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THE VILLA GARDENER. 



for the admission of the sun to the surface and boundary walls of the gardens, 

 as well as to the different sides of the houses, throughout the year. In this 

 figure, a a represents two rows of houses placed in a direction parallel to a 



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street running north and south, in the gardens of which there will be no 

 shadows at midday throughout the year, but those of the separation fences: if 

 these are low, or if they are of open work, their shade will do very little injury ; 

 and, unless the situation is surrounded by a very smoky atmosphere, peaches 

 and grapes may be ripened in the climate of London, on the wall which faces 

 the south. Ivy or ornamental creepers may be grown on the wall having a 

 northern exposure ; and almost any kind of plant thought desirable may 

 be cultivated in the interior of the garden; provided such trees or shrubs as 

 may be planted there are not allowed to grow to such a height as to shade the 

 peach wall. 



k.ih h two pairs of houses are shown ; the fronts of which are also parallel 

 to a north and south road, and the gardens of which have nearly the same 

 advantages as those shown at a, except that a small portion of the garden of 

 the house next the north will be in the shade during the greater part of the 

 winter season ; as shown by the triangular shadow thrown upon that garden 

 in the diagram. 



