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Plate 3 is an ideal plan of about four acres of land, proposed for a 

 suburban villa, parsonage, or small country residence, with about two acres 

 of it appropriated to pasture land, and the remainder to pleasure ground, 

 vegetable garden, and other conveniences. In the arrangement of these 

 grounds the modern style is kept in view, as much as the extent of ground 

 will admit. Such sites must never be overplantcd with large growing com- 

 mon trees, to the exclusion of a good and pleasing collection of ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, as that would lessen the interest which ought ever to be 

 held out as inviting the citizen from his busy haunts, to change his toil for 

 that enjoyment of the beauties of nature which a richly decorated garden is 

 so calculated to afford. Due regard must be paid to secure privacy by 

 masking out the public view by planting. Even where distant views are 

 desirable, and where evergreen shrubs would be sufficient to shut out the 

 gaze of the public without trees, their introduction in this way, occasionally, 

 would not only preserve desirable views, but also vary and heighten the 

 landscape. The hints I have already given on planting in Park Scenery will 

 apply also to this subject ; but, of course, all must be on a proportionately 

 smaller scale. 



