32 INTRODUCTION. 



Where the coach-road is carried through 

 the lawn, (which, however, if possible, should 

 be avoided,) it should be occasionally ob- 

 scured by irregular clumps of shrubs, such 

 as roses mixt with dwarf evergreens. The 

 private walks must alwaj^s be of breadth 

 sufficient to admit three persons abreast, 

 however small the grounds may be ; for plants 

 are sure to be injured where the walks are 

 narrow. In extensive shrubberies, each walk 

 should lead to some particular object ; to the 

 orchard, kitchen garden, botanical borders, 

 green-house, dairy, ice-house, mushroom-hut, 

 aviary, poultry-yard, or stables. The inten- 

 tion of the plantation should seem to be, to 

 conduct the walker in the most agreeable 

 manner to each outlet and building of utility 

 or pleasure. 



Where a lawn is of sufficient extent for de- 

 tached trees, the apple may be admitted with 

 great effect, the blossom being amongst the 

 most beautiful that open in spring. Such as 

 produce a red fruit in autumn are more 

 ornamental than most other trees. 



To those who are so devoted to fashion, as 

 not to venture to " treat their lungs with air" 

 unmixed with smoke, till the crowds that 

 swarmed at court have fixed their departure 

 for rural scenes and a pure atmosphere, like 



