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OF BUILDING FOR VILLAS. H 



mencement of the undertaking. The propriety and advantage of 

 consulting jointly the Architect and the Landscape Gardener have 

 been urged by many, and questioned by few ; since it is obvious that 

 the latter ought, in part, to possess the quahfications of the former, 

 so unavoidably do his occupations blend into that art, when design- 

 ing and executing decorative and horticultural buildings. 



Where extent of ground permits the choice of a spot on which 

 to erect a villa, when the hill, the slope, and the valley are alike 

 available, the extremes should be avoided. If a situation too ele- 

 vated be chosen, however important the building and extensive 

 the prospects from it, or impressive the view of it, much of its 

 grandeur will be lost from deficiency of a wooded back-ground : 

 it will also be too much exposed to bleak and cutting winds, to 

 the constant annoyance of the inhabitants, and which also check 

 the growth of vegetation, and consequently deprive the building 

 of those ornamental accompaniments which contribute so powerfully 

 to render the prospect at once elegant and interesting. 



Another, and by no means an unimportant objection, is the 

 difficulty of access, — a sad example of which is reported of a cele- 

 brated villa in the neighbourhood of London, the elevated situation 

 of which has been productive of much complaint, and is said to 

 overbalance all the gratifications attendant upon the most elegant 

 and enchanting scenery the county of Surry can boast, which is not 

 to be exceeded in beauty in any county of England. 



