CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER VIII. 



WATER. 



Artificial Lakes— Islands— the Head or Artificial Embankment — 

 Decorative Accompaniment— .Artificial Rivers — Jet Fountains — 

 Jets d'Eau— Propriety of Introducing "Water, . . . .191 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE KITCHEN", FRUIT, AND FORCING GARDENS. 



Introduction— The Site— Drainage— Soil— The Form— The Walls— 

 The Fruit Garden— The Forcing Garden, . . . .203 



CHAPTER X. 



PUBLIC PARKS AND GARDENS. 



Sect. L The Public Park— Site of the Public Park— Laying-out 



of Public Parks — Educational Institutions. 

 Sect. II. Street Gardens. 



Sect. III. Botanic Gardens — Special Purposes of Botanical Gai 

 d ens — Botanical Museums — Laying-out of the Botanic Gardens. 



Sect. IV. Gardens belonging to Horticultural and Zoological Socie- 

 ties — Gardens of Horticultural Societies — Laying-out of Horti- 

 cultural Gardens — Horticultural Museum — Zoological Gardens, . 215 



CHAPTER XL 

 THE VILLA. 



Introductory Remarks. 



Sect. I. General Properties of the Villa— The Locality— The Site- 

 Roads— Position of the House— Style and Arrangement of the 

 House. 



Seot. II. Laying-out of the Grounds of a Villa — Seclusion — The 

 Approach — Kitchen -garden— Trees and Shrubs — Water—Lead- 

 ing Varieties of Villa Scenery — The Pleasure-ground Villa — The 

 Park Villa, 255 



