LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



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Art ef Uf- profitably done by the job, premising, that whenever 



the cost or intricacy of any piece of work is considera- 



Croundt. kl e> un j esg B contjacto]- o f some respectability is employ. 



ed, the work is much better done by the labourers of 



the proprietor. 



Buildingi. All alterations: or new erections, may 

 be readily estimated and executed by contract, and 

 almost in every case at less expence to the proprietor. 

 The mere difference between the trade price and the 

 gentleman's price of the materials and labour, and be- 

 tween the hours kept and the quantity of work done 

 in a given time by a journe\-nian to a" master trades- 

 man and to a gentleman, will, (if the former should, by 

 error in estimating, find no other gain,) afford a certain 

 profit to the tradesman ; and thus, suppose a contrac- 

 tor to estimate a piece of work at lOUO, and which 

 the proprietor, changing his mind, instead of letting 

 to the contractor, execute* it himself and find* tin- 

 amount l 100, the contractor, had he got the job, 

 would have actually had a profit, and the owner been 

 a gainer of l()0. 



The mansion, domestic and farming offices, garden- 

 walls, and hot-houses, may all be separately contracted 

 for. 



Ground. The removal of ground, fences, or dig- 

 ging, may in every case be let by the job, and with 

 decided advantage to both parties. The extent of par- 

 ticular cantracts should, of course, be in proportion to 

 the responsibility of the contracting parties. 



Planting. The enclosures and the preparation of the 

 soQ mar, in all extensive cases, be executed by con- 

 : ; but the planting, or insertion of the plant*, on 



which so much depend*, should uniformly be done by 

 day work ; excepting, however, those cases in which 

 nurseryman will engage to put in a cer- 

 of plants of a certain kind, size, and age, 



there for at least three year 

 some extensive casts, the land may be prepared by 

 fallowing, which the adjoining tenants will generally 

 undertake at a very moderate price per acre. In most 

 cases, the contractor for fences, of whatever descrip- 

 tion, should undertake to uphold them tor a given num- 

 ber of years ; and in cases of thorn hedge*, or other 

 live fences, until they lirciaiia sutfi> r-. 



Road atut Walk making may frequently br contract- 

 ed for; but in this case, as in rw-ry other, much will 

 on the skill, activity, and experience of the 



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SCT. III. DfienptiomofPlaUt CCCXLIII. CCCXI. 1 1 . 

 C< 'II. combining a totuntrdicd 



view, oath of Ike Geometric ami Modem Ganteinn/i. 

 TbesephtMiipw suit specimens of rt- 'i II-IK-CS laid out, 



both in the geometric and in the modem stvle. Plate 



a profile of a complete residence in 

 the geometric manner, the trees supposed to In- of fifteen 

 years growth. The situation, as far as respect- i 

 aurtsce, is dull and uninteresting. Iwini: nearly a flat, but 

 with a gentlerise or ridpe, running east and r-t near tin- 

 centre, and on which the h<me, hot-houses, and gar- 

 dens, are placed. The umiunding country is sup- 

 posed to be in a comparatively uncultivated -fa'' 

 ther mountainous or flat, with remains ot ' ' 

 aosusij. Such situations abound in Ireland and 

 land, and are to be found also in some English districts, 

 as in Yorkshire, between Malton and Whitby. 



The object of art is to create a magnificent, and at 

 the sssne time a comfortable residence ; and amidst 

 such wild and uncultivated scenes, we consider this 



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will be better effected by adopting the ancient than the Art of lay. 

 modern style of gardening. For imitations of nature, lt! " ut 

 surrounded by nature itself, will ever be surpassed by ^ n ' n "- j 

 the original, and lose half their beauty from the want 

 of contrast ; but scenes of bold and avowed art, in such 

 a situation, raise at once a character striking and ori- 

 ginal, and convey a thousand interesting ideas of hu- 

 man art, industry, and refinement, which would be 

 wanting to the other ; and the wild scenery around, 

 while it strengthens these ideas, is itself, by contrast, 

 heightened in expression. Even on the plea of the supe- 

 riority of natural to artificial beauty, it may be suid in fa- 

 vour of adopting the ancient style in such cases, that no 

 existing beauty is ]<>*t, while much new beauty is cre- 

 ated. In such a situation, very few external circumstan- 

 ces can be supposed to influence the arrangement of" the 

 component piirts of the residence. The house, there- 

 fore, is placed near the centre of the park on the ridge 

 already mentioned, and with a south-east aspect. 



No. 1. Is the covered entrance, through a Gothic ar- P LAT E 

 cade, with the porter's lodge (No. 2.) at one end, CCCXLHI. 

 washed by the waters of the moat, and the entrance 

 hall (No. 3.) at the other. No. 4. Is t!:o ^rand stair- 

 case of the whole height of the building, and lighted 

 from windows above the general roof. No. 5. Is a cha- 

 pel, with a billiard room under. No. 6. Is the library, 

 crnuminicating with a conservatory, green-houses, and 

 hot-houses, at No. 7., and by an elegant Gothic cloister 

 (No. 8. under the chapel) with the drawing and din- 

 ing rooms at Nos. 9, and 1 0. The rest of the internal 

 arrangement is easily conceived. The whole building 

 IB supposed to be roofed flat, and covered with lead. 

 No. II. Is the kitchen court. No. 12. The domestic 

 stables anil coach-hou<e-, &c. No. 13. The farm-yard 

 and farm. No. 14. The paddocks. No. 15. The walled 

 orchard, with No. Hi. a fruit-tree border surrounding 

 it. No. I?. Is the kitchen garden. No. Ifri. The 

 forcing-houses, with mushroom sheds, gtrdauan lodges, 

 furnaces, &c. behind. No. 1<). The gardener's hou-e, 

 and watch room over. No. 20. The melon ground, 

 and pits for forcing asparagus, roses, growing young 

 pine-. \< . No. '21. Heaps of compost. No. 22. Back 

 rond for manure .-mil fuel. No. *J3. M<xlern flower gar- 

 den, covered with wire netting, and sen- ing as an avi- 

 ary. No. 24. Water engine house for forcing water to 

 MS in the hot-houses. No. 25. Upper terrace gar- 

 den, with No. '_'<>. a jet d'eau. 27. Under terrace, or 

 lawn. No. 28. Descent to the water, with a view to 

 sailing or fishing from a boat, or setting off ftoating- 

 bit, &c. No. l'9. House for fishing tackle, and for 

 fishing from in hot or rainy wivtlicr. No. 30. Plea- 

 sure-ground, consisting of broad gravel walks, accom- 

 panied by an equal breadth of turf, and bordered by 

 a phalanx of shrubs, ri-ing in gradation to the highest 

 trees, and arranged in the I,inna-an manner. One luill' 

 i >f these walks will generally be in shade, and the 

 other fully exposed to the sun, so that a choice may be 

 made according to circumstances. No. 3! . French par- 

 terre. No. 32. Labyrinth. No. 33. Forrester's house, 

 with banqueting room over. No. 34-. Natural forest 

 scenery, blended and harmonized with the artificial 

 plantations. No. 35. West entrance. No. 36'. Foun- 

 tain which supplies a jet d'eau in the French parterre, 

 i I .) and also In part supplies the large lake. No. 

 S7. Large triangular field, enclosed by fences, In the 

 directions of the bounding strip*, and under the trees. 

 No. .18. Unenclosed meadow land beyond' the park, 

 harmonized by (No. 39.) rows and scattered trees. 

 No. 40. Open arable lands. No. 41. Public road. No. 



