3' INTRODUCTION. 



Where the coach-road is carried through 

 the lawn, (which, however, if possible, should 

 be avoided,) it should be occasionally ob- 

 scured by irregular clumps of shrubs, such 

 as roses mixt with dwarf evergreens. The 

 private walks must always be of breadth 

 sufficient to admit three persons abreast, 

 however small the grounds may be ; for plants 

 are sure to be injured where the walks are 

 narrow. In extensive shrubberies, each walk 

 should lead to some particular object ; to the 

 orchard, kitchen -garden, botanical borders, 

 green-house, dairy, ice-house, mushroom-hut, 

 aviary, poultry-yard, or stables. The inten- 

 tion of the plantation should seem to be, to 

 conduct the walker in the most agreeable 

 manner to each outlet and building of utility 

 or pleasure. 



Where a lawn is of sufficient extent for de- 

 tached trees, the apple may be admitted with 

 great effect, the blossom being amongst the 

 most beautiful that open in spring. Such as 

 produce a red fruit in autumn are more 

 ornamental than most other trees. 



To those who are so devoted to fashion, as 

 not to venture to "treat their lungs with air" 

 unmixed with smoke, till the crowds that 

 swarmed at court have fixed their departure 

 for rural scenes and a pure atmosphere, like 



