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way. The star-bed falls right to the drawing-room bay, and should have 

 the points of one color, and the centre of two or three rings. Round the 

 basin are standard roses, set in pebbles. 



Fig. 91 is a design to suit a piece of ground about an acre in extent, 

 where the land slopes slightly from north to south. By the straight walk 

 in the middle, the regular arrangement of the few flower-beds, and the 

 geometrical disposition of the four trees marked 5 on the plan, — a copper- 

 beech, thorns white and pink, and a weeping-ash, — sufficient formality 

 is obtained ; while the uneven character of the surrounding planting, in 

 which stand several old trees, gives color to the choice of a style less 

 perfect than the pure geometrical. 



On the southern boundary of the garden is a summer-house of a very 

 rustic character, overlooking a neatly laid-out kitchen-garden on a leveL 



In the present case, the ground falls sufficiently to preclude the use of 

 vases or pedestals, for the purpose of giving symmetry, and, if used, would 

 only render the design ridiculous. 



No. I is a conservatory or grapery. 



No. 2, a summer-house. 



No. 3, a kitchen-garden. 



No. 4, beds for large flowers, — hydrangeas, paeonies, chrysanthemums, 

 gladioli, irises, dahlias, &c. 



No. 5, the thorns, weeping-ash, and copjDer-beech. 



The regular rows of small shrubs, from east to west, should be composed 

 of Irish juniper, yew, Thuja aiirca, or dwarf conifers. 



The large evergreens are distinguishable on the plan by their form, and 

 should be of distinctive character. The few beds will give sufficient cheer- 

 fulness : they might be of arabesque form, but must be simple. 



The following design is introduced to show the slight but essential differ- 

 erce between a moderately regular and a strictly architectural garden. 

 Here the ground is treated in a purely architectural manner. The dimen- 

 sions are assumed to be the same as the foregoing, with the main house 

 instead of conservatory ; though this variation is unimportant. We will 

 suppose the fancy of the proprietor to be for plenty of smooth turf and a 

 few beds of choice flowering-shrubs, with just as much color in the form 

 of flower-beds as should give enough cheerfulness to relieve the whole 



