THE PLEASURE GROUND. 



The annexed Plate, No. 3, will illustrate the general 

 arrangement of the Pleasure Ground, &c. which 

 are attached to the Abbey and its various out-build- 

 ings. 



The Pleasure Grounds, or Flower Gardens, should 

 always be formed so that a portion of them may 

 come in connection with a part of the mansion, to 

 secure a free communication betwixt the two, unin- 

 terrupted by roads or other intervening obstacles. 

 In wet, or showery weather, a great distance is 

 exceedingly inconvenient. It is very generally ad- 

 mitted, that but few grounds have been laid out 

 with more taste and judgment, for convenience, 

 privacy, variation of surface, and scenery, than those 

 at Woburn Abbey. The accompanying Plate, No. 1, 

 represents the site of the Abbey, which forms a 

 quadrangle," 235 feet in length on each side. On 

 the south, a Terrace has been raised by the present 

 Duke, which is divided from the Park simply by an 

 iron railing : at the extremity of this Terrace various 

 beds are formed, enclosed with iron and basket 

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