36 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



The printed plan is on a scale of 45 feet to 1 inch. The 

 entrance from the road is on the right hand, which is bounded by 

 a border of evergreen shrubs (F. S.). Between this border and the 

 hou^e the carriage drive has a width of 30 feet, which is the least 

 that can be allowed to afford room to turn. On the other side of 

 the house are the stables and domestic ofi&ces, entered by tbe gate 

 on the left hand, where the stables are marked S. The house faces 

 south-east to the garden, and the principal entrance to it from the 

 carriage drive is on the south-west side. The garden front has a 

 projecting window, where D. E-. indicates the position of the principal 

 drawing-room. Across the front is a broad terrace, T., which 

 conducts us to the conservatory, C, on the left, and opens the way, 

 by the main walks at either eud, to the gardens. To take the 

 fullest advantage of the fall of the ground, tlie lawn is laid at a 

 lower level than the terrace, the two being connected by a glacis 

 of f};rass, indicated by the dark shading next the line of the terrace 

 at T. The main walks are approached from the terrace by steps. 



The borders on either side of the lawn are to be furnished with 

 mixtures of useful and ornamental trees and shrubs, but positions 

 for a few large trees are marked, for the purpose of affording dis- 

 tinctiveness of character to the scene. There are five large trees in 

 these borders, and four on the lawn, the rest of the special furniture 

 consists of a few choice conifers and six clumps of evergreen shrubs, 

 such as rhododendrons, etc. The right-hand border is skirted next 

 the path with mixed hardy. flowering plants, marked E. B., but the 

 outside border all round may be so appropriated. The compart- 

 ments next adjoining the lower part of the lawn, marked Y. T., are 

 to be planted wholly with fruit trees, for which purpose trees of 

 dwarf, bushy habit will be preferred, with a few standards inter- 

 mixed. Further down are the compartments for the kitchen garden, 

 marked K. Gr. ; the compartment to the extreme left being intended 

 for frames is marked F. Gr. The cross walk here is marked with a 

 dotted line, and here is the course of an old drain, and the lowest 

 level of the ground. A system of drains extending along the ter- 

 race, down the main walks, and through the centre of the lawn, serve 

 to drain the whole garden into this principal drain ; and as the bank 

 beyond rises rather steeply to the brink of the river, it is assigned 

 for bush fruits, and is marked accordingly B. F. 



There is one, and only one, object which it is desirable to screen 

 from view, or which should be only partially visible, and that is the 

 engine-house, marked E. H., on the right hand. This has a somewhat 

 imposing tower, but, considered as a whole, is decidedly unsightly. 

 The planting to the right of the lawn is arranged to obliterate this 

 from the scene as viewed from the principal window^s near the situa- 

 tion of the letter T. On the nearest corner of the lawn are two 

 large trees, and in the line that cuts between them on the right-hand 

 border another large tree. If the tower of the engine-house appears 

 through or above these, the view will be improved, but the great 

 bulk of the edifice will certainly be hidden. It will be observed 

 that, for the convenience of the gardener, there is a walk all round 

 next the boundary. From the stables the walk proceeds direct to 



