350 ON LAYING OUT A FLOWER-GARDEN. 



green and deciduous ornamental shrubs. The situa- 

 tion should not be so low as to be damp and wet, or 

 liable to be inundated, neither so high as to be scorch- 

 ed or dried up by the sun. The surface should be 

 level or moderately sloping, and if unequal, parts of 

 it may be transposed, so as to make gentle inclinations. 

 In regard to form, it may be of any shape, and must be 

 often adapted to local circumstances ; but if it is so 

 circumscribed that the eye can at once embrace the 

 whole, it is desirable that it should be of some regular 

 figure. 



Of Fences. Where domestic buildings do not serve 

 as a boundary, either paling or hedge-fence has to be 

 resorted to: we would prefer the former on the north 

 or north-west side, which is of great advantage as a 

 screen from cutting winds. For hedge-fences and their 

 kinds, see page 210. The exotic observed there is 

 Thuja orientalis, Chinese Arbor-vitae. The internal 

 fences for shade or shelter to particular compartments,. 

 or to afford a diversity of aspect, may be made of Sweet- 

 briar, hardy China roses, Pyrus, red and white, with a few 

 others of a similar nature, all of which must be attend- 

 ed to, to have them in neat order. 



Style of dividing the Ground. This may vary with the 

 extent of the ground, and the object of the cultivator. 



The principal designs may be delineated, but one to 

 answer every view and situation, we pretend not to 

 give. In the first place, carry a boundary walk all 

 round the garden, on one or two sides of which it may 

 be straight, the others winding. The intersecting walks 

 should (almost imperceptibly) lead to a centre, but not 



