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separates that portion of the ground, y, ornamented with 

 flowering shrubs and kept mown by the scythe, from the 

 remainder, of a park-like character, which is kept short by 

 the cropping of animals. At c, are shown the stables, 

 carriage house, etc., which, though near the approach road, 

 are concealed by foliage, though easily accessible by a short 

 curved road, returning from the house, so as not to present 

 any road leading in the same direction, to detract from 

 the dignity of the approach in going to it. A prospect 

 tower, or rustic pavilion, on a little eminence overlooking 

 the whole estate, is show r n 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 resi- 

 dence 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 enjoy- 

 ment, 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 alknved 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. 14) of 

 the grounds of Riverside Villa. This pretty villa at Burl- 

 ington, New Jersey (to which we shall again refer), was 

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

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

 architect, of Philadelphia; and while the latter promise a 



