CONTENTS. 



Sect. II. Street Gardens. 



Sect. III. Botanic Gt-ardens. — Special purposes of Botanical Gar- 

 dens. — Botanical Museum. — Laying-out of the Botanic Gardens. 



Sect. IV. Gardens belonging to Horticultural and Zoological 

 Societies. — Gardens of Horticultural Societies. — Laying-out of 

 Horticultural G-ardens. — Horticultural Museum. — Zoological 

 G-ardens ....... 155 



CHAPTEE XI. 

 THE VILLA. 



Introductory Remarks. 



Sect. I. General Properties of the VUla. — The Locahty. — The 

 Site. — Eoads. — Position of the House. — Style and Arrangement 

 o^he House. 



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

 Approach. — Kitchen Garden. — Trees and Shrubs. — ^Water. — 

 Leading Varieties of Villa Scenery. — The Pleasure-G-round 

 Vnia.— The Park Villa 190 



CHAPTEE XII. 



G-ENEEAL OBSEEVATIONS ON THE LATING-OIJT 

 AND IMPROVEMENT OE GROUNDS. 



Landscape G-ardening. — ^Analogies to Landscape Painting. — Com- 

 parative power over Materials. — Shnphcity and Multiplicity of 

 Points of View, — Processes wholly and partly tentative. — Pro- 

 priety of revision. — UtUity of plans. — Hazard of preparatory 

 operations . . . . . . , 216 



CHAPTEE XIII. 



THE ARBORETUM. 

 Definition. — Recent Introduction. — General idea of Arrangement. 



