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the shortcomings of haphazard gardening, coupled with some 

 indications for avoiding them. And here we may observe that 

 the picturesque style of gardening is purely English, and that 

 all countries have professedly copied or imitated the English 

 style, as it is termed, with such modifications as the exigencies 

 of the country rendered imperative. When we come to speak 

 of the flower-garden and -small garden plots, further allusion 

 will be made to this subject. In a large establishment we 

 often find a blending of the various styles in separate portions 

 set apart for their illustration. The primary thing to be con- 

 sidered is the selection and arrangement of the subjects for 

 the arborescent and shrubby plantations, where the garden is 

 large enough to admit of such, and scarcely any garden is so 

 small but that it will afford space for a few shrubs. The accom- 

 panying plan, fig. 262, was designed by the able French land- 

 scape gardener, M. Barillet Deschamps, formerly director of the 

 plantations of the city of Paris, and is inserted here to illustrate 

 the disposition of the trees and plantations, so as to secure 

 the best views the situation and natural features of the 

 estate and the surrounding country will afford. It is intended 

 to represent a landscape garden of small size, comprising from 

 five to ten acres of land. It should be observed, however, that 

 the same rules would hold good for a much larger garden, 

 and consequently the plan may serve as a guide on a more ex- 

 tended scale. But to return to the disposition of the planta- 

 tions. It seems almost superfluous to say that the planting 

 should be done so as to preserve permanently the most extensive 

 and varied views, having at the same time an eye to necessary 

 or desirable shelter for the residence, and to shut out all ob- 

 jectionable scenes, which will vary in nature according to the 

 predilections of the owner. The lines on the plan, from the 

 mansion to distant parts of the ground, will show what is 

 meant by keeping the views open. It will be seen that tli3 

 trees and shrubs are planted in detached groups at prominent 

 points, nowhere intercepting the view, and leaving a clear 

 space immediately around the house. And here we may re- 

 mark that the planting of large-growing trees close to the 

 house is, in our opinion, one of the greatest blemishes of 

 modern villa-gardening. Pretty little residences are frequently 

 completely shut in and darkened by large trees, and very often 

 by one of the most objectionable of trees, namely, the Black 

 Poplar. Trees close to a house may be all very well for a 



