io 4 THE ART AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



views towards the south. The cost of main drainage, of forming 

 the roads, of erecting oak park paling, 5 ft. high, along each side 

 of the roads, of planting the ground for effect amounted to ,2,800. 

 There became available for building land 26 acres, after deducting 

 the area of the roads and the ground reserved for common use. 

 The land was sold at an average of ,500 per acre, realising ; 13,000. 

 As the first cost was ,3,000, and in addition ,2,800 were spent in 

 developing the land, a profit of ,7,200 was realised. 



In many of our English counties a system of letting the ground 

 on a 99 years' lease prevails, the landowner meanwhile receiving- 

 ground rents, and these may generally be regarded as of 25 years' 

 purchase. 



(y). The nature and value of the proposed buildings must, of 

 course, differ considerably even on different parts of the same estate, 

 and must be carefully adapted to the respective localities. But when 

 this has been done, it cannot be too strongly laid down that the 

 system for each road or locality should be adhered to rigidly ; for 

 only thus will confidence be inspired in builders or private persons 

 erecting houses on the estate. When it is settled that the rules 

 applied to them will be those for their neighbours, and there is 

 no fear of their property being depreciated by the landowner's 

 subsequent dealing, then a security of money value is created. A 

 building line, ruling the distance of structures from the road, should 

 be fixed ; and rules should be made for determining the site of 

 stables, so that these may not be a nuisance or interfere with views. 

 Rules should also be made as to cutting down trees, as to the 

 maintenance of the common ground, and the preservation of natural, 



artistic, characteristic features of the place; also as to the building 



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of shops, public-houses, etc. 



(g). It is strongly recommended that plantations should be 

 formed and trees should be planted. These will assuredly make the 



