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PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



and if near the house, the latter become an intolerable 

 pest. This, and the odors created by them, should 

 be well considered in whatever relates to their loca- 

 tion. — Ed. 



Sect. II. — The Laying-out of the Grounds of a 

 Villa. 



We take up this subject, in the second place, be- 

 cause the execution of the works which it embraces is 

 generally postponed till the completion of the house 

 and offices. We would again, however, insist on the 

 expediency of obtaining a plan of the grounds along 

 with the plan of the house ; as very much of the effect 

 of both will depend on their mutual adjustment. In 

 a work of limited extent, like the present, it would be 

 inconsistent with the design in view to give formal and 

 detailed directions for the laying-out of villa residences. 

 It is evident that the designs must vary considerably 

 along with the diversified dimensions and surfaces on 

 which they are to be executed. At the same time, 

 the general principles involved in the designing of 

 parks and pleasure-grounds will regulate the environs 

 of the house, proper allowance and modification being 

 made for the more limited extent of the latter. The 

 grounds of the villa should, generally speaking, pre- 

 sent a miniature example of the finest portions of the 

 pleasure-grounds and park. Its scenery, indeed, may 

 partake more or less of either of these, or may com- 

 bine the character of both; in other words, we may 

 have the pleasure-ground villa or the park villa, or a 

 union of the two varieties. The peculiar character to 



