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THE VILLA GARDENER. 



who at that time occupied it, we had ample opportunity of studying its incon- 

 veniences. The house is beautifully situated in the midst of grounds much 

 diversified by nature, not badly planted, and extending so far on every side, 

 that the boundary is nowhere seen ; but the hoiise, though it contains some 

 spacious rooms, has great faults : the store-room and bath-room (a, h,fig. 214.) 



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can only be entered through the dining-room (c) or drawing-room {d) ; while 

 the offices {e), by being at the wrong end, occasion the road to the kitchen- 

 court (f) to pass across the lawn before the garden front {g). Had the general 

 arrangement been reversed, as shown in fg. 215., and the bath-room and 

 store-room been put on the side next the offices, the latter might have been 



conveniently entered without coming within sight of the house ; and the 

 privacy of the lawn front would thus have been complete. Among the petty 

 evils of a mal- arrangement of this kind are, the number of gates, and the 

 extent of fencing which it requires ; and, though these make little appearance 



