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IHZ ITOWZE :-AP.DI3". 



Bur. whatever style of garden is a exited, one grand 

 miscalculation should be guarded against; — it is the 

 large garden, which is too often coveted in the place of 

 one in perfect trim. Men will grasp at more than they 

 can cany, when they are allowed the permission to take 

 up a j'zir armful of happiness : and so they forger the 

 golden maxim, whether f:r rhe parterre or the ccttage 



hmflafr irgentia rura, 



" Praise an extensive country estate; cultivate a little 

 one. 



eh lower gardens may be divided into three classes, 



TOW>- G-AZniVS. VILLA GAP.DI>"S. and COTTZSTEY GAJRDEXS, 



or rhe gardens attached to gentlemen's c:un:ry seats. 



T0W5" G-AEDZXS. 



The nrst point to carry, in these, is to get something 

 pleasing and ornamental to grow ; what those somethings 

 are. will depend entirely upon circumstances. There are 

 localities where aim est nothing, in tde shaoe of vegetable 

 organization, can preserve hoe. dVear TTowerhamptcn. 

 the hardiest weeds are add that can be seen; and around 

 the alkali works in the north of England, the trees and 

 hawthorn helves are killed: the here age alone exists, 

 and that does net always remain iminjirred. It is clear 



are carried on. a longer list of plants can be grown and 

 bloomed, than in the heart of London or 3 Tan Chester. 

 Therofere. the town gardener must be content with what 

 he rinds by actual experiment will bear his cwn peculiar 



As to style, in small country towns, a landscape garden 

 can be effectively laid out. where there is a brooklet, a 

 bit of meadow, a rustic bridge, and a distant peep of the 



