18 PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



mon^ and sometimes they have their dignity increased by 

 being erected near the principal approach. While the 

 stable offices should be of easy access^ they ought always 

 to be placed on the secondary approach or back road. A 

 convenient site for them may frequently be foimd on the 

 edge of the pleasure-grounds^ where they should be 

 whoUy or partially concealed by planting. A walk 

 leading from the house through the grounds, and passing 

 near a private entrance into the stable-court, will be 

 found a great convenience. It is not unusual to combine 

 the stable-court and farm offices into one square. The 

 arrangement is not a happy one, particularly if the farm 

 offices are extensive and near the house ; and it becomes 

 most inconvenient should the home farm be let, as it 

 sometimes is, for in that case two masters and two sets 

 of servants cannot long remain on good terms. Several 

 instances of this misarrangement and its consequent 

 annoyances have fallen under my notice. As a general 

 rule, the farm offices should be kept at as great a distance 

 from the mansion-house as the convenience of the home 

 farm and the easy access of the proprietor mil permit. 



