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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
overlooking the whole estate, is shown at j. The small 
arabesque beds near the house are filled with masses of 
choice flowering shrubs and plants ; the kitchen garden is 
shown at d , and the orchard at e. 
Suburban villa residences are, every day, becoming 
more numerous ; and in laying out the grounds around 
them, and disposing the sylvan features, there is often 
more ingenuity, and as much taste required, as in -treating 
a country residence of several hundred acres. In the 
small area of from one half an acre to ten or twelve acres, 
surrounding often a villa of the first class, it is desirable 
to assemble many of the same features, and as much as 
possible of the enjoyment, which are to be found in a large 
and elegant estate. To do this, the space allotted to 
various purposes, as the kitchen garden, lawn, etc., must 
be judiciously portioned out, and so characterized and 
divided by plantations, that the whole shall appear to be 
much larger than it really is, from the fact that the 
spectator is never allowed to see the whole at a single 
glance ; but while each portion is complete in itself, the 
plan shall present nothing incongruous or ill assorted. 
An excellent illustration of this species of residence, is 
afforded the reader in the accompanying plan (Fig. 21) of 
the grounds of Riverside Villa. This pretty villa al 
Burlington, New Jersey (to which we shah again refer), 
was lately built, and the grounds, about six or eight acres 
in extent, laid out, from the designs of John Notman, Esq., 
architect, of Philadelphia ; and while the latter promise a 
large amount of beauty and enjoyment, scarcely anything 
which can be supposed necessary for the convenience or 
wants of the family, is lost sight of. 
The house, a, stands Quite near the bank of the river, 
