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THE VILLA GARDENER. 



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324 ,ffl , A _ Fig. 324. Section and sectional ^ 325 



view on the line C D, looking from Ml :f^^ I* 



the house. 



Fig. 325. Section and sectional 



view on the line D C, looking towards 



the house. 



501. 7'he house, the hitchen offices, 



and the flower-garden, stand on a 



nearly level platform, which is gra- 

 dually united to the risii)g ground on 



the approach side, and terminates on 



the lawn front, in a broad terrace 



walk, which is carried along the brow 



of an artificial slope, slightly indicated 



in the plan. This terrace walk is one 



of the finest artificial features of 



Kenwood. It is 20 ft. wide in front 



of the house ; and this width is con- 

 tinued both to the right and left, as 



far as the walk remains in a straight 



line ; it then becomes imperceptibly 



narrower, till, in the lowest parts of 



the grounds, where it passes the ponds 



of water, it is no more than 8 ft. 



wide ; and it is continued at this 



breadth through the woods. In con- 

 sequence of this terrace walk being 



so much above the wire fence which 

 ^j^w^re ^ separates the mown ground from the 



pasture ground, the fence is never 



seen till Ave begin to descend the 



declivity, when a good impression 



having been made by its absence in 



front of the house, it is not in the 



slightest degree offensive. Indeed 



we scarcely ever knew a place where 



om the existence of so high a terrace, 

 there was so slight an appearance of fencing or confinement. But the great 

 value of Kenwood to a landscape-gardener is the perfect unity of expression 

 which prevails in the views obtained in every part of the grounds. These views, 

 though all are equally decided in expression, are of three distinct kinds : first, 

 the views from the entrance front of the house along the approaches, and those 

 along the approaches to the entrance front ; secondly, the views in the flower- 

 garden, whicli is surrounded by trees on every side except that next the 

 house, and the views in which are, consequently, confined to flowers and 

 flower-beds ; and, thirdly, the views from the lawn front of the house to the 

 grounds, and from the grounds to the lawn front, in which there are no 

 flowers to be seen. If it were desired completely to spoil the characteristic 

 beauty of Kenwood, as far as could be done without removing any of the 

 trees, the way would be to place beds of flowers along the terrace walk, and 



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