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garden is of a less artificial character. The walk leaves the gravelled circle 

 on one side, and, after skirting round between the shrubbery and the foliage- 

 clad walls, reenters on the opposite side. The walk at the end of the garden 

 must be sunk, so as not to be visible from the windows of the principal floor 

 of the house, that apparent extent may be given to the premises, by not dis- 

 playing the junction of the two walks that leave the gravelled circle in 

 opposite directions. The imagination will supply the connexion, and no 

 doubt picture it as being at a considerable distance off; most likely beyond 

 the yard and stable buildings. Against the yard wall a flower bank is to be 

 placed, having lofty shrubs to form the back of it. 



The garden d is laid out with great simplicity. The walk leaves the back 

 door of the house in a serpentine manner, sweeping round a clump of shrubs 

 that abuts against the division wall, and which serves to intercept the view of 

 the farther part of the walk, and leaves the mind to supply, by imagination, its 

 subsequent direction, and the extent of the demesne on that side. Yet it 

 continues in fact almost in a straight line, following the wall to the farther 

 end of the ground, then turning sharply along by the yard wall, where it is 

 sunk in a manner similar to those at the extremity of the other gardens, and 

 continues skirting the side wall, and finally falls into itself just by the clump 

 spoken of before. Two vases may be introduced in this garden with good 

 effect, as they will combine well with the tazzas placed on the wall between it 

 and garden c. The walls, where not concealed by shrubbery, are to be 

 covered with creepers, and two raised earth flower banks are to be placed 

 against them near to the house. 



The garden e is the same size as garden a, and is laid out in a similar style. 

 The walk which from the dining-room appears to be the main one sweeps 

 directly from the back door, round the house, to the gate in the fence parting 

 oiF the front garden. This circuitous direction will afford great play to the 

 imagination in determining the boundary of the premises, especially as but 

 one walk branching from it can be seen from the windows at the back of the 

 house, and that, from its going off by the side of the wall, will appear requisite, 

 and, from its not being again visible (it being sunk where it crosses the lawn) 

 will rather add to, than detract from, the apparent magnitude of the demesne. 

 The walk that conducts round the garden is, for the most part, planted off 

 from the lawn, and entirely so from the house. The parterre is radiating 

 and placed round the circular walk ; and the other flower beds between the 

 walk and the area are continued round the corner of the house ; all which 

 will further the idea of the principal part of the grounds being also in that 

 quarter ; and this, combined with the open vista which is visible along the 

 lawn, will present from the dining-room windows the effect of what may be 

 considered, for a suburban residence, a very extensive garden. 



Art. X. What Gardeners might learn by attending to the Habits of 

 Birds. By John Dunlop. 



Much rational amusement might be found by gardeners in studying the habits 

 of birds and insects, instead of frequenting the pot-house, as many of them 

 do. Although I have been a strict observer of nature for years, yet there is 

 scarcely a week passes in which I do not discover something which I before 

 knew nothing of. For some weeks past I have been much amused with a 

 pair of wrynecks (Funx Torquilla), which had nestled in the hole of a tree in 

 our garden, where they hatched four young ones. In a (ew days afterwards 

 I found several shells of the common snail (HeUx nemoralis) lying around the 

 tree, which daily increased in numbers. I had the curiosity to watch the old 

 ones, never before having heard of their feeding their young upon snails, and 

 I was truly astonished at, the dexterity with which they would lay the shell 



