208' PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



quite so regular, can be had by tbe adjustment of the 

 outlines to those of the ground, or to the positions of 

 surrounding objects. The kitchen gardens of small 

 residences should be exclusively devoted to fruits and 

 vegetables : by that means they are more easily kept in 

 order. Where orchards are planted_, they should be 

 connected with the kitchen garden, or in its immediate 

 vicinity ; a few pretty groups of apple, pear, and cherry 

 trees might be formed on some of the less conspicuous 

 portions of the lawn. 



(4.) Trees and Shrubs as the means of Decoration in 

 Villas. — In the marine residence and in the mountain 

 shooting lodge, trees and shrubs may be awanting alto- 

 gether, or may exist in only small quantities, vrithout 

 their absence or their paucity being sensibly felt. In 

 some marine residences they cannot be grown except 

 under the shelter of a wall or rock ; but to the taste of 

 many, a varied shore and an unlimited expanse of sea, with 

 its incessant changes, afford an ample compensation. 

 Again, in the alpine shooting lodge, the varied outlines of 

 hiU and glen, of crag and ravine, of lake and waterfall, of 

 trailing mist and glimpsing sunshine, may afford such 

 magnificent and entrancing scenery as may make the 

 transient inhabitant forget the softer beauties of trees, 

 except when he is reminded of their shelter by the 

 cutting breath of the mountain wind. It is hardly worth 

 while to spend much labour on the culture of trees and 

 shrubs where they grow with difficulty into stunted forms, 

 and where, even in their finest developments, they would 

 be wholly eclipsed by the grander and wilder features of 

 nature. 



But it is different with the ordinary, and particularly 

 the suburban residence. They have seldom the sublime 



