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(the grounds joining) of a house and walk belonging to a relation 

 of his late wife. This circumstance is mentioned as accounting 

 in one so fond of a garden, for fixing on a spot which had neither 

 tree nor shrub in it when he first inhabited it. Mr. Harrison 

 informs us, and we record it for the use of amateurs commencing, 

 or extending, or improving gardens, that he commenced his 

 operations about thirty years ago, by purchasing, at a large 

 nursery sale, large lots of evergreens, not 6 in. high, in beds of 

 one hundred each, such as laurels, Portugal laurels, laurustinuses, 

 bays, hollies, &c. ; with many lots of deciduous trees, in smaller 

 numbers, which he planted in a nursery on his own ground ; and 

 at intervals, as he from time to time extended his garden, he took 

 out every second plant, which, with occasional particular frees and 

 shrubs from nursery grounds, constituted a continual supply for 

 improvement and extension. This, with the hospital ground 

 mentioned hereafter, furnished the means of extensions and im- 

 provements at no other expense than labour, which, when com- 

 pleted, gave the place the appearance of an old garden ; the 

 plants being larger than could be obtained, or, if obtained, safely 

 transplanted, from nurseries. This is an important consideration, 

 in addition to that of economy, well worth the attention of ama- 

 teur improvers of grounds or gardens. 



By inspecting the plan 7%. 157., it will be found that the 

 house contains, on the ground floor, three good living-rooms, 

 and two other rooms (n and g) particularly appropriate to the 

 residence of an amateur fond of botany and gardening ; and that 

 it is replete with every description of accommodation and con- 

 venience requisite for the enjoyment of all the comforts and 

 luxuries that a man of taste can desire for himself or his friends. 



In laying out the grounds, the first object was to insure agri- 

 cultural and gardening comforts ; and hence the completeness 

 of the farmyard, and of the hot-house and frame departments, 

 as exhibited in the plan, Jig. 1 59. On the side of the grounds 

 opposite to the hot-houses and flower-garden are the kitchen- 

 garden and orchard ; and though in most situations it would 

 have been more convenient to, have had the farm buildings, the 

 kitchen-garden, and the hot-houses on the same side as the 

 kitchen offices, yet in this case no inconvenience results from 

 their separation ; because the public road, as will be seen by the 

 plan/zg. 165., forms a ready medium of communication between 

 them, in cases in which the communication through the orna- 

 mented ground would be unsightly or inconvenient. In arranging 

 the pleasure-ground, the great object, as in all similar cases, was 

 to introduce as much variety as could be conveniently done in 

 a comparatively limited space. This has been effected chiefly 

 by distributing over the lawn a collection of trees and shrubs ; 

 by forming a small piece of water, and disposing of the earth 



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