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from the seed-shops, and, being sown at any season, will come up in a 

 few days. 



. Design II. — To lay out and plant the garden of a street house of larger 

 size, but still in the simplest manner. 

 99. To lay out and plant a larger garden of the same kind, and for the 

 attainment of the same objects, all the difference would be, that, instead of 

 one shrub in the front garden, there should be several ; and, instead of one 

 row of trees in the back garden, there should be two, or perhaps three ; or, 

 what would be much better, that the trees should be planted in quincunx, as 

 shown in jig. 32., so as to give the appearance of breadth to the centre of the 

 lawn, and to inake the garden seem much larger than it really is. The walks 

 would still be laid with flagstones, or some description of pavement ; the 

 walls would be planted with ivy ; and the house would still be left without a 

 vine, a fig, or a rose, trained against it. Fig. 32. is the plan of a suburban 



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street residence, the house and front and back gardens of which occupy a 

 space GO ft. in width, by 200 ft. in length. Here the entrance walk (a) passes 

 through the centre of the front garden, on each side of which thei*e is a grass 

 plot, with a large shrub in the centre, and smaller ones at each angle. There 

 is a servants' entrance at one side at h, and a sunk area, both before and 

 behind ; that in front being narrow, and serving merely to keep the walls 

 dry, while that behind is broad, and contains a larder, bottle-rack, and similar 

 conveniences required for a house of the second rate. The back garden is 

 planted with four rows of low trees, two near each walk, in quincunx, leaving 

 a broad space in the middle, about 100 ft. in length, well adapted for a party 

 walking backwards and forwards on in the summer season, for a dance, or for 

 placing a tent on, for sitting under, at the farther end. A garden of this 

 kind might be laid out and planted for 30Z. or 40Z. ; and kept pei-fectly neat 

 for 30s. or 405. a year. 



Design III. To lay out and plant the gardens of a suburban villa, with 

 regard to economy, but with some attention to ornament. 



100. The situation of the house in jig. 33. appears almost inconveniently 

 near the street or road ; but the house is so placed, in order to allow an 

 appearance of ample space, and breadth of lawn, to be given to the grounds. 

 In fg. 33., a is the entrance ; b, the drawing-room, having a view the whole 

 length of the lawn ; c is the dining-room, having a very confined view, and, 

 in short, looking across some bushes, to a screen of evergreens (say hollies or 

 evergreen oaks) ; d is the breakfast-room, or common sitting-room of the 

 family, looking on a flower-garden, to which there is a descent from a balcony 



