*with regard to Practical Gardener.. 3S 



buildings. Temporary residences, as pavilions, cottages, &c., 

 may be decorated as fancy may suggest ; it is impossible that 

 any rule of art or taste can be applied, in blending the insignia 

 of a palace with the humble structure and homely exterior of 

 a hut. 



The Episcopal Palace. — Seclusion and solemn quiet are 

 the principal characteristics of a bishop's palace. It is but 

 seldom that such a place is formed anew. If the gardener is 

 called on to improve, he has only to preserve every mark of 

 antiquity, and add such features as will assimilate with its 

 character. The ancient avenue leading to the venerable pile : 

 groves of full-grown trees, in which the spreading cedar, cypress, 

 yew, and towering pines prevail ; shady walks leading from the 

 cloistered wings; the well- stocked fish-pond, and the walled 

 garden, are the usual accompaniments of such a residence. 

 Evergreen shrubs should prevail to the embowering privacy 

 of the home walks. Distant views may be admitted, but so 

 as not to expose the palace ; and intermediate scenery may be 

 improved, as will best accord with the general character of 

 the domain. 



Abbeys^ Priories, S^c. — These old religious establishments 

 are now chiefly lay property. Where they have been changed 

 into private dwellings, the original Saxon or Gothic style of 

 building, in many instances, has been preserved, and conse- 

 quently imposes a corresponding style of accompaniment. 

 Many fine old places of this description have been sadly de- 

 nuded by systematic levellers, without taste or reflection ; and 

 the old stately mansion thrust out upon a naked lawn, com- 

 pletely stripped of all its former honours. 



When the gardener is called on to improve such places, he 

 will do well to preserve some of the old contemporary accom- 

 paniments of the house, restore such as are wanting, save all 

 the oldest trees, and endeavour, by a judicious disposition and 

 choice of young ones, to give the whole a bold picturesque 

 character. Tufted-headed trees, as the evergreen and common 

 oak, elm, &c., contrast well with the perpendicular lines and 

 shadows of Gothic architecture ; and the mature forms of the 

 cedars and Scotch fir, produce a contrast quite suitable with 

 this style of building. Such buildings also require to be more 

 closely concealed by wood than those of more modern date ; 

 for which purpose, the glades through which they are seen 

 should be closer ; separate parts of them only shown in de- 

 tail. 



Castellated Mansions. — Many of those Norman structures 

 still remain as country sgats of noblemen and gentlemen, and 

 many new buildings have been erected in imitation of them. 



V0L.V.— No. 18. D 



