132 THE VILLA GARDENER. 



the walk must still have been straight and definite, as in the plan ; and thus 

 the boundary on one side of the mass would have been at direct variance with 

 the boundary on the other side. Almost the only case in which a picturesque 

 boundary can be given to a group in a small square or parallelogram garden^ 

 like the present, is where the group stands completely detached on the lawn, 

 as in fg. 60. at a; or where a marginal plantation is placed against the 

 boundary fence, as at b. These outlines represent the boundary of the dug 

 space before it is planted ; but, after it has been planted a few years, this 

 outline will be almost entirely obliterated by the trees and shrubs spreading 

 over it, as shown in fig. 61. 



200. There is a small fruit- garden at t, consisting of a central bed, in which 

 strawberries, gooseberries, currants, raspberries, &c., are cultivated for being 

 eaten as gathered by the family ; and it is surrounded by a border, containing 

 a trellis, on which some gooseberry and currant trees are trained, but which 

 is chiefly covered with the finer kinds of cherries, plums, and summer pears, 

 for the same purpose. There is a reserve garden at x x, for the cultivation of 

 sweet herbs, salading, tart rhubarb, &c. ; and for flowers for supplying the 

 beds (o) on the lawn and the side borders (?«). There is a small forcing-stove 

 {v) for bringing forward roses, bulbs, mignonette, &c., for the green-house {g), 

 and for growing early salading ; and a flued pit {tv), of the same size, in which 

 a reserved stock of greeu-house plants may be kept. The borders (ii u), it 

 will be observed, are of considerable width for a small garden ; and it is 

 proposed to devote them entirely to flowers. The walls may either be 

 planted with fruit trees, or with the higher class of ornamental low trees and 

 shrubs, according to the taste of the owner. If the latter plan were adopted, 

 and no duplicates introduced into the plantation q r s p, or into the boundary 

 plantation from m by a to m, then in this garden there might be included all 

 the finer low trees and shrubs of the British arboretum. The display of 

 roses, Japan, Chinese, and American honeysuckles, magnolias, wistarias, 

 passion flowers, pomegranates. Clematis, Cydonia japonica, Chimonanthus, 

 and a host of other articles of the same kind, which either have been or will 

 be enumerated, would be delightful at every season of the year ; while in the 

 borders might be passed in review all the finer herbaceous plants, annuals, 

 pei-ennials, or bulbous. The green -house (g), though small, yet being sup- 

 plied by the small forcing-stove (v) and the reserve-pit (w), would make a 

 fine display throughout the year ; and, if it were thought desirable, there 

 might be a vault under each of these pits for growing mushrooms, and 

 forcing sea-kale, tart rhubarb, or chicory. The arabesque beds (o), and the 

 small circular and triangular beds which accompany them, will contain a 

 very fine display of half hardy annuals during summer, and masses of cro- 

 cuses, snowdrops, tulips, and other bulbs, in spring. In short, this garden, 

 of an acre and three quai-ters, under the management of a master fond of 

 gardening, and with the assistance of a single labourer, might contain almost 

 every thing that is desirable in a sviburban garden. The general appearance 

 of the house, veranda, walls, and walks, is shown in the isometrical view, 

 fg. 62. 



201. Expense and managemeiit. — Such a house as we have shown need not 

 cost more than 750/. ; and 250/. more will lay out and plant the garden, 

 including the erection of the two pits. As so considerable a portion of the 

 surface is under grass, the cost of yearly management will be much less than 



