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Publishing in -MiJiitlily Numbers, at Is. e.ich, to be completed in One Volume 8vo, 

 No. VIII. appearing on January 1., 



THE SUBURBAN GARDENER, 



VILLA COMPANION: 



COMl'RISIXG 



THE CHOICE OF A SUBIRBAN OR VILLA RESIDENCE, OR OF A SITUATION 



ON WHICH TO FORM ONE ; 



THE ARRANGEMENT AND FURNISHING OF THE HOUSE ; 



THE LAVING OUT, PLANTING, AND GENERAL CULTURE OF THE GARDEN 



AND GROUNDS ; 



AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE VILLA FARM, INCLUDING 



THE DAIRY AND POULTRY. 



THE WHOLE ADAPTED 



FOn GROUNDS FROM ONE PERCH TO FIFTY ACRES AND IJPWARD.S IN EXTENT; 



AND INTENDED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THOSE WHO KNOW LITTLE OF 



GARDENING AND RURAL AFFAIRS, 



AND MORE PARTICULARLY FOR THE USE OF LADIES. 



Illustrated by numerous Engravings, chiefly Ground Plans for laying irut Gardens and 

 Pleasure-Grounds. 



By J. C. Loudon, F.L.S. H.S., &c. 

 Besides original Designs for laying out and planting grounds, of various degrees 

 of extent, from a few perches to 50 or 60 acres, with analytical and critical remarks 

 on each design. Plans and Views will be given of some of the most celebrated 

 small places in the neighbourhood of London, with tlie Mode of Management, the 

 more remarkable Plants grown, &c. ; and including also, in some ca'^es, the Plan 

 of the House and the Domestic and Farm Offices. Among these will be com- 

 prised the Residence of Mrs. Lawrence at Drayton Green, of the Rev. T. Williams 

 at Hendon Rectory, of Mrs. Marryatt at Wimbledon ; of T. N. Longman, Esq., 

 at Hampstead; of the Duke of Bedford at Camden Hill ; of W. Wells, Esq., at 

 Rcdleaf, &c. ; and, as a conclusion to the whole, will be given an Itinerary of all the 

 more remarkable Suburban Gardens within ten miles of London, pointing out their 

 characteristic beauties. The information respecting fruit trees and culinary vege- 

 tables, in this work, will either be supplied or revised by Mr. Tliompson of tiie London 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, by special permission of the Council of tlie Society. 



LoNnov : Longman, Ormc, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 



