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fruit, a more substantial guard against in; it must be pro\idei 

 and brick walls are I he best securitx . 



I will here make some remarks on the occupation of land 

 >elongin<> to a Villa. It is surprising how tenacious every 

 gentleman is of grass land, and with what reluctance he in- 

 creases his garden, or contra. Is his farm; as if land were only 

 given to product hay, or to fatten cattle. He forget! the dif- 

 ference in value betwixt an waneof pasture and an acre of fruit 

 garden; or the quantity of surface required to grow a load of 

 ay or a load of currant-, cauliflower*, or asparagus, with the 

 prodigious difference in the value of each. For this reason, the 

 Gardens of a Villa should be the principal object of attention; 

 and at Blenden Hall, the ground betwixt the fruit trees in the 

 orchard, which produces hay, small in quantity and bad in qua- 

 lity, might be turned to more advantage by planting currant 

 bushes, or sowing garden crops; which even if sent to market, 

 will yield five times the value of the feed for cattle. There is a 



dipt quick set- hedge, which forms the south boundary of the 

 garden; this is as secure as a wall, and therefore worth pre-erv- 

 ing. I must also advise retaining the lofty wall to the west, as 



the greatest protection against the west winds : but a skreen 

 of trees, or rather filberts and fruit trees, should be planted, to 



hide the wall from ihe approach, and to secure a Blip on the 

 outside, and make both sides of this lofty wall productive. If 



more walls be required, they may be added as described on 

 the map, so as to shelter each other from blights; for it is not 

 necessary that the garden should be a square area within four 





