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south-west ; the ground sloping to these points in an 

 easy manner. If quite flat, it seldom can be laid 

 sufficiently dry ; and if very steep, it is worked 

 under many disadvantages. It may have a fall, 

 however, of a foot in twenty, without being very 

 inconvenient ; but a fall of a foot in thirty is most 

 desirable, by which the ground is sufficiently ele- 

 vated, yet not too much so. If there be no natu- 

 ral stream that can be conducted through it, water 

 should be conveyed from the nearest river, lake, 

 or pond ; soft water being most desirable for the use 

 of the garden. 



Under other circumstances than the above-men- 

 tioned, and even in places of considerable extent, 

 the Kitchen-Garden is often combined with the 

 Shrubbry or Pleasure-Garden, and also placed near- 

 er to the house. There can be no impropriety in 

 this, provided it be kept in good order, and that 

 the walls be screened by shrubbry from the imme- 

 diate view of the public rooms. Indeed, it has 

 been found, that there is both comfort and economy 

 in having the various gardens of a place combined, 

 and placed at no great distance from the house. In 

 stepping from the parlour to the shrubbry or flower- 

 garden, thence to the orchard, and, lastly, to the 

 culinary garden, there is a gradation both natural 

 and pleasant. With such an arrangement, in cases 

 where the aspect of the ground is answerable, and 

 the surface, perhaps, is considerably varied, few 

 faults will be found. 



Sometimes we find the kitchen-garden placed im- 

 mediately in front of the house, which I consider 



