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the house. Fifthly: The views from the several apart- 

 ments; and Sixthly: The numerous objects of comfort- 

 such as a dry soil, a supply of good water, proper space 

 for offices, with various other conveniences essential to 

 a mansion in the country, and which in a town may 

 sometimes be dispensed with, or at least very differently 

 disposed. " 



Architects* advice is not sufficient, landscape archi- 

 tects should be called in to study the shape of the 

 ground and to select the place where the lawns and 

 shrubbery will make the surroundings of the house 

 most convenient and comfortable and secure the best 

 landscape effect. The engineer should also advise as 

 to the drainage and the chemist as to the character of 

 the soil with a view to its fertilization and also as to the 

 quality of the drinking water. It seems a great deal of 

 trouble to take to locate a house, but the wise man 

 decides on all these things beforehand and saves him- 

 self a great deal of trouble in the end. 



The architect naturally looks to the many questions 

 of comfort and beauty that the landscape architect 

 is not necessarily called on to discuss, such as the way 

 the sun comes in at the windows and from what quarter 

 the cold winds blow. The modelling of the land how- 

 ever is the landscape architect's special province, and 

 every pound of soil that comes from the cellar, and 

 such other soil as has to be taken from elsewhere, should 

 be under the control of the landscape architect and his 

 assistants. To them exclusively should be delegated 

 this work, for only in this way can an artistic result 



