CHAPTER II. 



LAYING OUT A GARDEN. 



A SHELTERED position is the chief thing to be con- 

 sidered in the laying out of a garden as the trees and 

 plants that can be grown, will in a great measure, 

 be governed by the situation and locality in which 

 the garden is made. Ornamentation and style, must 

 be left to the taste and judgment of the owner, 

 for, although we are debarred from growing many 

 of our old English favourites, and the flowers do not 

 have the same smell, yet we have many beautiful 

 tropical and sub-tropical plants, which compensate for 

 their loss, and if it is not possible to have a strictly 

 European garden, it is at least possible to have a very 

 pretty Egyptian one, subject however, to the conditions 

 of the locality. 



No one should suppose that he can have a well- 

 kept garden, that will be a continual source of pleasure, 

 unless he is to a considerable extent, his own head 

 gardener, and although scarcely two gardens are alike 

 in style and position, yet there are certain rules in 

 landscape gardening, which hold good abroad, as well 

 as at home. 



Thus in laying out ornamental grounds, either public 

 or private, the first thing that is necessary is taste, 

 and a careful observation of nature, which might often 

 be copied with advantage ; and the second is a 

 knowledge of the habit and position most suitable for 



