n6 THE ART AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



objectionable buildings may be raised. All ground was doubly 

 trenched previous to being planted, and the whole land drained. 

 The lines of fencing for dividing off the park into different 

 holdings were arranged so as to be as little seen as possible, 

 and therefore are chiefly set out in a direction running from 

 the eye. The hedges forming the boundaries of the public road 

 on the southern side of the park were in places removed, so 

 that the line of sight might not be interrupted, and new fencing 

 was substituted. All fencing was of the usual continuous bar fencing. 

 The height of the wall on the northern side of the kitchen garden 

 was determined by that of the hothouses built against it ; the height 

 on the eastern and western sides is 9 ft. 3 in. to the under side 

 of the movable coping ; the height of the southern boundary wall is 

 6 ft. The water supply is provided by an engine pumping river- 

 water to a reservoir near the home farm, and for the garden supply 

 an open reservoir has been made from which water gravitates to 

 given points. The lake is supplied by waste water from this, and 

 from the house and garden clear water drainage. 



CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS. 



