CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER VIII. 



WATER. 



Artificial Lakes — Islands — the Head or Artificial Embankment — 

 Decorative Accompaniment — Artificial Rivers — Jet Fountains — 

 Jets d'Eau — Propriety of Introducing Water, . . , 191 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE KITCHEN, FRUIT. AND FORCING GARDENS. 



Introduction— The Site— Drainage— Soil— The Form— The Walls— 

 The Fruit Garden— The Forcing Garden, .... 20.1 



CHAPTER X. 

 PUBLIC PARKS AND GARDENS. 



Sect. I. The Public Park — Site of the Public Park — Laying-out 

 of Public Pai'ks — Educational Institutions. 



Sect. II. Street Gardens. 



Sect. III. Botanic Gardens — Special Purposes of Botanical Gai 

 dens — Botanical Museums — Laying-out of the Botanic Gardens. 



Sect. IV. Gardens belonging to Horticultural and Zoological Socie- 

 ties — Gardens of Horticultural Societies — Laying-out of Horti- 

 cultural Gardens — Horticultural Museum — Zoological Gardens, . 215 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE VILLA. 



Introductory Remarks. 



Sect. I. General Properties of the Villa — The Locality — The Site — 

 Roads — Position of the House — Style and Arrangement of the 

 House. 



Sect. II. Laying-out of the Grounds of a Villa — Seclusion — The 

 Approach — Kitchen-garden — Trees and Shrubs — Water — Lead- 

 ing Vai'ieties of Villa Scenery — The Pleasure-ground Villa — The 

 Park Villa, ....... 255 



