Plan for a Villa Residence. 9 



Sometimes two plants are produced instead of one, in con- 

 sequence of the part of the scion which is below the junction 

 serving as a cutting, and rooting in the water. The faculty 

 possessed by the stalks of plants, of living in water long 

 enough to develope their roots, is well known : the Greffe 

 Blaikie is a happy application of this property of vegetables. 

 I am. Sir, &c. Oscar Leclerc. 



Administratioji du Museittu d'Histoire 



Natiirelle mi Jardin du Roi a Paris^ 



Fev. 18. 1828. 



Art. III. Plan for laying out Four Acres of Land as a Villa 

 Residence. By Mr. Joshua Major, Landscape-Gardener. 



Sir, 

 Observing in your Magazine for March, 1826(Vol.II. p.253.), 

 that a correspondent calls your attention to the laying out of 

 a small garden with a selection of fruit trees suitable for it, I 

 beg to hand you the following remarks on that subject, along 

 with a plan. It is needless to remark on the impossibility of 

 meeting the wishes of your correspondent, without the data 

 and desiderata of his case ; but, as you have invited the aid of 

 contributors, it may not be improper to send you the accom- 

 panying design for laying out a four-acre field, supposing it to 

 be of the shape laid down, gradually slopnig to the south, and 

 supplied with water, and that this field constitutes the whole 

 estate. Although the plan sent may not suit exactly the 

 wants and wishes of any individual, yet I trust it will not be 

 destitute of some useful information to your correspondent, 

 and others possessing only small residences. 



Permit me to state it as my opinion, that when gentlemen 

 are not themselves acquainted with the art of laying out 

 grounds, or have not gardeners who are, the simplest and 

 most economical mode of proceeding is, to employ at the first 

 set out a landscape-gardener who shall give a design, and fix 

 the site for the house and offices, and who, if required, shall 

 ferther supply a superintendent to execute the work. This 

 would not only prevent the work from being repeatedly done 

 and undone, but it would be executed in a superior manner. 

 Let me not be accused of advancing this from interested 

 motives ; I merely wish to record the fact, that, for want of 

 professional assistance, generally withheld on the principle 

 of economy, a great number of gentlemen's residences are 

 spoiled, while the expense is Increased instead of being dimi- 



