338 THE VILLA GARDENEK. 



Callitris pyramidalis, 2 ft. high, and 1 ft. J. from Gossainthan, 2 ft. high, and 1 ft. 



wide ; in a pot 7 in. wide, and 6 in. wide ; in a pot 8 in wide, and 8 in. deep. 



^ggp, J. australis, 1 ft. 9 in. high, and Ij ft. wide ; 



Cupressus Tournefortit, 17 in. high, and 8 in a pot 6 in. wide, and 6 in. deep. 



in. wide ; in a pot 5 in. wide, and 5 in. J. excelsa, 3 ft. high, and 16 in. wide ; in a 



j|ggp_ • pot 9 in. wide, and 10 in. deep. 



C. lusitanica, 3 ft. high, and 2 ft. wide ; in J. bermudiana, 2 ft. 10 in. high, and 15 in. 



a pot 8 in. wide, and 8 in. deep. wide ; in a pot 9 in. wide, and 9 in. deep. 



Junipems phoenicea, 4 ft. high, and 18 in. J. reciii-va, 4* ft. high, and 2^ ft. wide ; in 



wide ; in a pot 8 in. wide, and 8 in. deep. a pot 13 in. wide, and 13 in. deep. 



8, 8, 8, Hot-beds for striking and bringmg forward pelargoniums and other flowers, for the 

 beds, baskets, vases, &c. 



9, Potting-shed. 



10, Large pits for preserving fuchsias, orange-trees, brugmansias, camellias, and other large 

 plants, in tubs, tlu-ough the winter. 



1 1, Working-shed, vrith store-room over, and containing, also, the furnaces for heating the 

 green -houses and the pits. 



399. Remarks.— 1\\Q practice adopted by Mr. Williams, of growing in pots 

 pines which will endure the open air (we make an exception in favour of 

 those that will not, such as P. longifolia, P. leiophylla, &c.), and keeping them 

 in a o-reen-house both in summer and winter, cannot be recommended ; be- 

 cause, though the plants, when taken so much care of as at Hendon Rectory, 

 will look remarkably well for five or six years, yet, for want of room, they 

 must ultimatt'ly become stunted and die ; or, if they are turned out into the 

 free soil, after being six or seven years in pots, even with all the care that can 

 be bestowed in unwinding their roots from the balls, and spreading them out, 

 their chance of living is very doubtful. The only plants, in our opinion, that 

 can be le"-itimately grown in green-houses and hot-houses, are such as can be 

 brought to as great a degree of perfection there, as they would attain in the 

 open air in their native countries. Of these there are thousands of species 

 which can be brought to greater perfection under glass in Britain, than they 

 are ever seen to attain in their native countries, in the open air. This will 

 apply to almost all the shrubs, and all the herbaceous plants, of warm cli- 

 mates. The trees of warm climates have, in general, a miserable appearance 

 under glass, for want of room. 



SuBSECT. V. The Culture and Management of Large Country Villas. 



400. The culture of the gardens of large country villas only differs from that 

 of smaller ones in being on a larger scale ; and neither possess any features to 

 distinguish them from the general culture of gardens, the details of which will 

 be given briefly in the after part of this work. The green-house plants used 

 for bedding out must be raised from cuttings, and kept through the winter ; 

 and the kitchen garden and orchard must contain a sufficient quantity of 

 vegetables and fruit to supply the wants of the family. 



40 1 . The management of the pleasure-grounds and shrubbery differs, however, 

 when a horse or cow is kept, in requiring more care. Both cows and horses 

 are very fond of teaiing branches off trees when they can reach them ; and 

 hence, nothing is more common in fields where horses or cows have grazed, 

 than to see what is called the browsing line ; that is, all the trees look as 

 though their lower branches had been sheared or cut off, at exactly the same 

 distance from the ground. Nothing can have a more harsh and disagreeable 



