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from the approach rather than the approach from 

 the highroad. 



5th. After the approach enters the park, it 

 should avoid skirting the boundary. 



6th. The house, unless very large and magnifi- 

 cent, should not be seen at so great a distance as 

 to make it appear much less than it really is. 



7th. The first view of the house should be from 

 the most pleasing point of view. 



8th. As soon as the house is visible, there should 

 be no temptation to quit it (which will ever be 

 the case if the road be at all circuitous) unless 

 sufficient obstacles, such as water or inaccessible 

 ground appear to justify its course. 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD 



THE kitchen garden is essentially for use, and this 

 must never be lost sight of in its design. A walled 

 in kitchen garden is the ideal. The size must be 

 proportioned to the house and its needs. An acre 

 of ground is reckoned sufficient to supply ten 

 persons with all fruit and vegetables, excepting 

 main crop potatoes, which are more a farm than 

 a garden crop. 



The space should be enclosed (by a wall if pos- 

 sible), be rectangular in shape, and have paths 

 running all round within 10 ft. of the boundary 

 and also across, dividing it into equal portions. If 

 there is a wall the border that is shaded by it on 



