CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Farm orchards * 303 



CHAP.. IX. Of the general formation of a garden 304 



Exposure , 304 



Shelter 305 



Situation 305 



Proper soil 306 



General form 308 



Subdivisions by walks, walls, espaliers, hedges 309 



Disposition of buildings, &c 310 



Impropriety of introducing ornamental productions 311 



Ancient British gardens , 312 



Yearly management of gardens, an agreeable recreation 313 



PART VI. — Ornamental gardening. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Ornamental gardening includes parterre, botanic, and shrubbery 



gardening 31* 



Their objects 315 



Their connection with useful gardening in regard to culture 315 



Proposed arrangement of this part 315 



CHAP. I. Of the materials of ornamental gardening 316 



Lawn 316 



Gravel and sand — soil 317 



Water 318 



Stones 319 



Flowering and botanic plants 319 



Bulbous- rooted plants 319 



Tender herbaceous plants 320 



Common herbaceous plants 320 



Annual flowers 321 



Bog or moss plants 322 



Botanic plants, shrubs, and trees 322 



Shrubs 323 



Trees 324 



Statues, urns, inscriptions, busts, monuments, &c 325 



Inscriptions 327 



