The Choice of a Place 



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II. Approaches. — In connection with every house there 

 are certain matters of convenience and utihty to be trans- 

 acted, which, if they cannot be carried on apart from the 

 ornamental portion of the garden, would interfere with its 

 privacy and its beauty. Coals, and a variety of other neces- 

 saries, have to be brought to a house, and rubbish of several 

 kinds requires to be taken from it. To accomplish this, it is es- 

 sential to the enjoyment of a place that it should have a back 

 and front approach, and the facilities for affording these ought 

 to be the subject of calculation when the land is obtained. 



When the access to a house is from a main road along its 

 northerly side, separate approaches can readily be secured by 

 entering at different points along that boundary. If the ap- 

 proach be only on any side near the south, however, it is 

 difficult to get a second entrance without grievously cutting 

 up the best part of the place. And where one entrance is used 

 on the south side for all purposes, the privacy of the garden 

 will be almost entirely destroyed, and servants, tradesmen, 

 vagrants, etc., will have the use of the best part of the garden, 

 and be able to gaze into the best windows. It is a great 

 nuisance, too, to have coals and similar dirty things conveyed 

 over the principal approach to a house, and possibly deposited 

 close to the front door. 



If, therefore, the chief entrance to a place has necessarily to 

 be on the southerly side, it will be desirable to have a small 

 public lane at the back of the land, by which access can be 

 given to the offices of the house, and to the kitchen garden, 

 without intruding upon the better portions of the pleasure 

 grounds. 



That some degree of practical bearing may be given to 

 this part of the book, an outline imaginary sketch (fig. 5), 

 embodying some of the principal points which have been 

 discussed, is now presented. The plan of the house, on a 



