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ARCHITECTURAL GARDENING. 



It may be well to illustrate the effect of attention tc the leading architect- 

 ural features of the plan of the house by a few examples of gardens, all 

 of them small, and in immediate connection with the principal windows ^.1 

 the respective houses to which they are attached. That they admit of im- 

 provement is obvious ; but, in their main design, they are r.o msuited to 

 the circumstances. 



Fig. 89 represents a garden. The space is circumscribed. It will be 

 seen that the house, with contemplated addition, shown by dotted lines, 

 occupies nearly a third of the whole plot. The most that could be done was 

 to insure a walk more or less private, and tolerably well shaded, at the north 

 of the house, immediately beneath the drawing and dining room windows. 

 Central to the bay in the dining-room is seen a semicircular slope of about 

 three feet, crowned with evergreen shrubs, and backed by a wall of some- 

 what ornamental character as regards coping or balustrade, a screen of 

 some kind being here necessary. This walk, which is about eight feet 

 wide, is terminated at one end by a seat, and at the other by a thick well- 

 clipped hedge of yew, holly, or juniper, with a recess formed in itself con- 

 taining some architectural object, — a basin, vase, terminal figure, or even a 

 small fernery, for which its shady situation renders it well adapted. It is 

 of sufficient breadth to allow two persons to walk very conveniently ; and, 

 being nearly ninety feet long, is quite sufficient for a quarter-deck walk. 

 The flower-beds lie for the most part under the bay-window of the drawing- 

 room (2), and are symmetrically disposed without being over-crowded. At 

 3 is a dial or object of some kind : ?l yucca in a large vase is recommended. 

 Here the architectural portion of the garden ceases, as it would be unwise 

 to carry symmetry any farther. The winding walk to the pavilion is 

 screened by shrubs and by the raised bank to the north. 



The ground will be raised towards the front fence in gentle undulations, 

 which will be effective, even if very slight. The corner at 5 should be 

 i:o\'ered with low shrubs, such as yuniperus squamata ; as also should the 

 opposite end of the slope 6. 



In what may be called the front lawn, a tuft of pampas-grass, a mound. 



