236 THE VILLA GAKDENER. 



it costs much less in proportion to the space enclosed than the large structure; 

 while the plants, being nearer to the light, arrive at greater perfection ; and, 

 being nearer to the eye of the spectator, are seen to greater advantage. An- 

 other advantage of a long narrow conservatory is, that it does not interfere 

 with the windows of the house ; because, being narrow, it requires but a 

 small portion of wall for it to abut against, and may proceed from any door 

 or living-room window that may be convenient. 



334. Remarks. — The apparent extent of this place might be greatly increased 

 by connecting the walk at y with that at 2 by a tunnel ; but the practicability 

 and expediency of this will depend very much on the dryness of the subsoil. 

 The extent of the walks might, also, be considerably increased, by conducting 

 one from x, over or under the approach road near the entrance, and leading 

 it round the kitchen-garden on a glade of turf properly furnished with trees 

 and shrubs, and so in a tunnel, under the road to the ofHces, to z. Of course, 

 this arrangement would diminish the extent, and vary the position, of the 

 kitchen-garden ; and it would require such an arrangement to be made at 

 i, k, and /, as not to have a tunnel longer than three or four yards. All this, 

 and many other arrangements of the kind, might be effected with the greatest 

 ease, and produce a very striking result, provided the subsoil were thoroughly 

 dry, and a little extra expense not objected to. In short, it may be held 

 as an axiom, in laying out villa gardens of from a quarter of an acre to 

 twenty acres and upwards, that their apparent extent to the stranger walking 

 through them may be doubled or trebled by judicious tunneling in some 

 places, and carrying the road or walk over bridges, through a ruin or rock- 

 work, or under an arcade or trellis-work, in others. Improvements of this 

 kind cannot be shown with much effect on paper ; but in reality, when judi- 

 ciously executed, they have the effect of enchantment. 



Design XVI II. — For laywg out a villa of four acres, tvith a regular outline. 

 335. Ground pla?/.— This villa (fgs. 134. and 135.) is also by Mr. Rutger. 

 "The lodge entrance (a) is at the north-east corner: the road forms a sweep 

 to the house, and passes on to the stables, at the south-east corner. The 

 stable-yard (b) contains the stables, coach-house, and brewhouse ; at the 

 north of which is placed the laundry, with its drying-yard (cj. At the back 

 of the stable-court is a yard, in which are a place for the dung (d), a piggery 

 (e), and a mushroom-shed (/). The portion of the yard which contains the 

 mushroom-shed may be parted off at pleasure in a line with the coach-house, 

 as indicated by the dotted line g, and may, at the same time, form a place for 

 compost, or for mixing and turning dung. In the yard adjoining, south of 

 the frame-ground (/?), is the gardener's room (i), which may be available, 

 also, if made large enough, for a fruit, seed, and onion-room. The melon- 

 ground (h) is supposed to contain three ranges of frames and a pit {j), and 

 also a forcing-house (k) at tiie back. There is another forcing-house in the 

 kitchen-garden, contiguous to the frame-ground, at /. The kitchen-garden 

 (?n) has a wall all round it, and slips on both sides and at one end. The walk 

 at n, on entering the premises, immediately on the left of the lodge entrance, 

 is intended for the domestics, and commimicates with the laundry and stables, 

 and it is also meant as a back entrance to the house. On the lawn of the 

 entrance front is a piece of water, with a walk round, conmiunicating at each 

 end with the coach road. Proceeding from the western front to the right, 

 you may enter the flower-garden (0), in which there is a conservatory (jj) ; 



