The Choice of a Place 



to it or past it be not already in existence or certain to be 

 opened. 



It will be well to calculate, further, the length of road or 

 drive which will have to be made and kept in order by the 

 owner or occupant of a place. Road-making is an expensive 

 process in most districts, and the due preservation of roads is 

 always troublesome. While, therefore, the having to provide 

 a considerable length of private drive in order to get at a 

 place will be an advantage in the way of conferring more 

 privacy and retirement, it must be looked upon as a source 

 of increased outlay and additional subsequent labor. 



Where there is any possibility of obtaining such a piece of 

 land, it is most important that it should have a public road 

 along one of its sides only, and that this road should be on the 

 north, north-east, or north-west boundary. Access will thus 

 be given to the house at the point which is of least conse- 

 quence in regard to views, and the warmer and better sides 

 can be kept open and private. Entrance from any other 

 point would always more or less interfere with the lawn 

 and the more ornamental parts of the garden, besides laying 

 bare some of the best windows of the house or involving the 

 necessity of giving these an inferior aspect. This is assum- 

 ing, however, that the site be chosen with reference to a 

 proper aspect and views for the house. 



Comparative nearness to a railway station will, even where 

 a vehicle is kept, be a decided acquisition ; for there are" cer- 

 tain to be times when either the owner or his friends will 

 want to make use of these conveniences. In wet weather, 

 especially, it will be unpleasant to have to walk far before 

 reaching some kind of conveyance. 



Proximity to some seat of business, where at least the neces- 

 saries of Ufe can be readily procured, will also be an advantage. 

 To have to send a great distance for articles of food when 



