THE MODE OF FENCING BETWEEN THE KEPT GROUND 

 AND THE PARK. 



The best method of making the division fence between the park and the 

 dress grounds in front of a house, has, for many years, been the subject of 

 controversy among Landscape Gardeners. The Ha-ha, the Stone and Chain 

 Fence, the Iron and Wire Fence, the Dwarf Wall, &c, have all had then- 

 advocates. 



The Sunk Fence, or Ha-ha, has been very extensively employed, because 

 it affords a free connection between the grazing land and the lawn. But 

 there is always this objection to it, namely, that it is liable to be seen with 

 its hard unsightly wall, and its ditch-like aspect, from many points of view, 

 and even at a considerable distance. In most cases the eye may detect its 

 divisional line, which renders the view imperfect. But it is especially 

 objectionable for two other reasons — first, for its harshness as the spectator 

 views it in traversing the lawn near to it ; and secondly, for the danger of 

 falling over it, to which children are subjected when playing on the lawn. 



Wire Fences are of various kinds, and, perhaps, there are some which 

 answer pretty well. This is the case when a straight line can be formed of a 

 few uprights or bearers only, pierced with a small hole, through which the 

 wires are threaded, and stretched tight at each end by screws. In straight 

 fences, the number of wires used are much the same as the rods used in 

 an ordinary iron one (five or six); and such a fence, when well made, is 

 moderately secure against cattle, and as cheap as any kind of fencing that we 

 have. Still, cattle are liable to be injured by them, (especially where the 

 uprights are too sparingly employed), often becoming entangled and thrown 

 down. 



I have had excellent wire fences put up at two shillings and ninepence 

 per yard, the uprights being flat a quarter of an inch by an inch, and similar 



