CONTENTS. 



IX 



CHAPTEE VI. 



Page 



Preparation of the Grround ; TVenchiag ; Draining. — Roads through 

 Plantations. — Planting of Forest GCrees. — Pitting. — Pruning. — 

 Thinning. — Transplanting Forest Trees. — Planting and Trans- 

 planting of Evergreens . . , . . .111 



OHAPTEE VII. 



FENCES OF THE PARK AND PLEASURE-aROUNDS. 



Greneral Remarks. — Boundary Fence. — Internal Fences. — Fence 

 of the Deer Park. — Pleasure-Grround Fences. — Malleable-iron 

 Fences. — Sunk Fences. — Stone Walls. — Hedges . . 128 



CHAPTEE VIII. 

 WATER. 



Artificial Lakes ; Islands ; the Head, or Artificial Embankment ; 

 Decorative Accompaniments. — Artificial Rivers. — Jet Fountains. 

 — Jets d'Eau, — Propriety of Introducing Water . . 134 



CHAPTEE IX. , 



THE KITCHEN, FRUIT, AND FORCING- aARDENS. 



Introduction. — The Site. — Drainage. — Soil. — The Form.— The 

 Walls.— The Fruit Grarden.— The Forcmg Garden . . 144 



CHAPTEE X. 

 PUBLIC PARKS AND G-ARDENS. 



Sect. I. The PubUe Park.— Site of the Pubhc Park, 

 of Public Parks. — Educational Institutions. 



. — Laying-out 



