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groups may be formed of various kinds of trees^ such as 

 oaks^ maples^ ashes, planes, and pines. The ordinary 

 broad-leaved shrubs may afford materials for the prin- 

 cipal masses of evergreens ; but a considerable variety of 

 others may be grouped along with them. The low-growing 

 sortSj such as the Rhododendron ponticum and some of 

 its congeners, should be planted round the outsides of 

 those of taller stature; and when the clumps on the 

 lawn fill up and merge into masses, the united effect 

 adds much to the varied beauty of the groups. 



(5.) Water. — ^A. sufficient supply of water for orna- 

 mental purposes cannot frequently be obtained in the 

 limited domain of a villa. Where it is to be had, and 

 the cast of ground is such as to warrant the use of arti- 

 ficial water, a small lake wiU be a pleasing addition to 

 one of the principal lawns. Its position and form should 

 be regulated by the principles laid down in the chapter 

 on water. Fountains, too, are desirable ornaments in a 

 place of minor extent : one will generally be suflfi-cient, 

 and it may be put in a prominent position on a lawn, or 

 be made a centre-piece in the flower-garden. 



(6.) The leading varieties of Villa Scenery. — At the 

 beginning of this section we have mentioned a distinc- 

 tion which we should be glad to see generally recog- 

 nized and observed in the laying-out of small residences, 

 viz., the predominance in each case of the pleasure- 

 ground or park character according as the nature of the 

 ground may suggest, or the taste of the proprietor 

 might dictate. We would have the pleasure-ground 

 villa and the park villa, and we would employ in each a 

 distinctive style of ornament. In the following remarks, 

 which are to be supposed as applicable more particularly 



