204 LANDSCAPE GAEDENING 



A COTJNTEY ESTATE 



Country estates are of two sorts, those in which 

 farming is the primary consideration, and those 

 where no income is to be derived from the farming, 

 making the economic feature of secondary impor- 

 tance. 



Country estates having farming for primary in- 

 terest may be divided into two classes, those in 

 which production of crops is the single purpose, 

 and those in which the production of crops dis- 

 played to the best advantage is aimed at. This is 

 the sort of estate that the gentleman farmer would 

 own (Pig. 48). 



In the second class of country estates crops are 

 used to support the estate itself, but not for the 

 purpose of deriving any additional income. In 

 stiU another division they minister to only one 

 feature of the estate, which class is to be used for 

 the purpose of entertainment only. This self-sup- 

 porting feature may be vegetables, cut flowers, or 

 fruit, intended solely for the entertainment of the 

 guests of the owner (Pig. 49). 



With the main features of the problem clearly 

 in mind, the land selected should be as nearly as 

 possible suited to the purpose of the estate, pos- 



