REVIEW, 
The following, as general rules, may not be without interest:—“ It may safely be laid down, that whenever a 
piece of ground to be laid out as a garden is small, and bounded by straight lines, the geometrical style is that 
which ought to be employed; that when the ground to be laid out as a garden is large, it may be laid out in 
any style, or partly in the 
regular, and partly in the 
irregular styles; and that 
where the surface of the 
ground is varied, the re¬ 
gular style is most suit¬ 
able ; while the geometri¬ 
cal style should be pre¬ 
ferred when the surface 
is even or flat. With res¬ 
pect to those modifications 
of the natural or irregular 
style which we have de¬ 
scribed as the picturesque, 
gardenesque, and rustic, 
or rural, the first, as it 
requires least labour in the 
management, is best adapt¬ 
ed for grounds of consid¬ 
erable extent; the second 
is more suitable for those 
persons who are botanists, 
rather than general ad¬ 
mirers of scenery, because 
it is best calculated for 
displaying the individual 
beauty of trees and plants, 
and the high order and 
keeping of lawns, walks, 
&c.; and the third for per¬ 
sons of a romantic or sen¬ 
timental turn of mind, 
who delight in surround¬ 
ing themselves with scen¬ 
ery associated with a sta¬ 
tion in life strongly opposed to that in which they are really placed; or to attract attention by producing a striking 
contrast to refined and artistieal scenery, whether in the irregular or geometric styles.” 
So far our extracts have been confined to the science of gardening, and if we could spare the room, there are 
many more passages that we 
10 should like to quote, but we 
must now pass to the second 
book—viz., “ Ground plans 
for laying out and planting 
suburban residences.”—As a 
specimen of the style in which 
this department is managed, 
and of the elegant manner in 
which it is illustrated, we 
give the annexed engraving 
of “ A double suburban villa, 
with an ornamental garden,” 
the principal feature of 
which is to make them have 
the appearance of a single 
house, and to this end the 
gardens are planted princi¬ 
pally with low shrubs and 
trees, as well to assist in the illustration as to diminish the expense of keeping the garden. 
“ General arrangement. —Fig. 9, shows a common and at the same’ time an effectual mode of arranging and 
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