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might require. In this way, the whole place might 

 be arranged so as to be a miniature representation of 

 a park and pleasure-grounds on a larger scale. The 

 grass field, then, thus promoted to the dignity of a 

 park, may be formed on one side or other of the house, 

 or may surround it on two or three sides, and should 

 constitute the principal lawns. It may be divided 

 from the dressed grounds by wire fences or iron hur- 

 dles, which, from their lightness, are better adapted 

 for the internal fencing of small places than walls and 

 hedges. It may also have a few small groups of trees 

 irregularly scattered, but not dotted over it. The 

 dressed grounds should be attached to the house ; but 

 a curtain of trees and shrubbery will be needed to 

 encircle the little park so as to screen the boundary 

 walls where these are too conspicuous, to shelter the 

 kitchen-garden, and, in short, to conceal any thing that 

 is objectionable. It may sometimes happen, however, 

 that the extreme verge of the field may seem to pass 

 imperceptibly and harmoniously into the adjacent 

 property, and if there are no special reasons for mak- 

 ing the distinction, the ring curtain in that quarter 

 may well be dispensed with. The finest part of the 

 pleasure-grounds should be between the house and the 

 pasture-field, and both should be laid out so that the 

 one should appear a continuation of the other. As 

 recommended in the other form of a villa, a consider- 

 able variety of trees and shrubs should be planted in 

 the grounds. Besides the walks in the immediate 

 vicinity of the house, one leading walk should pass 

 round the boundary, communicating with those in the 

 kitchen-garden, and also with the approach, if there is 

 one. A small lake, a fountain, vases, and other 



