MR. URBAN AND A COUNTRY HOUSE 



The fences are terrible in number, but are 

 fortunately nearly all of rails, and can there- 

 fore be placed out of consideration in the new 

 laying out of the farm. An exception is to 

 be noted in regard to the line of enclosure 

 marked O upon the diagram, which — as well 

 as the fences alongf either side of the high- 

 road—are of old mossy boulders, too cum- 

 brous to be removed without great cost. Mis- 

 tress Urban is in despair at this, as she thinks 

 that the particular fence designated will pre- 

 vent any breadth to her lawn. In the interests 

 of economy, however, I venture to advise that 

 it be left in its present position — that it be 

 righted where it shows any bulging propensi- 

 ties, and promise that in two or three years at 

 most the greater part of it shall be screened by 

 irregular groups of shrubbery, and that where 

 its line is discernible, it shall be mantled with 

 such a tangled wealth of Virginia creepers 

 and ivy (the exposure beingf north) as shall 

 make it worthy its place, and divide admira- 

 tion with the half dozen of mouse-colored 

 Alderneys feeding beyond. 



The garden is out of position, besides being 

 upon a soil ill suited to it. Mr. Urban is 

 moret)ver urgent for a "great garden;" he 

 wishes to prepare one in the best manner, and 



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