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10, Melon ground and pond. 



11, Orchard, and potato and mangold wurzel ground, &c. 



12, Belt of spruce and Scotch firs. 



13, Gardener's communication with the public road, when manure and other 

 materials for the gardens are wanted to be brought in. 



14, Approach to the stable-yard. 



15, Grass drying-ground, on a lower level than the approach, and screened by 

 a dense mass of evergreens, &c. 



h, House-yard. s. Stable-yard. 



16, vafigs. 8. and 9., Boundary plantation, fenced towards the field with furze 

 (kept clipped), concealing from the flower-garden a sheep-hut and little 

 stack-yard {x), 



17, in Jig. 9,, Groups of thorns and other trees. 



The frontage of the villa adjoining Mr. Nesfield's at c in 

 Jig. 10. is the same size as his ovi^n ; and, as both places were built 

 by the same architect (A. Salvin, Esq., Mr. 

 Nesfield's brother-in-law), and laid out at the 

 same time, care was taken that where the 

 ground was planted thickly in one villa, it 

 was planted thinly in the other, and vice 

 versa ; so that each villa might aid the other 

 in producing its general effect, and in sacri- 

 ficing as little ground as possible in plant- 

 ing. 



The field belonging to Mr. Nesfield em- 

 braces the frontage of both houses ; and the 

 land attached to both, being 8^ acres, is sub- 

 divided as shown in Jig. 1 0. In this figure, 

 a b show the land occupied by Mr. Nesfield, 

 and containing in all 4;^ acres, a being that 

 part which comprises the house, kitchen-gar- 

 den, &c., and b being the grass field ; c is the 

 house and garden of the adjoining occu-^. 

 pier; and d his grass field, to which he / 



has access by the road e ; J is the public road, and g g 

 are the entrance-gates to the two houses. This arrangement 

 (on purchasing the land) was made in order that each house 

 might enjoy the effect of space as much as possible, and, by 

 dividing the ground with the wire fence (h), which is scarcely 

 visible from either house, the breadth of effect is not cut up, as 

 it would have been, had the division been made longitudinally. 

 The boundary hedge (i) winds considerably, and there are 

 several very fine trees in it, which, in consequence of the wind- 

 ing, group most admirably, as shown in the view. Jig. 1 1. The 

 wood at k, in Jig. 10., belongs to the Earl of Mansfield's grounds, 

 at Kenwood, and, together with the spire of Highgate church, 

 adds greatly to the beauty of the landscape, as shown in the 

 view above referred to {^g. 12.). 



