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should be rendered subordinate to that of a botanic garden or 

 an arboretum. 



All these observations will apply with equal force to church- 

 yards. The best situation for trees, in these burial grounds, is 

 immediately surrounding the boundary fence, and along the sides 

 of the main walk or walks to the church entrance. The trees 

 should always be of low growth, so as not to interfere with the 

 architectural effect of the church, when they are seen at a distance 

 in connexion with it. Evergreen trees of great durability, such 

 as the holly, the yew, the cypress, the arbor vitse, and the red 

 cedar, appear preferable, from their association with the ideas of 

 solemnity and perpetuity, both in the lasting nature of their 

 foliage, and in their longevity. 



The most melancholy circumstance connected with cemeteries, 

 churchyards, and depositories for the dead of every kind, is, to 

 see them neglected by the living; the fence broken down, the 

 gate off its hinges, the tombs out of repair, and the surface of the 

 ground covered with rampant weeds and rank grass. For this 

 reason, nothing has a better effect in burial grounds of every 

 kind, than to keep the turf in every part of them as closely 

 mown as the high-kept lawn of a mansion. 



Art. IV. Plan for laying out the Grounds of a Suburban Villa of 

 Nine Acres ; incltiding the Ground Plan of the principal Floor of 

 the House, and the Plans of the different Outbuildings. By Richauo 

 Vabden, Esq., Architect and Landscape-Gardener. 



This villa is supposed to be situated in the neighbourhood of 

 a town, and to be occupied as the residence of a wealthy mer- 

 chant or banker throughout the year. The surface of the ground 

 is supposed to be flat or nearly so, and so surrounded by build- 

 ings, that no desirable views can be obtained beyond the 

 boundary fence. A small stream of water is supposed to run 

 through the grounds, and the soil to be loamy. 



The details of the grounds {fg. 99.) are as follows : — 



«, Entrance gate to the main approach, g. Grass-plot with flower-beds. 



b. Bridge over the river, from which h, Parterres in the form of fans. 



are seen the rock {y) on the right i, Vases on pedestals placed against 



hand, and the wooded islands, &c., the parapet wall. 



on the left. j. Statues on detached pedestals. 



c. Open arch, through which carriages k. Open archway to the kitchen-gar- 



drive to the open portico (rf) over den. 



the main entrance to the house. /, Fountain and basin in the centre of - 

 e, Stable-yard, in which carriages turn the kitchen-garden. 



before they come back to take up m. Statues. n. Forcing-houses, 



their company. o. Sheds for pots, mushrooms, &c. 



/, Back road to the kitchen-garden p, Melon ground, and place for com- 



and stable-yard. posts, &c. 



