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placed to occupy a great portion of an undulated and very interesting 

 part of the ground, and the only part that was sufficiently retired for 

 the pleasure ground, which left no douht, had the arranged plan 

 been adopted, the whole place would have been entirely spoiled : 

 the best entrance would have been amongst the back premises, the 

 gates and lodge within twenty yards of the front door, and the kitchen 

 garden in view of the principal living rooms ; but however, no ope- 

 rations had yet commenced. I changed the position of the house, 

 and fixed the gates a few hundred yards from it, and formed an inter- 

 esting drive through the grounds, and placed the kitchen garden out 

 of view from the house, and so as to be approached in connexion 

 with the pleasure ground. With regard to the other place, I have 

 not been so fortunate. Here I found a mansion with three beautiful 

 finished fronts, all void of a carriage entrance : this was placed in 

 the centre of the back part of the house, in right angles with a large 

 wing, forming the kitchen and various offices, within twelve feet of 

 the centre of the portico. To this I had to make my approach ; and 

 of all the miserable blunders I have had to encounter, this is the 

 worst. The projecting wing prevents the carriage being drawn 

 nearer to the centre of the portico than from six to eight feet. I 

 might mention numerous defective cases which have come under my 

 notice ; but sufficient has been adduced to show that, were the land- 

 scape gardener consulted in the first instance, such glaring evils 

 would be prevented ; and I may add, much might be saved in both 

 trouble and expense. 



J. M. begs to refer to his advertisement in this number, on his 

 method of heating forcing compartments ; the formation of ponds, 

 lakes, &c. 



ARTICLE IT. 



ON the CULTURE of GREENHOUSE AZALEAS (AZALEA INDICA). 



BY MR. WILLIAM CHITTY, STAMFORD HILL, NEAR LONDON. 



Observing that very little is said respecting the cultivation of 

 Greenhouse Azaleas throughout the pages of your invaluable Maga- 

 zine, and conceiving there is some little ambiguity in the mode of 



