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GENERAL FORMATION, &c, OF GARDENS. 



grounds. This design was composed by 

 the late James Main, Esq,, for the work 

 last quoted. The kitchen garden con- 

 tains about 2 acres, and is surrounded 

 by lawn and pleasure-grounds, the whole 

 being separated from the park by a 

 fence, as shown by the dotted line. This 

 fence may either be of wire, open iron 

 railing, or a sunk fence, or ha-ha, as 

 may be deemed most expedient. "Be- 

 yond the general plan, a is the entrance- 

 court and offices ; b the back-yard court, 

 with two dung-pits surrounded by low 

 walls ; c drying-ground ; d conserva- 

 tory, with flower garden around ; e ice- 

 house, formed under a raised mound 

 planted with evergreens ; the door is in 

 the sunk fence, indicated by the dotted 

 line which encloses the whole of the 

 dressed ground and the kitchen garden ; 

 and /the melon ground ; g compartments 

 for asparagus, sea-kale, rhubarb, and 

 other articles, with two mushroom-sheds, 

 marked 1 and 2 ; h slips enclosed by 

 thorn or holly hedges, the outside bor- 

 ders planted with small fruit-trees, and 

 fruit shrubs ; i range of hothouses ; k 

 vinery ; / mould-yard ; m orchard ; n 

 aquarium and rock-work ; o gate to the 



Fig. 



cart-road, the coach-yard, mould-yard, 

 and sheds ; p basin of water in the centre 

 of the garden ; q q lines of approach to 

 the entrance-court." The advantages of 

 this disposition of the house, offices, and 

 pleasure-grounds of a villa, Mr Main 

 observes, " are the compactness and 

 unity of design which it presents. Every- 

 thing, whether useful or ornamental, 

 necessary to render such a residence 

 complete, is here included within the 

 sunk fence. From the endless walk 

 within this fence is seen, over a fore- 

 ground of lawn and trees and shrubs, 

 the scenery of the park aud the features 

 of the surrounding country, whatever 

 they may be. Various statues, sculp- 

 ture, vases, and other architectural orna- 

 ments, may be distributed among the 

 flower-beds near the house, and along the 

 endless walk. A gardener's house may 

 be placed in the orchard, or behind the 

 vinery at k, exactly in the centre of the 

 range of glass ; and the living and sleep- 

 ing rooms should be so high as to over- 

 look the whole of the garden and the 

 orchard." 



The annexed fig. exemplifies a subur- 

 ban or villa residence, containing many 

 10. 



