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9, Kitchen-gai-den, having a holly lieilge from the gardener's entrance (n) to the yew hedge 

 near the corner of the house (6) ; the remaining hedges arc all common laurel. 



10, Melon-ground and pond. 



11, Orchard, and potato and mangold wurzel ground, &c. 

 1-', Belt of .spruce and Scotch firs. 



13, Gardener's communication with the public road, when manure and other materials for 

 the gai'dens are wanted to be brought in. 



14, Approach to the stable-yard. 



15, Grass drying ground, on a lower level than the approach, and screened by a dense mass 

 of evergreens, &c. 



h. House-yard. s, Stable-yard. 



IG, in fgs. 171. and 172., Boundary plantation, fenced towards the field with furze (kept 



clipped), concealing from the flower-garden a sheep-hut and little stack-yard (x). 

 17, in fg. 172., Groups of thorns and other trees. 



The frontage of the villa adjoining Mr. Nesfield's 

 at c in Jig. 173. is the same size as his own ; and, as 

 both places were built by the same architect (A. 

 Salvin, Esq., Mr. Nesfield's brother-in-law), and laid 

 out at the same time, care was taken that where the 

 grotmd was planted thickly in one villa, it was 

 planted thinly in the other, and vice versa; so that 

 each villa might aid the other in producing its general 

 effect, and in sacrificing as little ground as possible in 

 planting. The field belonging to Mr. Nesfield em- 

 braces the frontage of both houses ; and the land 

 attached to both, being 8^ acres, is subdivided as 

 shown in fff. 173. In this figure, a h show the land 

 occupied by Mr. Nesfield, and containing in all 4^ 

 acres, a being that part which comprises the house, 

 kitchen-garden, &c., and b being the grass field ; c 

 is the house and garden of the adjoining occupier; 

 and d his grass field, to which he has access by the 

 road e ; / is the public I'oad, and g g are the entrance- 

 gates to the two houses. Tliis arrangement (on pur- g 



chasing the land) was made in order that each house / 



might enjoy the effect of space as much as possible, and, by dividing the 

 ground with the wire fence {h), which is scarcely visible from either house, 

 the breadth of effect is not cut up, as it would have been, had the division 

 been made longitudinally. The boundary hedge {i) winds considerably, and 

 there are several very fine trees in it, which, in consequence of the winding, 

 group most admirably, as shown in the view, fig. 174. The wood at /;:, in 

 fig. 173., belongs to the Eavl of Mansfield's grounds, at Kenwood, and, 

 together with the spire of Highgate church, adds greatly to the beauty of 

 the landscape, as shown in the view above referred to {fig. 1^4.) 



Fig. 175., p. 282., is a ground plan of Mi\ Nesfield's house and flower-garden 

 on a larger scale. 



a, Drawing-room. aa, <Jreen-house. 



c, Passage. d. Staircase. e. Torch. 



g. Way to cellar, from kitchen and glass closet. 



i. Scullery. /,•, Stairs to servants' rooms. 



6, Dining-room. 

 /, Closet. 

 h. Kitchen. 

 I, Laundry. 



m, Store-room. w. Tool-house, at the end of which is the stoke-hole to the green- 



house, o, Passage to the yard p. Larder. q. Coal-hole. 



