50 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
~ @arden—continued. Garden—continued. 
to lawn and shrubs, with or without a carriage drive | entrance to a detached villa by a semi-circular carriage 
to the door, and the back part laid out in lawn, | drive. The object is to screen the door from view out- 
also 
addition of as many shrubberies and flower 
t desirable; the space beyond 
being utilised for a Kitchen Garden, if there is 
Semi-detached residences are fre- 
a piece of land not much exceeding 
that allotted to those entirely isolated, 
a further disadvantage of each being over- 
the neighbouring side. It frequently happens 
operations kd oak r ag —— —* 
are incoming tenant 
short lease, which naturally pre- 
the expense of extensive altera- 
suit personal requirements for a very limited 
It cannot be expected that anything elaborate 
in euch a limited espace as that 
villa; yet it is —— what an 
amount of interest and pleasure may 
oat, and afterw in the selection of suitable subjects 
a Flower bods are re- 
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so far aa circumstances admit, particularly 
these of a mixed character, where the permanent oo- 
eapante may be select hardy perennial and alpine 
plants, various «pring flowering bulbs, 40. and the inter- 
. in summer, with annuals and various 
found for Roses, as they are indispensable in every 
Garden. The selection of ahruba should be restricted to 
each ae are known to be limited in growth, and suitable 
for their tions, when uired for the lawn or for a 
border the front windows. Whon it is nocosmsary 
so causing too shade. greatest faults 
in any Garden ie overcrowding. This should be a point 
expecially avoided with those villas, where 
the ow in thelr laudable grow as 
attention requisite for all, should always be entrusted 
to someone competent to advise and undertake it, in pre- 
ference to employing another whose services may be 
procured at a cheaper rate. Just sufficient trees, of 
limited growth, should be planted to insure privacy at 
all times; a certain portion of the inclosure, 
as clreumstances admit, being devoted to the cultivation 
of a few good shrubs and flowers, and the rest laid in 
tarf, de, supposing the whole is arranged for pleasure 
. This is generally the intention with villa Gardens, in 
ci & space is allowed, perhaps not exceeding Gyda, 
from the house to the front boundary, and another, about 
Qhyde. long, at the back, the width being that of the 
and ite side entrance. A greenhouse is always 
in When adjoining a villa, if the plantae therein are 
auch aa well, and are properly tended 
perhaps, sot practicable with all, but one that ie insu- 
ciently studied where means are at command. Far more 
pleasure ie derived from a few floriferous plants well grown, 
than from a quantity that merely exist, and are unduly | 
d so much on the plan | 
adopted with the building and with others adjoining it, i 
also om the taste and resources of the proprietor or tenant, | 
that definite advice cannot be given so as to be applicable | 
crowded. Villa Gardens 
to all. With @ view to assist amateurs in the arrange- 
ment or laying out of their gardens permanently, both 
im the front and back parte of their residences, some illus- 
trations are given with a view fo suggestions being 
taken therefrom 
a condition, | 
In Pig. 77 ie tepresented the front 
side by a thick shrubbery, and to have circular flower 
beds cut in the turf on each side of the steps; a larger 
one of another shape, also for flowers, such as dwarf Roses, 
being situated in the front, on the opposite side of the 
drive. Front gardens connected with two semi-detached 
villas are shown in Fig. 78. That on the left (a) is laid 
out in aformal style, a large flower bed surrounded with 
a gravel walk. The bed might be planted geometrically, 
Fie. 7. Prax or Deracaep VILLA ano GARDEN. 
as shown, or in any way desired. The other (b) bas a narrow 
border of shrubs under the window, which is continued 
round as far as the entrance gate. The space between 
is intended for turf, with a few amall beds cut in it for- 
flowers or some dwarf shrubs. This style is much to 
be preferred to the preceding one. A plan of a detached 
residence situated inside its grounds is represented in 
Fig. 79. This shows a greenhouse and pits attached to the 
building, the lawn having flower beds in it, and 
eerrounded with a dwarf shrubbery. The object here 
