

 or porch, together with the most refined creations of ornament in its 

 vicinity, at a glance. 



Walks. — These are often necessary accompaniments to home scenes 

 that cannot otherwise be seen except at certain seasons and conditions of 

 the surface. Walks should always bear some degree of analogy to the 

 scenes they pass through. Their course should be dictated by the range 

 of attractions to be seen, and their turnings by some local or accidental 

 beauty, being careful that there should be a sufficient reason for such 

 arrangement. 



The Flower Garden. — There are perhaps few departments of out- 

 door pastime surrounded by more delightful and refining associations, 

 than the cultivation of a tasteful and elegant flower garden. It is a 

 field equally open and inviting to the humblest cottager and his wealthier 

 neighbor, as well a source of agreeable recreation to the son of toil 

 as to the heir of luxury. The flower garden is a never failing concomi- 

 tant of a refined civilization ; and the entire absence of flowers around a 

 dwelling, bespeaks either abject penury or a rude ignorance of the sweets 

 of life. In the gloomy retreats of forest life, what can be more refreshing 

 and delightful than the companionship of flowers ? Though all else 

 around be new, in these we can recognize the sweet companions of our 

 youth ; the silent, yet eloquent souvenirs of our early home and father- 

 land. If parents desire to cultivate in children their powers of fore- 

 thought and patience, let them give them a flower garden. The impres- 



