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perenne tenue, {Slender Rye-Grass,) 8 lbs.; Trifolium 

 repens, {tvliite Dutch Clover,) 3 lbs.; T. minus, 1 lb.; 

 Cynosurus cristatus, {Orchard Grass,) 3 lbs.; Festuca 

 duriuscula, {Hard or Smooth Fescue,) 2 lbs.; F. ovina 

 tenuifolia, {Slender Sheep'' s Fescue,)! lb. ; Poa nemoralis 

 sempervirens, {Annual Meadow Grass,) 2 lbs. ; and An- 

 thoxanthum odoratum, {Sweet-scented 3feadotu Grass,) 

 J lb. If the soil be light or sandy, more of the fescue- 

 grasses may be sown, and J lb. of Lotus corniculatus 

 {Common Bifd's-Foot Clover, or Trefoil) added. It 

 may, in general, be remarked that, as a place of interest 

 to every well-informed proprietor, the garden should be 

 so near to the mansion as to be conveniently accessi- 

 ble on foot, probably within little more than a quarter 

 of a mile ; while it should be so distant as to avoid the 

 possibility of offence arising from the necessary garden- 

 ing operations, and the resort of workmen. A position 

 on one side of the house is to be preferred, unless a 

 much more eligible one occur in the rear. Wherever it 

 be placed, it should be so masked by evergreen shrubs, 

 and by trees, as not to be visible from the principal lawn, 

 or from the walks in the shrubbery and flower-garden. 

 If the surface of the domain be undulated, the garden 

 is almost unavoidably seen from some point or other, 

 and the coup-d'^oeil of the inclosure walls is apt to 

 present the idea of a huge box; an unpleasant impres- 

 sion, which should by all means be avoided or lessened 

 by plantations judiciously introduced. 



Ground possessing a gentle inclination toward the 

 south is desirable for a garden. , On such a slope effec- 

 tual draining is easily accomplished, and the greatest 

 possible benefit is derived from the sun's rays. The 

 lower part of the gentle declivity is perhaps to be pre- 



