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CHAPTER III. 



PLEASUEE-GEOUNDS AND FLOWEE-GARDENS. 



Position of tlie Pleasiixe-grounds. — Composition of the Landscape. 

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

 Stairs on Terraces ; the Upper Surface of Terraces. — The 

 Flower-garden ; Site of the Flower-garden ; Ground Colour ; 

 the Parterre ; the Eosary ; the American Garden ; the Mixed 

 Flower-garden ; Artistical Decorations ; Eockworks ; Shelter 

 of the Flower-garden. — Walks ia the Pleasure-grounds. — 

 Formation of Lawns. 



Under tlie designation of pleasure-grounds or dressed 

 grounds are compreliended those enclosed 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 labour 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 of the Pleasure- Grounds. — These grounds 

 should be so placed as wholly or partially to surround 



