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PAEKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



In ordinary circnmstances it is not expedient to remove 

 tliem to too great a distance from the liouse_, neither 

 should they be placed altogether in its immediate 

 vicinity. Perhaps the most desirable position is one in 

 a secluded part of the pleasure-grounds^, where they can 

 be set down in connection with each other_, and where 

 their walks can enter readily into the main system of 

 communication running throughout the place. In a 

 locality of this description^, their walls and other build- 

 ings can be most effectually shrouded,, and on that 

 accouat the general scenery will be least impaired. 

 When the stables are detached from the mansion-house, 

 the fruit and kitchen gardens may be placed near them, 

 with advantage to the general arrangements of the 

 place, as the same back roads will serve for both, and 

 facility of access will thus be increased. 



In parks in which there are considerable eminences 

 or ridges, the gardens in question are not unfrequently 

 placed at the base of one or other of these, for the sake 

 of shelter. Before adopting such a site however, the 

 designer will do well to study the effect of that arrange- 

 ment as viewed from the neighbouring heights. There 

 is scarcely anything less pleasing than a square box- 

 like enclosm^e when seen from an eminence at a mode- 

 rate distance. Of course there need be no hesitation 

 when the heights are not traversed by any of the princi- 

 pal walks or rides ; for on uneven surfaces it is impossible 

 to avoid all impleasing effects from every point of the 

 park. At the same time it should be ascertained that 

 the expectation of shelter from the situations to which 

 we have alluded is not fallacious. Rising grounds 

 sometimes cause a repercussion of the aerial currents, 

 or so direct their movements as to render the inter- 



