THEIR GENERAL ARRANGEMENT, <fcq. 



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a large scale, and situated in front of a 

 mansion or range of conservatories. It 

 was composed for the lawn on the west 

 front of an Elizabethan residence in the 

 north of England. The mansion is sur- 

 rounded on the south and west sides by a 

 terrace 50 feet in breadth, bounded by a 

 richly-cut parapet-wall, and the garden 

 is reached by a flight of steps at the 

 centre, and the whole space enclosed 

 within a wire-fence extending from the 

 gates a to b. The parterre c c, next to the 

 mansion, is laid out on gravel with box 

 edgings, while the larger figures beyond 

 the principal walk d d are cut out on 

 grass ; e is an arbour of wire-work 

 covered with roses ; / /, &c, are vases 

 elevated on square pedestals 4 feet in 

 height ; g g, &c, are porte-fleurs of arti- 

 ficial stone, standing 3 feet above the sur- 

 face ; h basin of water with the fountain 

 fig. 836, a Triton, modelled from a foun- 

 tain in the Barberini Palace, 7 feet 9 

 inches in height. The kerb of the foun- 



Fig. 836. 



tain is polished stone, rising 15 inches 

 above the gravel. 



Figs. 837, 838, 839.— Three examples 



Fig. 837. 



u c 



D £ 



of geometrical parterres, which, by exten- 

 sion, would each form an interesting gar- 

 den, or be made parts of a large garden, 

 or disposed over a lawn of considerable 

 size and diversified character, as was at 

 one time so well exemplified at Bagshot 

 Park. They are also adapted for gardens 

 upon a small scale, and, in that case, 

 should be laid down with box or stone 

 edgings and gravel- walks. 



Fig. 838. 



