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CHAPTER III. 



PLEASUEE-GEOryDS AXD FLOTVEE-G.A:RDE^^S. 



Position of the Pleasure-grounds. — Composition of tlie Landscape. 

 — Terraces ; Walls ; Grass Slopes ; Sknibs on Terrace-banks ; 

 Stairs on Terraces ; tlie Upper Surface of Terraces. — Tlie 

 Flower-garden ; Site of the Flower-garden ; Ground Colour ; 

 the Parterre ; the Eosary ; the American Garden ; the IMixed 

 Flower-garden ; Artistical Decorations ; Eockworks : Shelter 

 of the Flower-garden. — Walks in the Pleasure-grounds. — 

 Formation of Lawns, 



LENDER the designation of pleasure-grounds or di'essed 

 grounds are comprehended those enclosed spaces Trithin 

 the park, and in immediate connection with the house, 

 which receive regular keeping and di'essing. In ordi- 

 nary circumstances, their walks are cleaned and their 

 lawns are cut two or three times each season, and the 

 leaves wliich fall on them are cleared off every winter. 

 Besides the amount of labour thus bestowed on them, 

 these grounds are further distinguished from the wood- 

 lands of the park by the quantity of shrubs, both ever- 

 green and deciduous, wliich they contain, and which 

 make up the bulk of their underwood. 



Position of the Pleasure- Grounds. — These grotmds 

 should be so placed as wholly or partially to surroimd 



