108 THE VILLA GAEDENEE. 



a list of the trees and shrubs for this garden, as from those we have already 

 given he must be able, in some degree, to make a selection for himself. 



163. Expense and management. — Supposing tlie length of the back garden 

 to be 150 ft., the soil moderately good, and the subsoil such as not to require 

 much drainage, the expense of laying out, and blocking out the walks, may 

 be 201. or 251. The number of trees and shrubs required, exclusive of the 

 ivy, may be 250, at the average price of 2s. each. The ivy, the grass seeds, and 

 other expenses, may amount to 51.; so that the total expense of laying out 

 and planting each garden, exclusive of purchasing and laying in the gravel 

 in the walks, may amount to between 55/. and 601. If trees and shrubs were 

 purchased which averaged Is. each, the sum would be reduced to from 40/. to 

 50/.; or, if the average of the trees and shrubs were 6d. each, then the total 

 would be reduced to from 35/. to 40/. The expense of management, exclusive 

 of taking care of the plants in pots, would be very trifling. If the walks were 

 paved, nothing more would be required than mowing the lawn, clipping the 

 edges of the grass along the walks, sweeping up leaves, and cutting off 

 decayed flowers or dead twigs, all which need not cost more than 5/. a year; 

 and for a similar sum a commercial gardener would keep the veranda 

 stocked throughout the year with boxes of mignonette, and supply a suc- 

 cession of plants in flower, during the summer months, for the balcony. 



1G4. Remarks. — These gardens are well adapted for persons wlio take no 

 pleasure in seeing the operations of gardening going forward, and who are 

 rather annoyed than otherwise at meeting a gardener in walking rovmd their 

 grounds. Some, also, object to having a gardener, or any strange man, 

 coming about the house ; and in this case there would be as little of that as 

 there could possibly be in any garden where a handsome display was to be 

 made. The mowing, and all the operations required for these gardens, might 

 be performed in the mornings, between six and eight o'clock. 



Design IX. — 7b lay out a double suburban villa,with an ornamental garden, 

 the entrance-porches being close together. 



165, General arrangement. — In small houses like those before us, this is a 

 considerable advantage, in saving the time of servants in opening the streets 

 entrance, and one which will be particularly felt, if the occupier of the house 

 should be a professional man ; such as a medical practitioner, a solicitor, or 

 the holder of any parish or public office, &c. The present design is also 

 well adapted for a person wishing the one house to be occupied as his oflice, 

 and as the residence of his principal clerk, and the other to be retained as his 

 own residence. By such an arrangement, he would have all the advantages 

 of a large house ; while he would only pay the Government and parochial 

 taxes for two small ones. Thus, there need not be more than nine windows 

 in each house ; which, for the two houses, would cost two guineas per annum ; 

 wliile, for eighteen windows in one house, he would pay nearly 5/. per annum. 

 In fig. 45. (which is to a scale of 20 ft. to an inch), a a are the front 

 entrances; b b, the entrances to the double porch; c, the entrance to one ot 

 the houses; d, the hall and staircase; e, living-parlour;/, drawing-room; 

 ^r, front lawn, with small circular beds for growing dahlias ; h, side lawns, 

 with circular flower-beds ; i, lawns in the back garden, with flower-beds ; /.-, 

 walk which separates the lawn of the back garden from the part devoted to 

 culinary vegetables ; /, recess for the garden roller, or for a seat. The apart- 

 ments corresponding to c and /in the adjoining house may be a sui-gery and 



