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admitted the word Ferme Orne into my ideas of taste, any 



lorned >\iili pea 



more than a butcli 



shop 



or a 



P'gsty 



green and gilding. A garden is of diUWeal value in dillerent 



seasons, 



should be adapted to each 



Si hi 



every field in the country is a garden, we seldom 



with 



C.IJ 



o 



>\ll' u 



I hat 



own pal 



pt in its produce; 



near 



don, where the views from public roads are all injured by th 



pales and belts of private property, the in 



valuable, and the pleasure of gathering summer fruit si 



tei 



more 



be consulted in the arrangement of the gardens. 



In Win j i it 



th 



e 



gard 



only preferable to a fiel 



( 



walk 



by 



i) 



from which the snow is 



gravel 



pt, except we add to its 



in 



sel 



ic 



inter at 



luxury the comfort of such gl 



defiance; and the advantage of such forcing-houses for vines 

 and 



owers will be doubl 



felt in the neighbourhood of 



le 



capital. 



In Spring the garden begins to excite interest with the first 

 blossoms of the crocus and snowdrop: and though its delights 



seldom enjoyed in the more magnificent 



y resid 



of the Nobility, yet the garden of a Villa should be prof us. ly 

 supplied with all the fragrance and the beauty of blossom he- 

 longing to " il gioventu del anno." 



Lastly, the garden in Autumn to its flowers adds its fruits, 

 these by judicious management may be made a source of great 

 luxury and delight: and we may observe, that il is chiefly in 

 spring and autumn that gravel walks are more essentially 



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