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the hospital ground mentioned hereafter, furnished the means of extensions 

 and improvements at no other expense than labour, which, when completed, 

 gave the place the appearance of an old garden ; the plants being larger 

 than could be obtained, or, if obtained, safely transplanted, Irom nurseries. 

 This is an important consideration, in addition to that of economy, well 

 worth the attention of amateur improvers of grounds or gardens. 



By inspecting the ])]3.n,Jig. 4, it will be found that the house contains, 

 on the ground floor, three good living-rooms, and two other rooms (n and 

 g-) particularly appropriate to the residence of an amateur fond of botany 

 and gardening ; and that it is replete with every description of accommo- 

 dation and convenience requisite for the enjoyment of all the comforts and 

 luxuries that a man of taste can desire for himself or his friends. 



In laying out the grounds, the first object was to insure agricultural and 

 gardening comforts ; and hence the completeness of the farmyard, and of 

 the hot-house and frame departments, as exhibited in the plan,_^^. 6. On 

 the side of the grounds opposite to the hot-houses and flower-garden are 

 the kitchen-garden and orchard ; and though in most situations it would 

 have been more convenient to have had the farm buildings, the kitchen- 

 garden, and the hot-houses on the same side as the kitchen offices, yet in 

 this case no inconvenience results from their separation ; because the pub- 

 lic road, as will be seen by the plan, Jig. 12, forms a ready medium of com- 

 munication between them, in cases in which the communication through 

 the ornamented ground would be unsightly or inconvenient In arranging 

 the pleasure-ground, the great object, as in all similar cases, was to intro- 

 duce as much variety as could be conveniently done in a comparatively 

 limited space. This has been effected chiefly by distributing oyer the lawn 

 a collection of trees and shrubs ; by forming a small piece of water, and 

 disposing of the earth excavated into hilly inequalities ; and by walks lead- 

 ing to different points of view, indicated by different kinds of covered seats 

 or garden structures. In conducting the walks, and distributing the trees 

 and shrubs, considerable skill and taste have been displayed in concealing 

 the distant walks, and those which cross the lawn in different directions, 

 from the windows of the living-rooms ; and also in never showing any walk 

 but the one which is being walked on, to a spectator making the circuit of 

 the grounds. 



Before we enter into further details, we shall describe, first, the plan of 



