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overlooking the whole estate, is shown at j. The small 

 arabesque beds near the house are filled with masses of 

 choice flowering shrubs and plants ; the kitchen garden is 

 shown at d, and the orchard at e. 



Suburban villa residences are, every day, becoming 

 more numerous ; and in laying out the grounds around 

 them, and disposing the sylvan features, there is often 

 more ingenuity, and as much taste required, as in treating 

 a country residence of several hundred acres. In the 

 small area of from one half an acre to ten or twelve acres, 

 surrounding often a villa of the first class, it is desirable 

 to assemble many of the same features, and as much as 

 possible of the enjoyment, which are to be found in a large 

 and elegant estate. To do this, the space Allotted to 

 various purposes, as the kitchen garden, lawn, etc., must 

 be judiciously portioned out, and so characterized and 

 divided by plantations, that the whole shall appear to be 

 much larger than it really is, from the fact that the 

 spectator is never allowed to see the whole at a single 

 glance ; but while each portion is complete in itself, the 

 plan shall present nothing incongruous or ill assorted. 



An excellent illustration of this species of residence, is 

 afforded the reader in the accompanying plan (Fig. 26) of 

 the grounds of Riverside Villa. This pretty villa a1 

 Burlington, New Jersey (to which we shah again refer), 

 was lately built, and the grounds, about six or eight acres 

 n extent, laid out, from the designs of John Notman, Esq., 

 architect, of Philadelphia ; and while the latter promise a 

 large amount of beauty and enjoyment, scarcely anything 

 which can be supposed necessary for the convenience or 

 wants of the family, is lost sight of 



The house, a, stands Quite near the bank of the river. 



