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terbalanced by the warmth and the^ shelter that the trees 

 would afford. 



19. Before I quit this subject of Situation, I cannot 

 refrain from attempting to describe one kitchen-garden 

 in England, to behold which is well worth the trouble 

 and expense of a long journey, to any person who has a 

 taste in this way : I mean that of MR. HENRY DRUMMOND, 

 at ALDBURY, in the county of Surrey. This garden is, in my 

 opinion, nearly perfection, as far as relates to situation, 

 and form. It is an oblong square j the wall, on the north 

 side, is close under a hill ; that hill is crowned with trees 

 which do not shade the garden. There is a flat, or 

 terrace, in the front of this wall. This terrace consists, 

 first of a border for the fruit trees to grow in, next of a 

 broad and beautiful gravel walk, then, if I recollect 

 rightly, of a strip of short grass. About the middle of the 

 length, there is a large basin supplied with water from a 

 spring coming out of the hill, and always kept full. The 

 terrace is supported, on the south side of it, by a wall 

 that rises no higher than the top of the earth of the 

 terrace. Then comes another flat, running all the way 

 along ; this flat is a broad walk, shaded completely by 

 two rows of yew trees, the boughs of which form an 

 arch over it : so that, here, in this kitchen-garden, there 

 are walks for summer as well as for winter : on the 

 gravel walk you are in the sun, sheltered from every 

 wind; and, in the yew-tree walk, you are completely 

 shaded from the sun in the hottest day in summer. From 

 the yew-tree walk the ground slopes gently down 

 towards the brook which runs from Sheer through Aid- 

 bury, down to Chilworth; where, after supplying the 



