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two rooms in front; the corner one is the drawing-room, pro- 

 jecting from two to six feet with a bay window ; the other a 

 dining or sitting room ; the entrance on the side, and a close 

 porch ; back of the hall are two more rooms for dining room 

 and library, the kitchen being in a back wing. 



The villa sets back thirty or forty feet, and has a wall four 

 feet high at the front and banked up to the underside of the 

 wall coping, and planted with a thick belt of trees and 

 shrubs, with a holly hedge next the wall. On the sides are 

 similar belts; the rear, if south, is left open. The entrance 

 is near the corner, and has an oval widening in front of the 

 porch for turning the carriage, then continues back to the 

 stable, which, if not constructed in handsome style, is hidden 

 by a plantation of trees. Sometimes the front belt has a pro- 

 jection opposite the centre of the two villas, and a holly or 

 privet hedge continued from that to the house as a division 

 line ; sometimes a slight wire fence is used, and the flower- 

 beds running through as if there was no division. 



Among the single villas there are scarcely two alike, either 

 in the village or grounds. 



Manchester, Sept. 7. 1855. 



DESIGN FOR A FLOWER GARDEN. 



^ BY THE EDITOR. 



The annexed plan of a Flower Garden, (Jig. 20,^ is the 

 fourth of the series. 



The design is an excellent one, and, planted in good taste 

 and with a proper arrangement of colors, would have a fine 

 effect near the house, in front of the conservatory or green- 

 house, or as a distinct feature in itself, surrounded by an 

 irregular plantation of trees, or even an evergreen or privet 

 hedge. 



All the walks should be edged with box, and well filled 

 with brown gravel ; the box should be clipped very short, 



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