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PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



which the house is to "be occupied. For a summer 

 residence solely, the view or scenery which the site 

 embraces — other things contributing to the conven- 

 iences of access and living — has usually a controlling 

 influence in determining the question. Shelter, there- 

 fore, as the term is understood by our author, is not 

 of the first importance. If the house be built in proper 

 style, with verandas, and suitable yard and garden 

 walls, aided by the quickly growing trees and shrubs, 

 with. which our country abounds, the question of shel- 

 ter will be readily accommodated. — Ed. 



Position of the House, in the. Park. — The rela- 

 tion of the mansion-house to the various points of the 

 surrounding domain, requires attentive consideration, 

 and yet it is a subject on which it is difficult to give 

 specific directions. The whole circumstances con- 

 nected with the locality, the surface of the ground, and 

 the facilities of access, must be taken into account. 

 "We believe that a site near the center of the park, 

 other things being equal, is generally preferred. Some- 

 times necessity obliges the choice of one much nearer 

 the boundary; and such a position, when well pro- 

 tected from external annoyances, either by the form 

 of the ground, or by the intervention of a lake or arm 

 of the sea, or by a considerable breadth of plantation, 

 instead of being a disadvantage is the reverse, espe- 

 cially when the views from the public rooms, park- 

 ward, are by that means extended both in length and 

 breadth. This observation, however, relates chiefly to 

 places of moderate size. In smaller parks, on account 

 of the limitation of space,' it is more difficult to form a 

 fine piece of lawn or park scenery when the house 

 assumes a central position ; and there is generally a 



