74 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



lington, New- Jersey, (which we shall again refer to,) was 

 built, and the grounds, about six or eight acres in extent, laid 

 out, from the designs of John Notman, Esq. architect, of Phi- 

 ladelphia; and while the latter give a large amount of beauty 

 and enjoyment, scarcely any thing which can be supposed 

 necessary for the convenience or wants of the family, is lost 

 sight of. 



The house, a, stands quite near the bank of the river, 

 while one front commands fine water views, and the other 

 looks into the lawn or pleasure-grounds, h. On one side of 

 the area is the kitchen garden, c, separated and concealed from 

 the lawn by thick groups of evergreen and deciduous trees. 

 At e, is a picturesque orchard, in which the fruit trees are 

 planted in groups, instead of straight lines, for the sake of 

 effect. Directly under the windows of the drawing-room is 

 the flower garden,/; and at §-, is a seat. The walk around 

 the lawn is also a carriage road, affording entrance and egress 

 from the rear of the grounds, for garden purposes, as well as 

 from the front of the house. At i, is situated the ice-house ; 

 d, hot-beds ; k^ bleaching green ; j, gardener's house, etc. In 

 the rear of the latter are the stables, which are not shown on 

 the plan. 



The embellished farm, [ferme ornee,) is a species of coun- 

 try residence, likely to become very general in this country. 

 Men of considerable means, here, often retire from the cities, 

 and devote their attention to agriculture ; and while they de- 

 sire not to lose sight of profit in culture, their taste leads them 

 to give to their farms something of the elegant effects of Land- 

 scape Gardening. A few acres, or even an acre, will be set 

 apart mainly for the purposes of ornament ; and on this area, 

 the plantations, though less extensive, should be arranged 

 with a view to produce something of the same beauty, as in 



