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CHAPTER III. 



PLEASURE-GROUNDS AND FLOWER-GARDENS. 



Position of the Pleasure-grounds — Composition of the Landscape — 

 Terraces —Walls — Grass Slopes — Shrubs on Terrace-banks — Stairs 

 or Terraces — the Upper Surface of Terraces — The Flower-garden — 

 Site of the Flower-garden — Ground Color — the Parterre — the Ro- 

 sary — the American Garden — the Mixed Flower-garden — Artistical 

 Decorations — Rockworks — Shelter of the Flower-garden — Walks 

 in the Pleasure-grounds — Formation of Lawns. 



Under the designation of pleasure-grounds or dressed 

 grounds are comprehended those inclosed spaces within 

 the park, and in immediate connection with the house, 

 which receive regular keeping and dressing. In ordi- 

 nary circumstances, their walks are cleaned and their 

 lawns are cut two or three times each season, and the 

 leaves which fall on them are cleared off every winter. 

 Besides the amount of labor thus bestowed on them, 

 these grounds are further distinguished from the wood- 

 lands of the park by the quantity of shrubs, both ever- 

 green and deciduous, which they contain, and which 

 make up the bulk of their underwood. 



Position op the Pleasure-grounds. — These grounds 

 should be so placed as wholly or partially to surround 

 the mansion-house. We would have said wholly, were 

 it not preferable that the entrance-front should be in a 

 great measure open to the park. When the entrance- 

 front is inclosed, it should only be for the protection of 

 the gravel and lawn in the immediate vicinity of the 



